Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006) › Chapter 1 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-1-161) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-1-57) › Section 45-1-12 - Salaries of certain officers of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol and the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics

(1)
The salaries of all officers of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol who have completed the course of instruction in an authorized highway patrol training school on general law enforcement, and are serving as a sworn officer of the Highway Patrol in the enforcement of the laws of the State of Mississippi, including service in any other division of the Department of Public Safety, and the sworn law enforcement officers of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, shall be determined and paid in accordance with the scale for officers salaries as provided in this subsection:
Department of Public Safety Sworn Officers Salary Schedule
Rank
Years of Experience
Less than 4
Over 4
Over 8
Over 12
Trooper
54,000
Trooper FC
57,000
Corporal
60,000
Sergeant
62,750
Rank
Years of Experience
Over 16
Over 20
Over 24
Over 29
Staff Sgt.
65,750
Sr. Staff Sgt.
68,750
Sgt. 1st Class
72,000
75,000
Promotional
Rank
Years of Experience
Over 5
Over 10
Over 15
Over 20
Over 25
Over 29
Master Sgt.
68,750
71,500
74,500
77,500
80,500
83,250
Lieutenant
78,500
81,500
84,500
87,500
90,500
93,500
Captain
91,500
95,000
98,250
101,500
104,500
Promotional Rank
Major
111,000
Lt. Colonel
120,500
Colonel
131,750
Department of Public Safety/MS Bureau of Narcotics Sworn Officers Salary Schedule
Rank
Years of Experience
Less than 4
Over 4
Over 8
Over 12
LE-Agent I
54,000
LE-Agent II
57,000
LE-Agent III
60,000
LE-Agent IV
62,750
Rank
Years of Experience
Over 16
Over 20
Over 24
Over 29
LE-Agent V
65,750
LE-Agent VI
68,750
LE-Officer VII
72,000
LE-Officer VIII
75,000
Promotional
Rank
Years of Experience
Over 5
Over 10
Over 15
Over 20
Over 25
Over 29
Master Sgt.
68,750
71,500
74,500
77,500
80,500
83,250
Lieutenant
78,500
81,500
84,500
87,500
90,500
93,500
Captain
91,750
95,000
98,250
101,250
104,500
Promotional Rank
Major
111,000
Lt. Colonel
120,500
Colonel
131,750
(2)
All sworn officers in the Mississippi Highway Patrol and the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics employed on a full-time basis shall be paid a salary in accordance with the above scale. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any rank of any sworn officer not based upon a merit-based promotion or years of experience shall be at the will and pleasure of the appointing authority as approved by the State Personnel Board.The rank and years of experience of each sworn officer to be used95in establishing the salary shall be determined by the rank and years of experience on July 1 of the current fiscal year.
(3)
For purposes of applying the rank designation to the above scale, the following job classifications of the State Personnel Board shall be applicable for the Mississippi Highway patrol:
Rank
Job Classes
(a) Trooper
DPS-Highway Patrol Officer I
LE-Investigator II
(b) Trooper First Class
DPS-Highway Patrol Officer II
LE-Investigator III
(c) Corporal
DPS-Highway Patrol Officer III
LE-Investigator IV
(d) Sergeant
DPS-Highway Patrol Officer IV
LE-Investigator V
(e) Staff Sergeant
DPS-Highway Patrol Officer V
(f) Senior Staff Sergeant
DPS-Highway Patrol Officer VI Tech Spec
(g) Master Sgt/Sgt. F/C
DPS-Assistant Inspector
DPS-Highway Patrol Officer VII
DPS-Investigator I DPS-Supv. Driver Serv.
(h) Lieutenant
DPS-Air Operations Officer
DPS-Dir. Corr. Intelligence
DPS-Dist. Executive Officer
DPS-Regional Supv. Driver. Serv.
DPS-Branch Director
LE-Dir/Training
LE-Dist. Investigator
(i) Captain
DPS-Staff Officer (MHP)
(j) Major
DPS-Bureau Director II
(k) Lt. Colonel
DPS-Deputy Administrator;
DPS-Chief of Staff
(l) Colonel/Chief of Patrol
Dir-Office of MS Hwy Safety Patrol
(4)
For purposes of applying the rank designation to the130 above scale, the following job classifications of the State131 Personnel Board shall be applicable for the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics:
Rank
Job Classes
(a) Agents
LE-Agent I
LE-Agent II
LE-Agent III
LE-Agent IV
LE-Agent V
LE-Agent VI
(b) Lieutenant
BN-District Investigator (LT)
(c) Captain
BN-District Commander
(d) Major
BN-Bureau Director II
Office Director I
(e) Lt. Colonel
BN-Deputy Administrator
(f) Colonel
Director, Bureau of Narcotics
(5)
In any fiscal year after July 1, 2015, in the event the Legislature provides across-the-board salary increases to state employees whose compensation is paid from the State General Fund and subject to specific appropriation therefor by the Legislature, the State Personnel Board shall revise the salary scale above to provide the same percentage or dollar amount increase as has been appropriated for other state employees.
(6)
It shall be the duty of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety to file with the Legislative Budget Office and the State Fiscal Officer such data and information as may be required to enable the said Legislative Budget Office and State Fiscal Officer to budget and distribute the funds necessary to compensate the sworn officers of the Department of Public Safety according to the requirements of the salary scale. Such data and information so filed may be revised from time to time as necessitated to reflect the current number and experience of sworn officers employed by the department.
(7)
The Commissioner of Public Safety, with approval by the State Personnel Board, is authorized to set the salaries equitably of sworn law enforcement officers assigned to the Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division, the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, and Capitol Police based upon the pay scale contained in this section.
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 527, SB 2285,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2024.
Amended by Laws, 2022, ch. 504, SB 2120,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2022.
Amended by Laws, 2020, ch. 391, HB 264,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2020.
Added by Laws, 2015, ch. 486, § 1, eff. 1/1/2016.