This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Mississippi.
According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 342 law enforcement agencies employing 7,707 sworn police officers, about 262 for each 100,000 residents.[1] Per the state constitution, all "civil officers" of the state, including those in the legislative and judicial branches, can exercise the power of arrest, though this is rarely exercised by said officials.[2]
- Metro Narcotics Unit (Oxford and Layfette Counties and the University of Mississippi)[3]
- North Bolivar Consolidated Schools School Safety[5]
- Hazlehurst City School District Safety and Security Department[6]
- Hattiesburg Public Schools Police Department[7]
- Petal School Police Department[8]
- Biloxi School District Police Department[9]
- Jackson Public Schools Campus Enforcement Department[10]
- Ocean Springs School District Police Department[11]
- Meridian Public School District Police Department[12]
- North Panola School District Bullying/School Safety Department[13]
- Pearl River County School District Police Department[14]
- Greenville Public School District Campus Safety Department[15]
- Leland School District Police Department[16]
- George County School District Police Department[17]
- Lawrence County School District Police Department[18]
- Tishomingo County School District Police Department[19]
- Vicksburg-Warren School District Campus Police Department[20]
- Lincoln County School District Police Department[21]
- Adams County Sheriff's Office Official website
- Alcorn County Sheriff's Office[22]
- Amite County Sheriff's Office Official website
- Attala County Sheriff's Office Official website
- Benton County Sheriff's Office
- Bolivar County Sheriff's Office[23]
- Calhoun County Sheriff's Office Official website
- Carroll County Sheriff's Office
- Chickasaw County Sheriff's Office
- Choctaw County Sheriff's Office
- Claiborne County Sheriff's Office[4][24]
- Clarke County Sheriff's Office
- Clay County Sheriff's Office
- Coahoma County Sheriff's Office
- Copiah County Sheriff's Office
- Covington County Sheriff's Office
- De Soto County Sheriff's Office
- Forrest County Sheriff's Office[25]
- Franklin County Sheriff's Office
- George County Sheriff's Office
- Greene County Sheriff's Office
- Grenada County Sheriff's Office
- Hancock County Sheriff's Office[26]
- Harrison County Sheriff's Department[citation needed]
- Hinds County Sheriff's Office
- Holmes County Sheriff's Office
- Humphreys County Sheriff's Office
- Issaquena County Sheriff's Office
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- Itawamba County Sheriff's Office
- Jackson County Sheriff's Office
- Jasper County Sheriff's Office
- Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
- Jefferson Davis County Sheriff's Office
- Jones County Sheriff's Office
- Kemper County Sheriff's Office
- Lafayette County Sheriff's Office
- Lamar County Sheriff's Office
- Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office
- Lawrence County Sheriff's Office
- Leake County Sheriff's Office
- Lee County Sheriff's Office
- Leflore County Sheriff's Office
- Lincoln County Sheriff's Office
- Lowndes County Sheriff's Office
- Madison County Sheriff's Office
- Marion County Sheriff's Office
- Marshall County Sheriff's Office
- Monroe County Sheriff's Office
- Montgomery County Sheriff's Office
- Neshoba County Sheriff's Office
- Newton County Sheriff's Office
- Noxubee County Sheriff's Office
- Oktibbeha County Sheriff's Office
- Panola County Sheriff's Office
- Pearl River County Sheriff's Office
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- Perry County Sheriff's Office
- Pike County Sheriff's Office[27]
- Pontotoc County Sheriff's Office
- Prentiss County Sheriff's Office
- Quitman County Sheriff's Office
- Rankin County Sheriff's Department
- Scott County Sheriff's Office
- Sharkey County Sheriff's Office
- Simpson County Sheriff's Office
- Smith County Sheriff's Office
- Stone County Sheriff's Office
- Sunflower County Sheriff's Office
- Tallahatchie County Sheriff's Office
- Tate County Sheriff's Office
- Tippah County Sheriff's Office
- Tishomingo County Sheriff's Office
- Tunica County Sheriff's Office[28]
- Union County Sheriff's Office
- Walthall County Sheriff's Office
- Warren County Sheriff's Office
- Washington County Sheriff's Office
- Wayne County Sheriff's Office
- Webster County Sheriff's Office
- Wilkinson County Sheriff's Office
- Winston County Sheriff's Office
- Yalobusha County Sheriff's Office
- Yazoo County Sheriff's Office
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- Alcorn State University Police Department
- Jackson State University Police Department[34]
- Mississippi State University Police Department
- University of Mississippi Medical Center Police Department
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- University of Mississippi Police Department
- University of Southern Mississippi Police Department
- Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Campus Police Department
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- Jackson Municipal Airport Authority Police Department[43]
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2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, by Brian A Reaves, US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, July 2011
"History of the Sheriff's Office". Claiborne County Sheriff's Office. Claiborne County Sheriff's Office. Retrieved 22 Jul 2015. Sheriff Lucas was elected to the position of Sheriff of Claiborne County in 2011, and took office in January 2012.
No one should be fired for being gay
By John D. Sutter, 22 March 2013, CNN.com
Flowood police chief resigns; by the Associated Press, 2 December 2014
Official web site accessed 3 December 2014
Former officer to be arraigned on 7 sex charges, by Tim Dotherty, 28 August 2014, The Hattiesburg American
"Police". City of Southaven. Retrieved 23 December 2023.