The legislature finds that the availability of law enforcement officers to a municipality in a state of civil emergency is of a statewide concern, and that it is in the public interest that municipalities needing additional law enforcement officers in a state of civil emergency be able to procure such additional law enforcement officers through reciprocal assistance from other municipalities.
Declaration of legislative findings
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-21-31, under Police and Police Departments.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-21-31