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Mississippi Statutes, Title 45

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Title 45, Public Safety and Good Order

35 chapters · 439 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 45439 Ch 11, Fire Protection Regulations, Fire Pr…50 Ch 1, Department of Public Safety36 Ch 14, Radiation Protection Program31 Ch 3, Highway Safety Patrol30 Ch 23, Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety30 Ch 33, Registration of Sex Offenders28 Ch 9, Weapons20 Ch 35, Identification Cards and Digital Wallet19 Ch 45, Mississippi Conveyance Safety Act19 Ch 43, William Lee Montjoy Pool Safety Act16 Ch 27, Mississippi Justice Information Center14 Ch 6, Law Enforcement Officers Training Pr…13 Ch 13, Fireworks and Explosives13 Ch 7, County Patrol Officers12

30 sections·Filtered byTitle 45✕Ch 3✕

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-1 Citation of chapter
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This chapter and Article 1, Chapter 1, Title 63, Mississippi Code of 1972, may be cited as the Highway Safety Patrol and Driver’s License Law of 1938.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-11 Prohibitions as to engaging in political activity and soliciting campaign contributions
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No member of the patrol shall, while in such position, be a candidate for any political office or take part in or contribute any money or other things of value, directly or indirectly, to any political campaign or to any candidate for public office. Anyone violating this provisio…
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-13 No exemption from military service for patrolmen
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No patrolman shall be exempt from military service because of appointment to the highway safety patrol.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-15 Preference to returning veterans
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All patrolmen who have been or are called to the armed services shall be given preference in employment upon their return.

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-17 Dismissal of patrolmen

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During the period of the first twelve (12) months after appointment, any member of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol shall be subject to dismissal at the will of the commissioner. After twelve (12) months’ service, no member of the patrol shall be subject to dismissal or othe…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-19 Regulations governing discipline, uniforms, supplies, and the like

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The commissioner shall have authority, with the approval of the Governor, to make needful and proper rules and regulations governing the proper discipline of the members of the patrol, of selecting, designing and effecting an appropriate uniform therefor, and prescribing outfits …

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-21 Powers and duties of patrol, generally

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(1) The powers and duties of the Highway Safety Patrol shall be, in addition to all others prescribed by law, as follows:(a) To enforce all of the traffic laws, rules and regulations of the State of Mississippi upon all highways of the state highway system and the rights-of-way o…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-23 Commissioner not to impose rule which impedes enforcement of traffic laws

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It shall be unlawful for the commissioner to impose any rule of limitation of daily mileage travel or any other rule which will impede highway patrolmen from effectively enforcing the traffic laws in their jurisdiction of assignment. The commissioner will insure that patrolmen sp…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-25 Patrolman preferring traffic charge to forward abstract of court record

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Whenever any patrolman shall prefer any traffic charge whatsoever against any person in any court, it shall be the duty of such patrolman, upon the termination of such proceeding, to mail two (2) copies of the abstract of the court record immediately to the Commissioner of Public…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-27 Bearing of arms; compliance with dress regulations

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Members of the highway safety patrol shall be entitled to bear arms in the discharge of their duties. Said members shall, while in the discharge of their duties, wear such dress, uniform, and insignia, and carry such credentials as shall be prescribed by the commissioner.

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-29 Penalty for impersonating patrolman; exception for county patrolman; exception for retired patrolman with prior authorization from commissioner

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(1) Except as otherwise authorized under this section, it shall be unlawful for any person not authorized so to do to impersonate a state highway safety patrolman, wear or use the insignia or uniform thereof, or to in anywise imitate or impersonate such patrolman. Any person adju…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-3 Definitions

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(a) The following words when used in this chapter shall, for the purpose of this chapter, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:(a) The term “commissioner” means the commissioner of public safety of this state;(b) The term “highway” means every way or pl…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-31 Uniforms, automobiles and other equipment

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The commissioner is authorized to purchase (a) uniforms for the members of the highway safety patrol at a price not to exceed One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) each, (b) automobiles, motorcycles and other equipment necessary for the efficient operation of the highway safety pat…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-33 Uniforms, automobiles and other equipment; advertising for bids

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Except as is otherwise provided in Section 25-1-85, Mississippi Code of 1972, the commissioner shall, before buying any equipment or other materials where the amount is in excess of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), advertise in at least one (1) newspaper published in the city of J…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-35 Camera equipment for patrol cars

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The commissioner of public safety is hereby authorized to procure and equip, in addition to any other equipment required, each patrol car used in the patrolling of the highways of this state, with a suitable camera equipped for making flashlight photographs either during the day …

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-37 Markings on patrol cars

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The state patrol insignia shall be placed on each door of all cars used patrolling the highways and, in addition, such cars may have such other distinguishing markings as the commissioner of public safety shall deem proper.

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-39 Prohibition as to personal use of cars, materials and equipment

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No state officer or other person shall utilize at any time any uniform, car, material or equipment of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol for his personal use or for private purposes except in an emergency, and except to the extent authorized by Section 25-1-85, Mississippi Cod…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-41 Radio receiving sets may be installed in certain counties and municipalities

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(1) Any county or municipality now or hereafter having a twenty-four (24) hour law enforcement system is hereby authorized by an order duly entered upon the minutes of such governing authority thereof to request the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol to purchase and install in som…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-43 Radio substations and booster stations for use of highway safety patrol

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The board of supervisors of any county and the mayor and board of aldermen, or other governing body of any municipality, are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to construct and erect radio substations and booster stations for the use of the highway safety patro…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-45 Training school for patrolmen

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The commissioner is hereby authorized to set up a training school for patrolmen. He shall prescribe the rules and regulations for the operation of same and the period of training to be required of appointees to the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol. The period of training for rec…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-47 Training school for patrolmen; selection program

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(1) The selection program for such training school shall consist of application, examination, investigation and interview:(a) Application. — The commissioner shall prescribe an application that shall contain a case history of the applicant, fingerprints, picture of the applicant,…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-49 Penalty for violating provisions of chapter

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It is a misdemeanor for any person to violate any of the provisions of this chapter unless such violation is declared by such law or other law of this state to be a felony. Unless another penalty is provided in this chapter or by the laws of this state, every person convicted of …

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-5 Chief of patrol

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The commissioner is empowered and authorized to appoint an Assistant Commissioner of Public Safety to be known as the chief of patrol, who shall have the qualifications set forth in Section 45-3-9, and shall have charge of the division of operations of the patrol. The annual sala…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-51 Retired law enforcement officers or agents or beneficiaries of law enforcement officers or agents killed in line of duty permitted to retain one sidearm

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Each person employed as a law enforcement officer or agent by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety who retires under the Highway Safety Patrol Retirement System or the Public Employees’ Retirement System, for superannuation or for reason of disability or a beneficiary of s…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-52 Retention by officers of assigned dogs retired from service

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A member of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol or any other certified law enforcement officer shall be allowed to retain as his personal property any dog assigned to such member when the dog is retired from service.

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-53 Distinctive marker on cemetery memorials for Highway Safety Patrol officers killed in line of duty; markers for other officers

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(1) The Department of Public Safety shall place a distinctive marker on the cemetery memorial of each Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol officer who is killed in the performance of his or her official duties. The distinctive marker shall be designed by the Department of Public Saf…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-55 Mississippi Highway Patrol Troop “D” substation named “Robert ‘Bunky’ Huggins Substation.”

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The Mississippi Highway Patrol Troop “D” substation located in the Greenwood, Mississippi, District, shall be named the “Robert ‘Bunky’ Huggins Substation.” The Department of Public Safety shall place a distinctive plaque in a prominent place within the building, which states the…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-57 Mississippi Department of Public Safety’s Highway Patrol District Office designated “Charles L. Young, Sr., District Office.”

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The Mississippi Department of Public Safety’s Highway Patrol District Office, located in Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, which serves as the command center for Troop H of the Mississippi Highway Patrol, shall be named the “Charles L. Young, Sr., District Office.” The De…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-7 Organization of Highway Safety Patrol; compensation of members

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(1) The commissioner is authorized to employ not exceeding six hundred fifty (650) persons as a Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol within the Department of Public Safety. All positions and salaries heretofore authorized and set by statute under the commissioner shall after April 2…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-9 Qualifications of members of Highway Safety Patrol; agents of Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics employed as enforcement troopers

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(1) The chief of patrol, directors, inspectors, assistant inspectors, patrol officers and investigators of the department shall be selected after an examination as to physical and mental fitness, knowledge of traffic laws, rules and regulations of this state, the laws of the stat…