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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

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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…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-4-1 Legislative findings and intent

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The Legislature finds that the administration of jails and youth detention facilities is of statewide concern, and that the activities of jail officers are important to the health, safety and welfare of the people of this state and are of such nature as to require education and t…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-4-11 Establishment, administration and maintenance of training programs; expenditure of funds

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(1) The Board on Jail Officer Standards and Training shall establish, provide or maintain jail officer training programs through such agencies and institutions as the board may deem appropriate. (2) The board shall authorize, but only from such funds authorized and appropriated b…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-4-13 Governmental entities prohibited from paying salaries of uncertified jail officers

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Any governmental entity that employs a person as a jail officer who does not meet the requirements of this chapter, or who employs a person whose certificate has been suspended or revoked under provisions of this chapter, is prohibited from paying the salary of such person, or pr…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-4-3 Board on Jail Officer Standards and Training; creation; membership; officers; reports

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(1) There is hereby created the Board on Jail Officer Standards and Training, which shall consist of nine (9) members. (2) The members shall be appointed as follows:(a) Two (2) members to be appointed by the Mississippi Association of Supervisors.(b) Three (3) members to be appoi…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-4-5 Powers of board

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(a) In addition to the powers conferred upon the Board on Jail Officer Standards and Training elsewhere in this chapter, the board shall have power to:(a) Promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of this chapter including the authority to require the submission of …

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-4-7 Office of Standards and Training to provide administrative and fiscal support

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The Office of Standards and Training shall provide administrative and fiscal support for the Board on Jail Officer Standards and Training on jail officer standards and training, and the Director of the Office of Standards and Training shall serve as the director of the board.

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-4-9 Certification required for employment as jail officer; exemption for certain jail officers

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(1) (a) After January 1, 2000, no person shall be appointed or employed as a jail officer or a part-time jail officer unless that person has been certified as being qualified under subsection (3) of this section.(b) No person who is required to be certified shall be appointed or …

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-5-1 Citation of chapter

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This chapter may be cited as “The Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers’ Training Academy Law of 1964.”

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-5-11 Appropriations; tuition fees; payment of expenses of officers attending academy; grants and donations may be accepted

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(1) The Legislature may appropriate funds to carry out the purposes of this chapter in whole or in part. The commissioner shall establish and charge reasonable tuition fees to be paid. Any municipality, county, district or other political subdivision or agency of the state is her…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-5-13 Acceptance or rejection of applicants by director; appeals by rejected applicants

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The director, with the approval of the commissioner, shall have the power and authority to accept or reject any group or individual. If an individual or group is rejected by the director, he or they may by written request appeal to a reviewing board made up of the commissioner of…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-5-15 Duties of State Building Commission; law enforcement officers’ training academy fund

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The State Building Commission is authorized and directed to provide suitable land, either state owned or purchased for the purpose of this chapter or received as a gift, and buildings to house the law enforcement training academy, and payment for the construction costs of such bu…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-5-17 Construction of chapter

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This chapter shall be construed as supplemental and in addition to the present laws governing the department of public safety; provided, however, whenever a conflict exists between this chapter and any of said present laws the provisions of this chapter will control.

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-5-19 Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers’ Training Academy firing range named the “Lieutenant Colonel Pat Cronin Firing Range.”

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(1) The firing range of the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers’ Training Academy, which is established under authority of Section 45-5-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, and located within Pearl, Rankin County, Mississippi, under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Department of Publ…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-5-3 Public policy declared

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It is hereby declared that the state public welfare demands and the state public policy requires proper and adequate preservation of the domestic tranquility by the presence of sufficiently trained law enforcement officers on local and state levels; that the means and measures he…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-5-5 Establishment, supervision and purpose of law enforcement officers’ training academy; rules and regulations; director and other personnel

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The commissioner of public safety is hereby authorized and empowered to establish, maintain and supervise a “law enforcement officers’ training academy” for the purpose of providing training facilities for members of the department of public safety and such other law enforcement …

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-5-7 Instructors and curriculum

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The commissioner may furnish suitable instructors in the subject matter fields to be taught by assigning members of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol or by calling upon other agencies, departments, institutions or private individuals to provide competent instructors in their …

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-5-9 Sheriffs and mayors may appoint extra deputies and police; commissioner of public safety to judge qualifications of applicant; powers and duties of deputies; compensation and uniforms; bond

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The sheriff of each county, and the mayor of each municipality, is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint as many extra deputy sheriffs and as many extra deputy police officers, as the case may be, as he deems necessary for the purposes herein. Each applicant to the academy h…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-6-1 Legislative findings and intent

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The Legislature finds that the administration of criminal justice is of statewide concern, and that the activities of law enforcement officers are important to the health, safety and welfare of the people of this state and are of such nature as to require selection, education and…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-6-11 Law enforcement officer qualifications; recertification after leaving law enforcement; certification; reprimand, suspension or revocation of certification; notice and hearing requirements; right to appeal; rules

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(1) Law enforcement officers already serving under permanent appointment on July 1, 1981, and personnel of the Division of Community Services under Section 47-7-9 serving on July 1, 1994, shall not be required to meet any requirement of subsections (3) and (4) of this section as …

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-6-13 Reimbursement for attending training program; professional library

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(1) The board shall establish, provide or maintain law enforcement training programs through such agencies and institutions as the board may deem appropriate. (2) The board shall authorize, but only from such funds authorized and appropriated by the Legislature, the reimbursement…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-6-15 Law Enforcement Officers Training Fund; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund

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(1) (a) Such assessments as are collected under Section 99-19-73, Mississippi Code of 1972, and contributions, grants and other monies received by the board under the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited in a special fund hereby created in the State Treasury and designat…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-6-16 Hair follicle drug test; required to be offered to suspended law enforcement officers before termination; back pay authorized upon negative test result

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(1) Any full- or part-time law enforcement officer who is accused of drug use in violation of the employer’s policies or state law based upon the results of a urinalysis must be afforded the opportunity to undergo a subsequent, more scientifically reliable test before the officer…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-6-17 Noncomplying officers and officers with certificates revoked or suspended not to exercise powers; salary not to be paid

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(1) Any full- or part-time law enforcement officer who does not comply with the provisions of this chapter, or whose certificate has been suspended or revoked under provisions of this chapter, shall not be authorized to exercise the powers of law enforcement officers generally, a…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-6-19 Continuing education requirement for municipal police chiefs and officers

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(1) The chief of police of any state agency, county, municipality, public two-year or four-year college or university and any extension thereof in the State of Mississippi, and the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District, is required to annually complete twenty (20) hours of exe…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-6-21 Motorcycle Officers Training Program Fund created; funding of expenses of Motorcycle Officers Training Program; deposit of user charges and fees authorized under this section into State General Fund

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(1) There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Motorcycle Officers Training Program Fund, which shall be administered by the Office of the Attorney General. The purpose of the fund shall be to provide funding for the training of state and local law e…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-6-23 Initial law enforcement officer certification program and continuing education and training on mental health and behavioral issues

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The Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training shall promulgate regulations to require education and training components on mental health and behavioral issues to consist of not less than six (6) hours in the initial law enforcement officer certification program and …

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-6-3 Definitions

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(a) For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed herein, unless the context shall otherwise require:(a) “Commission” means the Criminal Justice Planning Commission.(b) “Board” means the Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Train…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-6-5 Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training created; appointment, terms of office, removal from office and compensation of members; officers; meetings; reports; advisors

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(1) There is hereby created the Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training, which shall consist of thirteen (13) members. (2) (a) The Governor shall appoint six (6) members of the board from the following specified categories:(i) Two (2) members, each of whom is a ch…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-6-7 Powers of board

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(a) In addition to the powers conferred upon the board elsewhere in this chapter, the board shall have power to:(a) Promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of this chapter, including the authority to require the submission of reports and information by law enforce…

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-6-9 Administrative and fiscal support provided by criminal justice planning commission

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The criminal justice planning commission shall provide administrative and fiscal support for the board on law enforcement officer standards and training, and the executive director of the commission shall serve as the director of the board.