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List Of Law Enforcement Agencies In Mississippi
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. 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. State agencies * Mississippi Attorney General's Office * Mississippi Bureau of Investigation * Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics * Mississippi Capitol Police * Mississippi Department of Corrections * Mississippi Department of Revenue **Mississippi Department of Revenue,, Criminal Investigations Division **Alcoholic Beverage Control (Mississippi), Alcoholic Beverage Control * Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks ** Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Mississippi's western boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River. Mississippi is the 32nd largest and 35th-most populous of the 50 U.S. states and has the lowest per-capita income in the United States. Jackson is both the state's capital and largest city. Greater Jackson is the state's most populous metropolitan area, with a population of 591,978 in 2020. On December 10, 1817, Mississippi became the 20th state admitted to the Union. By 1860, Mississippi was the nation's top cotton-producing state and slaves accounted for 55% of the state population. Mississippi declared its secession from the Union on January 9, 1861, and was one of the seven original Confederate States, which constituted the largest slaveholding states in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcorn County Sheriff's Office (Mississippi)
Alcorn is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: In arts and entertainment * Coco Love Alcorn, Canadian jazz singer * John Alcorn (singer), Canadian jazz singer * John Alcorn (artist) (1935–1992), American artist * Michael Alcorn (born 1962), Irish composer * Olive Ann Alcorn (1900–1975), American silent film actress * Susan Alcorn (born 1953), American musician * Emmy Alcorn, Canadian theatre developer and producer * Michael Thomas Lamar Alcorn, Actor and special effects artist In government and politics * George Oscar Alcorn (1850–1930), Canadian politician * James L. Alcorn (1816–1894), American politician * Meade Alcorn (1907–1992), American politician In science and technology * Allan Alcorn (born 1948), American computer scientist * George Edward Alcorn Jr. (born 1940), American physicist * Steve Alcorn (born 1956), American electronics engineer and inventor In sport * Gary Alcorn (1936–2006), American basketball player * Jenifer Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coahoma County Sheriff's Office (Mississippi)
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Coahoma may refer to: * Coahoma, Mississippi * Coahoma, Texas *Coahoma County Coahoma County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 26,151. Its county seat is Clarksdale. The Clarksdale, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Coahoma County. It is lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clay County Sheriff's Office (Mississippi)
Clay County is the name of 18 counties in the United States. Most are named for Henry Clay, U.S. Senator and statesman: * Clay County, Alabama * Clay County, Arkansas (named for John Clayton, and originally named Clayton County) * Clay County, Florida * Clay County, Georgia * Clay County, Illinois * Clay County, Indiana * Clay County, Iowa (named for Henry Clay Jr., son of Henry Clay and a soldier in the Mexican–American War) * Clay County, Kansas * Clay County, Kentucky (named for Green Clay, cousin of Henry Clay, a member of the Kentucky state legislature) * Clay County, Minnesota * Clay County, Mississippi * Clay County, Missouri * Clay County, Nebraska * Clay County, North Carolina * Clay County, South Dakota * Clay County, Tennessee * Clay County, Texas Clay County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 10,218. The county seat is Henrietta. The county was founded in 1857 and later organized in 1860. It is named in hon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarke County Sheriff's Office (Mississippi)
Clarke is a surname which means "clerk". The surname is of English and Irish origin and comes from the Latin . Variants include Clerk and Clark. Clarke is also uncommonly chosen as a given name. Irish surname origin Clarke is a popular surname in Ireland. The Irish version of the surname is believed to have come from County Galway and County Antrim and spread to County Donegal and County Dublin. The name is derived from the Irish Gaelic sept , meaning "clerk". English surname origin Clarke, as well as Clark, is also a widespread surname in England. The English version is of Anglo-Saxon origin and was used in the Middle Ages for the name of a scribe or secretary. The word "clerc", which came from the pre-7th century Old English (meaning priest), originally denoted a member of a religious order, but later became widespread. In the Middle Ages, virtually the only people who could read and write were members of religious orders, linking the word with literacy. Thus the surname beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claiborne County Sheriff's Office (Mississippi)
Claiborne may refer to: People Surname *Billy Claiborne (1860–1882), western outlaw *Lindy Boggs (Corinne Claiborne Boggs, 1916–2013), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana; U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican *Chris Claiborne (born 1978), former American football linebacker *Craig Claiborne (1920–2000), U.S. food writer and columnist for the ''New York Times'' *Ferdinand Claiborne (1773–1815), U.S. military officer most notable for his command during the Creek War and the War of 1812 * Harry E. Claiborne (1917–2004), United States District Judge, Nevada, from 1978 until his impeachment and removal in 1986 * James Robert Claiborne (1882–1944), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri *John Claiborne (1777–1808), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia * John Claiborne (baseball executive) (born 1940), executive in American Major League Baseball and a president of the New England Sports Network (NESN) * John Francis Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choctaw County Sheriff's Office (Mississippi)
The Choctaw (in the Choctaw language, Chahta) are a Native American people originally based in the Southeastern Woodlands, in what is now Alabama and Mississippi. Their Choctaw language is a Western Muskogean language. Today, Choctaw people are enrolled in three federally recognized tribes: the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, and Jena Band of Choctaw Indians in Louisiana. The Choctaw were first noted by Europeans in French written records of 1675. Their mother mound is Nanih Waiya, a great earthwork platform mound located in central-east Mississippi. Early Spanish explorers of the mid-16th century in the Southeast encountered ancestral Mississippian culture villages and chiefs. The Choctaw coalesced as a people in the 17th century and developed at least three distinct political and geographical divisions: eastern, western, and southern. These different groups sometimes created distinct, independent alliances with nearby European powers. These i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chickasaw County Sheriff's Office (Mississippi)
The Chickasaw ( ) are an indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands. Their traditional territory was in the Southeastern United States of Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee as well in southwestern Kentucky. Their language is classified as a member of the Muskogean language family. In the present day, they are organized as the federally recognized Chickasaw Nation. Chickasaw people have a migration story in which they moved from a land west of the Mississippi River, where they settled mostly in present-day northeast Mississippi, northwest Alabama, and into Lawrence County, Tennessee. They had interaction with French, English, and Spanish colonists during the colonial period. The United States considered the Chickasaw one of the Five Civilized Tribes of the Southeast, as they adopted numerous practices of European Americans. Resisting European-American settlers encroaching on their territory, they were forced by the U.S. government to sell their traditional lands in the 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carroll County Sheriff's Office (Mississippi)
Carroll may refer to: People * Carroll (given name) * Carroll (surname) * O'Carroll, also known as Carroll, a Gaelic Irish clan * Mac Cearbhaill, anglicised as Carroll, a Gaelic Irish clan * Charles Carroll Webster (1824-1893), American lawyer and politician Places Australia *Carroll, New South Wales United States *Carroll, Iowa *Carroll, Nebraska *Carroll, New Hampshire *Carroll, New York *Carroll, Ohio *Carroll, Texas *Carroll County (other), various * Carroll Plantation, Maine *Carroll Township (other), various *Carroll Valley, Pennsylvania *East Carroll Parish, Louisiana *East Carroll Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania *West Carroll Parish, Louisiana *Mount Carroll, Illinois Education *Carroll College (Montana) *Carroll University, Waukesha, Wisconsin *John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio *Carroll Hall (University of Notre Dame), residence hall *Carroll School of Management, within Boston College Court cases *''R v Carroll'', Australian High Cour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calhoun County Sheriff's Office (Mississippi)
John C. Calhoun (1782–1850) was the 7th vice president of the United States. Calhoun can also refer to: Surname * Calhoun (surname) Inhabited places in the United States *Calhoun, Georgia *Calhoun, Illinois *Calhoun, Kansas *Calhoun, Kentucky *Calhoun, Louisiana *Calhoun, Missouri *Calhoun, South Carolina *Calhoun, Tennessee * Calhoun, West Virginia *Calhoun, Wisconsin *Calhoun County, Alabama *Calhoun County, Arkansas *Calhoun County, Florida *Calhoun County, Georgia *Calhoun County, Illinois *Calhoun County, Iowa *Calhoun County, Michigan *Calhoun County, Mississippi *Calhoun County, South Carolina *Calhoun County, Texas *Calhoun County, West Virginia *Fort Calhoun, Nebraska Lakes in Minnesota, United States *Lake Calhoun (Kandiyohi County, Minnesota) *Lake Calhoun, Minnesota, now called Bde Maka Ska Schools and universities in the United States *Grace Hopper College of Yale University, known as Calhoun College until 2017 *Calhoun Middle School (other) *Calhoun Sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
