§ 45-5-1. Citation of chapter
This chapter may be cited as “The Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers’ Training Academy Law of 1964.”
§ 45-5-11. Appropriations; tuition fees; payment of expenses of officers attending academy; grants and donations may be accepted
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 hereby authorized to pay the expenses, including tuition of any of […]
§ 45-5-13. Acceptance or rejection of applicants by director; appeals by rejected applicants
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 public safety, who will be […]
§ 45-5-15. Duties of State Building Commission; law enforcement officers’ training academy fund
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 buildings shall be made from any money made available to […]
§ 45-5-17. Construction of chapter
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.
§ 45-5-3. Public policy declared
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 herein authorized to insure the welfare of all the citizens of the […]
§ 45-5-5. Establishment, supervision and purpose of law enforcement officers’ training academy; rules and regulations; director and other personnel
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 officers of the state, counties or municipalities as may schedule the use of the […]
§ 45-5-7. Instructors and curriculum
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 respective fields. In the alternative, the requesting authority may specify in its request that only […]
§ 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
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 herein created shall be subject to approval […]