JACKSON – Mississippi lawmakers are advancing House Bill 855 to help police departments across the state retain officers by offering financial incentives. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Jeffrey ...

JACKSON – Mississippi lawmakers are advancing House Bill 855 to help police departments across the state retain officers by offering financial incentives. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Jeffrey ...

Transparency about police violence in Mississippi — and across the country — is being stymied as law enforcement largely fails to report excessive use of force by officers for the second year ...

Jackson Police Chief Joseph Wade assured the homeless population ... violating your rights as human beings and as citizens ...

When Damien Cameron’s body arrived at the Mississippi State Medical Examiner’s Office in August 2021, it bore all the signs of a police brutality case.

Mississippi Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell, left, confers with Jackson Police Chief James Davis during a town hall meeting to address youth crime issues in Jackson, Miss., Feb. 14, 2023.

A Mississippi grand jury decided officer Greg Capers of the Indianola Police Department, who shot an 11-year-old boy, won't face criminal charges.

JACKSON, Miss. — A federal judge Thursday temporarily blocked a new Mississippi law that requires permission from state police for protests or other gatherings near state government buildings in ...

The Mississippi police officer who wrongfully shot an 11-year-old after the boy called 911 for help has been suspended without pay effective immediately, according to a member of the Indianola ...

A lack of state standards leaves Mississippi police and sheriff’s departments on their own to decide when to use stun guns, and many give officers a free hand. Skip to content Skip to site index.