Jackson County Sheriff's Office (Mississippi)

Jackson County Sheriff's Office Patch

The Jackson County Sheriff's Office is a law enforcement agency located in Jackson County, Mississippi, which is responsible of providing law enforcement services to areas of the county that are unincorporated communities which do not have their own local police force.

The current sheriff for the Jackson County Sheriff's Office is Mike Ezell.

The county's largest city in population is Pascagoula, Mississippi.

History

In 2000, Deputy Sheriff Bruce Wayne Evans was killed while on duty. The cause of death was "vehicular assault", and the assailant received a life sentence.[1]

In 2015, a federal jury ordered former Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd to pay $260,000 in damages for harassment of a female deputy. Byrd resigned in 2013 after being indicted on 28 felony charges.[2]

Organization

A Patrol Car used by the Jackson County Sheriff's Department.

The Jackson County Sheriff's Office provides law enforcement services the unincorporated communities in Jackson County, Mississippi.[3]

These communities are:

Substations

  1. Main Station, Pascagoula
  2. Ocean Springs Substation, St. Martin
  3. Hurley Substation, Hurley, Escatawpa

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.co.jackson.ms.us/officials/sheriff/fallenheroes.php
  2. ↑ "Jury: Former Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd to Pay Damages in Sexual Harassment Lawsuit". WLOX. September 17, 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.co.jackson.ms.us/officials/sheriff/

External links

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