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Mississippi Code 1972 (2024)
Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-1-1 — 45-49-15)
Chapter 3 - HIGHWAY SAFETY PATROL (§§ 45-3-1 — 45-3-57)
- Section 45-3-1 - Citation of chapter
- Section 45-3-3 - Definitions
- Section 45-3-5 - Chief of patrol
- Section 45-3-7 - [Repealed]
- Section 45-3-9 - Qualifications of members of Highway Safety Patrol; agents of Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics employed as enforcement troopers
- Section 45-3-11 - Prohibitions as to engaging in political activity and soliciting campaign contributions
- Section 45-3-13 - No exemption from military service for patrolmen
- Section 45-3-15 - Preference to returning veterans
- Section 45-3-17 - Dismissal of patrolmen
- Section 45-3-19 - Regulations governing discipline, uniforms, supplies, and the like
- Section 45-3-21 - Powers and duties of patrol, generally
- Section 45-3-23 - Commissioner not to impose rule which impedes enforcement of traffic laws
- Section 45-3-25 - Patrolman preferring traffic charge to forward abstract of court record
- Section 45-3-27 - Bearing of arms; compliance with dress regulations
- Section 45-3-29 - Penalty for impersonating patrolman; exception for county patrolman; exception for retired patrolman with prior authorization from commissioner
- Section 45-3-31 - Uniforms, automobiles and other equipment
- Section 45-3-33 - Uniforms, automobiles and other equipment; advertising for bids
- Section 45-3-35 - Camera equipment for patrol cars
- Section 45-3-37 - Markings on patrol cars
- Section 45-3-39 - Prohibition as to personal use of cars, materials and equipment
- Section 45-3-41 - Radio receiving sets may be installed in certain counties and municipalities
- Section 45-3-43 - Radio substations and booster stations for use of highway safety patrol
- Section 45-3-45 - Training school for patrolmen
- Section 45-3-47 - Training school for patrolmen; selection program
- Section 45-3-49 - Penalty for violating provisions of chapter
- Section 45-3-51 - Retirants or beneficiaries of officers killed in line of duty permitted to retain one sidearm
- Section 45-3-52 - Retention by officers of assigned dogs retired from service
- Section 45-3-53 - Distinctive marker on cemetery memorials for Highway Safety Patrol officers killed in line of duty; markers for other officers
- Section 45-3-55 - Mississippi Highway Patrol Troop "D" substation named "Robert 'Bunky' Huggins Substation."
- Section 45-3-57 - Mississippi Department of Public Safety's Highway Patrol District Office designated "Charles L. Young, Sr., District Office."
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