Miss. Code § 45-1-12

Current through the 2024 Regular Session
Section 45-1-12 - Salaries of certain officers of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol and the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics
(1) The salaries of all officers of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol who have completed the course of instruction in an authorized highway patrol training school on general law enforcement, and are serving as a sworn officer of the Highway Patrol in the enforcement of the laws of the State of Mississippi, including service in any other division of the Department of Public Safety, and the sworn law enforcement officers of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, shall be determined and paid in accordance with the scale for officers salaries as provided in this subsection:

Department of Public Safety Sworn Officers Salary Schedule

Rank

Years of Experience

Less than 4

Over 4

Over 8

Over 12

Trooper

54,000

Trooper FC

57,000

Corporal

60,000

Sergeant

62,750

Rank

Years of Experience

Over 16

Over 20

Over 24

Over 29

Staff Sgt.

65,750

Sr. Staff Sgt.

68,750

Sgt. 1st Class

72,000

75,000

Promotional Rank

Years of Experience

Over 5

Over 10

Over 15

Over 20

Over 25

Over 29

Master Sgt.

68,750

71,500

74,500

77,500

80,500

83,250

Lieutenant

78,500

81,500

84,500

87,500

90,500

93,500

Captain

91,500

95,000

98,250

101,500

104,500

Promotional Rank

Major

111,000

Lt. Colonel

120,500

Colonel

131,750

Department of Public Safety/MS Bureau of Narcotics Sworn Officers Salary Schedule

Rank

Years of Experience

Less than 4

Over 4

Over 8

Over 12

LE-Agent I

54,000

LE-Agent II

57,000

LE-Agent III

60,000

LE-Agent IV

62,750

Rank

Years of Experience

Over 16

Over 20

Over 24

Over 29

LE-Agent V

65,750

LE-Agent VI

68,750

LE-Officer VII

72,000

LE-Officer VIII

75,000

Promotional

Rank

Years of Experience

Over 5

Over 10

Over 15

Over 20

Over 25

Over 29

Master Sgt.

68,750

71,500

74,500

77,500

80,500

83,250

Lieutenant

78,500

81,500

84,500

87,500

90,500

93,500

Captain

91,750

95,000

98,250

101,250

104,500

Promotional Rank

Major

111,000

Lt. Colonel

120,500

Colonel

131,750

(2) All sworn officers in the Mississippi Highway Patrol and the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics employed on a full-time basis shall be paid a salary in accordance with the above scale. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any rank of any sworn officer not based upon a merit-based promotion or years of experience shall be at the will and pleasure of the appointing authority as approved by the State Personnel Board.The rank and years of experience of each sworn officer to be used95in establishing the salary shall be determined by the rank and years of experience on July 1 of the current fiscal year.
(3) For purposes of applying the rank designation to the above scale, the following job classifications of the State Personnel Board shall be applicable for the Mississippi Highway patrol:

Rank

Job Classes

(a) Trooper

DPS-Highway Patrol Officer I

LE-Investigator II

(b) Trooper First Class

DPS-Highway Patrol Officer II

LE-Investigator III

(c) Corporal

DPS-Highway Patrol Officer III

LE-Investigator IV

(d) Sergeant

DPS-Highway Patrol Officer IV

LE-Investigator V

(e) Staff Sergeant

DPS-Highway Patrol Officer V

(f) Senior Staff Sergeant

DPS-Highway Patrol Officer VI Tech Spec

(g) Master Sgt/Sgt. F/C

DPS-Assistant Inspector

DPS-Highway Patrol Officer VII

DPS-Investigator I DPS-Supv. Driver Serv.

(h) Lieutenant

DPS-Air Operations Officer

DPS-Dir. Corr. Intelligence

DPS-Dist. Executive Officer

DPS-Regional Supv. Driver. Serv.

DPS-Branch Director

LE-Dir/Training

LE-Dist. Investigator

(i) Captain

DPS-Staff Officer (MHP)

(j) Major

DPS-Bureau Director II

(k) Lt. Colonel

DPS-Deputy Administrator;

DPS-Chief of Staff

(l) Colonel/Chief of Patrol

Dir-Office of MS Hwy Safety Patrol

(4) For purposes of applying the rank designation to the130 above scale, the following job classifications of the State131 Personnel Board shall be applicable for the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics:

Rank

Job Classes

(a) Agents

LE-Agent I

LE-Agent II

LE-Agent III

LE-Agent IV

LE-Agent V

LE-Agent VI

(b) Lieutenant

BN-District Investigator (LT)

(c) Captain

BN-District Commander

(d) Major

BN-Bureau Director II

Office Director I

(e) Lt. Colonel

BN-Deputy Administrator

(f) Colonel

Director, Bureau of Narcotics

(5) In any fiscal year after July 1, 2015, in the event the Legislature provides across-the-board salary increases to state employees whose compensation is paid from the State General Fund and subject to specific appropriation therefor by the Legislature, the State Personnel Board shall revise the salary scale above to provide the same percentage or dollar amount increase as has been appropriated for other state employees.
(6) It shall be the duty of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety to file with the Legislative Budget Office and the State Fiscal Officer such data and information as may be required to enable the said Legislative Budget Office and State Fiscal Officer to budget and distribute the funds necessary to compensate the sworn officers of the Department of Public Safety according to the requirements of the salary scale. Such data and information so filed may be revised from time to time as necessitated to reflect the current number and experience of sworn officers employed by the department.
(7) The Commissioner of Public Safety, with approval by the State Personnel Board, is authorized to set the salaries equitably of sworn law enforcement officers assigned to the Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division, the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, and Capitol Police based upon the pay scale contained in this section.

Miss. Code § 45-1-12

Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 527, SB 2285,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2024.
Amended by Laws, 2022, ch. 504, SB 2120,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2022.
Amended by Laws, 2020, ch. 391, HB 264,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2020.
Added by Laws, 2015, ch. 486, § 1, eff. 1/1/2016.