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.