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Miss. Code Ann. § 45-6-1 (2026)

Legislative findings and intent

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The Legislature finds that the administration of criminal justice is of statewide concern, and that the activities of law enforcement officers are important to the health, safety and welfare of the people of this state and are of such nature as to require selection, education and training of a professional nature upon entrance and during the careers of law enforcement officers. It is the intent of the Legislature to provide for the coordination of training programs for law enforcement officers and to set standards therefor.

Laws, 1981, ch. 474, § 1; Laws, 1998, ch. 394, § 1, eff. 7/1/1998.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases, 1987–2017 · leading case: L.T. Ex Rel. Hollins v. City of Jackson, 145 F. Supp. 2d 750 (S.D. Miss. 2000).
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L.T. Ex Rel. Hollins v. City of Jackson, 145 F. Supp. 2d 750 (S.D. Miss. 2000). · cites it 6× “See Miss.Code Ann. §§ 45-6-1, 9 et seq. Pursuant to Mississippi’s legislatively mandated Law Enforcement Officers Training Program, MCA §§ 45-6-1 et seq.”
Moore v. Carroll Cnty., Miss., 960 F. Supp. 1084 (N.D. Miss. 1997). · cites it 3× “The statutorily-im *1094 posed duties relative to the training of law enforcement officers are set out under Miss. Code Ann. § 45-6-1 et seq. The plaintiff failed to allege the breach of any ministerial duty set out pursuant to this statute.”
Bd. on Law Enf't v. Voyles, 732 So. 2d 216 (Miss. 1999). · cites it 6× “Miss. Code Ann. § 45-6-1 et seq. (Supp.1996).”
Bd. on Law Enforce. Officer Standards & Training v. Rushing, 752 So. 2d 1085 (Miss. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 4× “See Miss.Code Ann. §§ 45-6-1, 45-6-11(3) (Supp.”
Equal Emp. Opportunity Comm'n v. Mississippi State Tax Comm'n, 693 F. Supp. 516 (S.D. Miss. 1987). · cites it 2× “Miss.Code Ann. §§ 45-6-1, et seq., (1972 as amended).”
Hooper v. State, 295 F. Supp. 3d 726 (S.D. Miss. 2017). “In 1981, the Mississippi Legislature enacted the Law Enforcement Officers Training Program (the Act), set forth in Mississippi Code Annotated §§ 45-6-1 through -19. The Act established the Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training (BLEOST), Miss.”
Mississippi Dep't of Pub. Saf., Off. of Standards & Training v. Raybon, 138 So. 3d 220 (Miss. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 4× “In 1981, the Mississippi Legislature enacted the Law Enforcement Officers Training Program (the Act) under Mississippi Code Annotated sections 45-6-1 through -19 (Rev.2011). The Act established the Board and vested it with absolute authority to establish minimum standards for…”
Equal Emp. Opportunity Comm'n, Plaintiff-appellant, v. Mississippi State Tax Comm'n, Defendant-appellee, 848 F.2d 526 (5th Cir. 1988). · cites it 2× “See generally Miss.Code Ann. §§ 45-6-1, 45-6-11 (1972).”
Monica Harris v. The Town of Woodville, 196 So. 3d 1121 (Miss. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 6× “See Miss.Code Ann. §§ 45-6-1 & 45-6-11 (Rev.2015).”
Law Enf't Officer Standards & Training v. Roger Voyles (Miss. 1997). · cites it 6× “Miss. Code Ann. § 45-6-1 et. seq. (Supp. 1996).”
Ottowa Carter v. Mississippi Dep't of Corr. (Miss. 1997). · cites it 2× “Miss. Code Ann. §§ 45-6-1 et. seq. (1993).”
Carter v. State Dep't of Corr., 722 So. 2d 141 (Miss. 1998). · cites it 2× “Miss.Code Ann. §§ 45-6-1 et. seq. (1993).”
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