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Mississippi Division Meeting 09-26-09 The Board of Directors for the Mississippi Division of PBA held their annual business meeting on September 26th, 2009, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Pearl Mississippi. Chapter presidents and senior vice presidents from around the state were in attendance. Also present was the President of Southern States PBA, Jack Roberts, PBA Staff, members of PBA and guests..... (10/19/09)
The Mississippi PBA Board of Directors have selected Leanna Ferguson as the recipient of the 2009 Police Benevolent Foundation Scholarship for the Mississippi Division. This scholarship provides Ms. Ferguson with an award of $1,000.00 to utilized at any institution of higher..... (6/9/09)
Mississippi PBA Division Board Meeting 2008 The annual meeting of the Mississippi PBA Board of Directors was held in Clinton MS on September 19-20, 2008. Those in attendance included chapter presidents and senior vice-presidents from across the state....
State Law Enforcement Chapter Established in During the last half 2008, the necessary ground work was initiated to establish a State Law Enforcement Chapter within the Mississippi Division of PBA. In August of this year a steering committee..... (11/06/08)
PBA Member Honored for Outstanding Service On October 30, 2008, Thomas Mastin, former Secretary for the North Mississippi Chapter was honored for his outstanding and unselfish service given to his chapter throughout the duration of his..... (11/5/08)
Senate Bill 2680 Has Passed The Mississippi Senate By Narrow Margin
Waveland Police Department Supports Officers Waveland Police Department was one of several departments severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina in August of 2005. The department lost their headquarters facilities, virtually all of their vehicles and equipment and their officers nearly lost their lives during the storm..... (11/07/07)
Mississippi PBA Holds 2007 Division Meeting The elected leadership of Mississippi PBA met in Pearl Mississippi on June 28th and 29th 2007, for the association’s annual work session and business meeting. Chapter presidents and Senior Vice Presidents from around the state conducted the screening of numerous..... (11/01/07)
Local Student Earns Police Benevolent Foundation Scholarship On December 1, 2006, the Police Benevolent Foundation (PBF), a 501(c)(3) organization headquartered in McDonough, Georgia, launched its inaugural scholarship program. The window was open until March 1, 2007 and the Foundation received 25 applications from seven states. One of the applicants, Shannon Bugg of Corinth, Mississippi, exemplified the kind of student the PBF was..... (1/01/07)
Mississippi Division Board of Directors Establishes 2006 Legislative Agenda And Congressional Endorsements
The Mississippi
Division Board of Directors held their 2006 board
meeting in Jackson, Ms on August 11th and 12th
at the Hilton Hotel on County Line Road in Jackson, Ms......
Mr. Simpson,
Parole Denied To Inmate Convicted of Killing Mississippi
In early February of this year the Mississippi Division of
Southern States PBA learned of a parole hearing to be held
on March 28, 2006, for the parole consideration of Israel Bradley.
Bradley was convicted and currently serving his sentence for the 1973
murder of Sergeant David H. Anthony.....
The Legislation That Passed… But Didn’t !
The credit for this bill not becoming law in
the 2006 legislative session can be given dominantly to Representative
Mark Baker of Rankin County. This bill was introduced in the Senate
by.....
Two Wiggins PD Officers Killed In the Line Of Duty
On Sunday, November 28, 2003, Mississippi lost two more
dedicated law enforcement officers in the line of duty.
Odel Fite, 48, a 24 year veteran and Brandon Breland,
23, a five year veteran, both.....
MSPBA Delivers Aid To Waveland PD
On Monday, September 5th, Labor Day, Tommy Simpson, Kimmons
Gray and I traveled to Waveland, MS. We were delivering a
trailer filled with food, clothes, water, ammunition and
other supplies for the Waveland Police Department which had
been completely decimated by Hurricane Katrina. Ken Magee,
Senior Vice President of MS PBA and Central MS Chapter
President led a drive to get supplies from the.....
MSPBA Division Board Meeting Held
Mississippi PBA held its
Division meeting on Saturday, May 21, 2005 in the Division office in
Jackson, MS. Chapter Presidents and Vice-Presidents from all areas of
the state were represented for the meeting. We were also pleased to
welcome Jack Roberts, SSPBA.....
I would like to share with you an email I received on
May 13, 2005, in response to the Mississippi PBA
Division Office sending out a CAP-WIZ Legislative Alert in regard to
HB-18. Had this House bill passed it would have made all state law
enforcement officers essentially.....
PBA Aids Member In Recovering Back Pay From City
PBA member Eli Perrigin,
employed with the Columbus Ms Police Department was assisted in a pay
issue after the attorney for the city of Columbus advised the city
council it would be illegal for.....
You as a member of Mississippi PBA can have your voice
heard and play a vital role in passing legislation which
promotes positive change in the benefits and work
environment of law enforcement officers. You can do this
now, day or night without even leaving your home. Here
in Mississippi, PBA.....
A special
meeting of the Chapter Board was held by the Board
of Directors of the North Mississippi Chapter, to
elect a new President and Sr. Vice President......
Officers Ian Estorffe and Brent Anderson
were accused of criminal assault by suspects they were investigating and
arrested per warrant from the Justice Court of Hancock County in
Mississippi. In May of 2003, Officer Anderson was in Dan B’s Lounge with
his wife and other off-duty officers when.....
Arrest Warrants Against Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers
During the year of
2000, it became apparent to leadership within Mississippi PBA
that more and more law enforcement officers within the state were being
charged with criminal allegations through warrants issued by Justice
Courts within the state. In most every instance the affiant of the
warrant was a person.....
Law Enforcement Disability Passes Legislature
Go ahead, pinch yourself, you’re not dreaming……it’s true!
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