Governor Tate Reeves issued the following statement.
Governor Tate Reeves today announced the authorization of $1,000 in hazard pay for each sworn law enforcement officer who actively served during the COVID-19 State of Emergency and who was employed by state agencies as of November 30, 2021. This one-time hazard pay, which is funded through discretionary CARES Act funds, will be distributed to state law enforcement officers by the end of the 2021 calendar year.
“As long as I’m governor, Mississippi will always back the blue,” said Governor Tate Reeves. “Throughout the pandemic, our state law enforcement officers stepped up in a big way. They put their own health on the line and risked increased exposure to COVID-19 to do what they’ve always done – selflessly protect and serve our communities with honor and professionalism. They’ve earned every penny of this hazard pay, and I am proud to have authorized it. My administration will continue to do everything we can to ensure our state’s law enforcement officers receive the support and recognition they deserve.”
27 comments:
"springtime for Hitler and Mississippi " "Goosestep the new step today "
Tate can politically pander every bit as good as Phil ever did.
I wonder why teachers in JPS have not received the bonus others have from the CARES Act funds?
Teacher at 8:47, probably cause they have been at home not teaching!
8:47 If it’s performance based then…..well…….you know
I wonder if Tate wii have troopers build him a lake while being paid by the State? Phil has a nice piece of property. Wondering how Phil became a millionaire on a Governor’s salary?
Tate just sees them as his Praetorian Guard.
While I am supportive of Law Enforcement Officers, how is this not a illegal donation or bonus, both of which are prohibited by the Mississippi Constitution? Section 66: No law granting a donation or gratuity in favor of any person or object shall be enacted except by the concurrence of two-thirds of the members elect of each branch of the Legislature, nor by any vote for a sectarian purpose or use. Section 96: The Legislature shall never grant extra compensation, fee, or allowance, to any public officer, agent, servant, or contractor, after service rendered or contract made, nor authorize payment, or part payment, of any claim under any contract not authorized by law; but appropriations may be made for expenditures in repelling invasion, preventing or suppressing insurrections. No matter how you couch it, these payments are illegal under the Mississippi Constitution.
@8:47 AM - So you think that you deserve a bonus for getting paid to stay home? It must be stressful getting paid for those daily "afternoon delights."
@9:05am - I thought that was Fitch?
There's a whole lot of other sworn state law enforcement other than troopers that aren't paid nearly as well and don't have their own special retirement system. Raises for Troopers! is just as much of a unfair political pander as Raises for Teachers!.
ANYONE in Government WHO HAS WORKED DIRECTLY with the public thruout the last TWO years DESERVE a hell of a lot more than a measly grand ! I am speaking on behalf of those who NEVER went home "to work". Sorry school teachers. Cares Act money is being stolen by all sorts and nary one deserve it.
He just does what seems to play well on Fox News.
Troopers...the highest paid at DPS & let's give 'em more money for sitting in their vehicles in the medians to watch Netflix
smdh!!
10:00 : Better than sitting at the house watching NETFLIX. Just waste to ride up and down the road. But whatever, I understand the divide and would rather HP to get it than elected who did indeed go home and stay there.
Once again Kingfish either fucks up the headline or does a poor job of explaining how 'law enforcement' suddenly is restricted to 'troopers'. But, he can always claim "I just copied and pasted". Meanwhile, the readership of this blog has no idea who, which or what will receive the hazard duty pay.
If Tater would gain 30 more pounds and learn to smoke a cigar, he'd be boss-hog. Get that boy some Over-Hauls!
I've worked in state government and law enforcement for almost 20 years. It's the absolute worst time ever to be in law enforcement. Everyone wants their 15 minutes of fame, a viral video and a large settlement, and apparently they're willing to get killed to get it. They don't understand the consequences.
What the troopers do is dangerous work. It really is.
But most of them are absolute jerks for no reason. They're hard to be nice to. They're arrogant, pompous and self centered. They believe they're the only law enforcement agency in existence, and some of them are dumb. Just plain dumb. Then with "FEEL" and The Tater Tot pandering to them just makes it worse. Other agencies that haven't had raises in years get $hit on.
Oh well, I guess it do what it do, huh?
DPS is a pretty thankless job. Let’s face it you don’t win many fans writing tickets, searching people’s cars and sweeping body parts off the road after some idiot kill’s themselves and possibly others. Perhaps if Reeves actually convinced Mississippians that he gave a rats ass about them giving a grand bonus to law enforcement wouldn’t seem like a payoff to his hinchmen.
12:36 Nailed it Bud!!
12:55 I've never seen a Trooper sweep body parts off a road. However being a firefighter I've done my share & it's sickening as sh-t! Go on back to your videos boys & let the men do the real work.
Wait a minute. Our sawed off runt of an auditor has issued a demand on some good folks in Leflore County who used CARES Act money to pay local law enforcement officers hazard pay in EXACTLY the same way that Tater has announced. Hmmmmm.
2:39 : Meanwhile here in Hinds.....................
Perhaps Tate's staff should have done some research. According to the Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 10 / Friday, January 15, 2021, page 4185.
Hazard pay specifically may only be covered to the extent it is related to COVID–19. A recipient (state) may use payments from the Fund to cover hazard pay for a police officer coming in close contact with members of the public to enforce public health or public safety orders, but across-the board hazard pay for all members of a police department regardless of their duties would not be able to be covered with payments from the Fund.
https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/CRF-Guidance-Federal-Register_2021-00827.pdf
1255 DPS is more than just mhp. Troopers’ jobs are not near as hard as a municipal officer or deputy sheriff. Don’t try to argue that point, you aint ready. What happened to the AGs bodyguards who committed home invasion? Oh that’s right they are above the law…move along
I'm no lawyer, but I did hear Lieutenant Tragg testify once that the Federal Cares Act does not trump the Mississippi Constitution.
This might not have come up in Bank Teller Class.
Gettin' measured for them short sleeve shirts ain't easy when you consider the steroid pump-ups it took to get to that pernt.
Tater is a classic example of a weenie who wanted to be...
MHP should be abolished and the funding given to counties for deputies who do real police work.
Doing the time Covid was high The highway patrol back office people worked too, so where is our $1,000 dollar The Headquarter people worked too. it not right to give one and not the others, So tell me where is the Care Money for the other people that work, Trooper were not the only works, The Headquarter people worked to DRIVER SERVICES WORK DAILY SERVING THE PEOPLE WHERE IS OUR $1.000.
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