Jackson Jambalaya

There are 99 sworn officers not working a beat. That ration is unacceptable. But why? Too fat to fit in a patrol car? Cushy day job behind a desk with weekends off? No show job?

How may are assigned to hizzoner chowke? I bet at least 10-20.

Why the fuck does the mayor of jackistan need security?

How many travel with him on his frequent junkets to Atlanta and to meet with his progressive pals back east?

Wonder where the money that money is budgeted for those positions is going

Actually, it's 98.. not that it's much better.. but the truth is the truth. Also, there is a national shortage. Even here in little Mississippi, most agencies are experiencing a shortage. Capital Police even has a shortage. If we're going to be fair, let's be FAIR and HONEST.

People who watch the council meetings already knew this.. that truth is not new.

12:34 : Badly run cities, counties and our country for years. And the easier answer as to why is ? Pay ? And why is pay bad ? Because higher ups like Mayors and board members make waaaaay to much ? Or it's because no one bothers fixing parking meters or bothers to empty the full ones ? Or Ol Girl is pocketing profits down to the water dept ? No one wants to be shot at for 22,000 a year. 70's wages.

There's a shortage, because for the most part, LEO's aren't paid shit!!! I know some of the higher-ups make good money, but the beat cops and sheriff's deputies are paid peanuts. And God bless them for the work that they do!!! We as a country have got our priorities so ass-backwards on so many issues, and this is one of them. These men and women who put their lives on the line for all of us ought to be the highest paid public servants period!!!

If we're going to be fair, let's be FAIR and HONEST.

Point out the dishonesty. Where is it? Be specific.

Let's make sure we have money for the arts society and David Lewis instead!

@12:34...yeah, lets be fair and honest. NO ONE wants to be a police officer in Jackson MS. That is why there is a shortage. No shortage in Madison or Rankin County. If we are being fair and honest...

Law and order is very expensive. If you want good people to make a career out of public safety, you have to make it pay. Neither party is willing to do that.

2:00 PM No one wants to be an officer pretty much anywhere because there is a shortage EVERYWHERE.

As I recall, one of the first things Lumumba did when he was first elected was cycle through police chiefs and shuffle the top brass around until everyone got the message to follow his lead and focus on the "perception of crime."

It had to have been demoralizing for those who made careers in law enforcement. After that, the move to indict an officer, instead of the criminal who shot at him first, probably sent a clear message to those who remained.

if i were a law enforcement officer, I'd jump at the chance to work in a suburb. raise my life expectancy, be able to drive a car more than 25mph on city streets, and probably live in a safer community...

Close zoo and planetarium. Triple leo pay.
Veto mayor security guards. Problem solved.

Why would anyone be a cop in Jackson, MS? The current admin is going to hang them out to dry at the first opportunity. The judges are going to turn the criminals out almost instantly. The community has no respect for the police and opposes them at almost every opportunity. Then, the pay isn’t great.

Little wonder why it takes so long for an officer to respond to a call or respond at all. Large swaths of the city have no JPD coverage probably every day of the week. Only gets worse from here as long as Lumumba is Mayor.

30 YR fixed mortgage rates are soaring. NEJaxers who didn't sell when the selling was good are screwed.

Jackson has a gang problem that no one in city government will even acknowledge exists. Surely that doesn't help with officer morale.

I saw a JPD crusier flash lights to go through a red on Lake Harbor last week.

"Why the fuck does the mayor of jackistan need security"?

Good question 12:30.

According to another Council member, I assumed the dope boys provided security. I'm reminded of a famous line from the original "Godfather" film:


Sollozzo : If you're worried about security for your million, the Tattaglias will guarantee it.

Say it ain’t so? The truth was always there.

Attn 3:56 PM You apparently have little or no selling experience. To sell property in Jackson, you need a seller and A BUYER.. Are you a product of the Jackson School Systym?

Other than the water, trash, roads, education, police department, fire department, schools, infrastructure, utilities, and economic development, the mayor is doing a great job.

JPD is short more than 100 officers. The council slashed the number of officers at JPD from over 500 over the years. Officers will continue to leave because James Davis had no business being Chief. Him and Lumumba have overseen the downfall of JPD. Get out of Jackson it will get worse over the next 3 years of Mayor Lumumba.

The silver lining of soaring crime in Jackson due to the mayor's indifference is that it is largely concentrated in certain areas.

Also, according to the officer down memorial page, the last JPD officer killed in the line of duty was in 2013. By comparison, Chicago PD lost someone in 2021.

The main reason people don't want to be police officers is because the pay is too low to justify being thrown under the bus by democrat politicians and attacked by the woke social media job for pulling the trigger.

I agree with the previous commenter--shut down the depressing zoo and add another million a year to JPD.

6:44 if you think that is just democratic party then you are hood winked like most the population. Dems and Republicans are one in the same. They just step on different people to get to the top. We could all get ahead if we worked togeather, instead we have a few that fights to be the top of the bottom. We get those elite few to understand that the top of the bottom is still the bottom. Its sad that a select few are so power hungry that they pee on the whole state. Wonder if they even realize that they are the very people Jesus condemned. Do they even fell alittle shady on sunday morning on the front row. Do they not understand that the God they claim to worship sees more than the hour each sunday? Do they not understand that a crook in a tie is as bad or worse than one on the street?

Five gold stars to the commenter at 4:35 who quoted Sollozzo.

The assistant chief said they are on a 12-hour shift system, and told the council committee they had four shifts, which would mean one shift overlaps another by six hours to spread coverage. That's the only way you get four twelve-hour shifts: stagger them every six hours.

@9:07
The 12 hour shifts work 3 on - 3 off, 4 on - 4 off. So the 4 shifts don't overlap, they are on different days. No idea why they consider them different shifts, unless they are trying to follow the fire dept's A, B, and C shift model.

JPD could hire 10,000 officers and it would not change a thing in Jackson.

^^^ 8:31

I’ve read all your posts. Go vote. Scared leaders hate elections. Get off y’all asses.

Criminals are trying to help bring the number down by killing more citizens.

100 more police officers in Jackson, Mississippi? Who in their right mind wants to be a rookie JPD officer?