Jackson Jambalaya

I'd expect some of the JPD officers have gone to Capitol Police, but I'm told a majority of Capitol Police do not live in Jackson.

CP has around 150 officers which includes Capitol Complex building security. 101 CP vehicles (marked & unmarked). 40-50 officers on the streets with marked cars. In the past year Capitol Police have made more than 350 felony arrests and last month received 20,000 calls.

@12:51...20,000 calls?
that is over 666 calls everyday- someone's phone be ringing off the wall!
Is that to 911?

4 precincts, 3 shifts per day ,per precinct, leaves approximately 10 patrol officers (not counting sergeants or lieutenants) per shift, per precinct. Working 8 hour shifts on a 5 on 2 off schedule, with normal days off that leaves 7-8 officers normally working per shift, per precinct. Now consider vacation days, sick leave, etc., there may be shifts with 5 or less officers working. No wonder it can take a considerable amount of time for an officer to respond to a call. Not the individual officers fault, just sad.
In the 1980’s and 90’s JPD was a highly regarded, nationally recognized law enforcement organization. As the political landscape changed the erosion of JPD began. In any organization leadership matters and in the case of the City of Jackson that begins in the mayor’s office.

Just another one of Jokeway’s many failures.

The Mayor is out of town! Where is he? After all, he works for us. Surely there is some way to find out how many times he has gone out of town, and where did he go. AND WHO PAID FOR EACH TRIP?

By design.

But they're gonna still be able to keep up the speed trap on Ridgewood Rd north of Jackson Academy, right? Wouldn't want those soccer moms getting back to Madison without paying their fair "tax".

I live in the city of Madison. A neighbor on my street parks his Jackson police cruiser down the street almost every day or night. Can you be a Jackson cop and live and park your car in Madison county? For some reason I thought you had to live in Hinds county to be a cop in Jackson.

Hope you get sued for this

This thing called Jackson-

One way to make cops more pissed off about their current situation... post their names and pay...why not post their addresses next

Leadership from the mayor's office? He can't even get the traffic signal operational on High Street at the Fairgrounds entrance -- most likely one of the busiest streets in Jackson.

Pay them their market value, have them turn in mileage logs at shift's end, and anything that's overage on the next roll call deduct it from their checks.

KNOTTS, DON PATROL SERVICES - PRECINCT 4 POLICE CORPORAL

Barney?

I've heard that those removed from other agencies will go to JPD as a last resort.

Just glancing at the salaries posted in this article, JPD officers make from $20.61 per hour to $34.71 per hour. Of course, the highest paid are the Deputy Chiefs. The rank and file officers make generally less that $25.00 per hour.
Would you strap on a gun, risk your life and face the crap that these men and women deal with for less than $25.00 per hour? I dare say you would not. The City administration should be embarrassed and ashamed.

Lumumba has done an outstanding job of getting rid of the police without having to go through messy political minefield of "defunding" the department.

1. Cycle through police chiefs until you find one who gets the message.

2. Indict a few cops for doing their jobs.

3. Give your sister oversight authority over the department.

Mission accomplished, without ever having to get your hands dirty.

Lumumba (lying again) and Davis say the loss of officers has been their transferring to Capitol Police.

IF that statement was actually true, then the question any good manager would have is "why?" Why am I losing my employees to the company across the street that is hiring them to do the same job? What do I need to fix in order to put a stop to that loss of employees?

But no - that question is not being asked. Maybe for two reasons - one, if they asked it they know the answer would be that police officers, like any employee, want to work where their performing their job is recognized and appreciated, rather than likely potential punishment; or two, they know the statement is not true.

Capitol Police currently has 125 patrol officers, trying to reach 150 within the next few months. Of those 125, less than ten came to CP from JPD. Single digits. True number is seven or eight, whatever - can be counted on two hands.

Less than ten does not account for the loss of patrol officers to that potential employer. Now, the fact that all who can are leaving to go to CP, Flowood, Ridgeland, Madison, Florence, Pearl, ----- whereever they can get on in order to get away from the shitshow Jackson is over the policies put in place that JPD officers are expected to follow. And they are tired of being told who they can arrest and who they have to turn a blind eye.

3:10 yea I think that’s f***ed up! My husband told me he was making $10 an hour. I see he is making double that!

3:10 - ARE you one of those that love to talk about the pay of public officials - Governor, school superintendent(s), school administrators, legislators, commission members, highway department employees, whatever? If so, realize that police officers are no different, they are getting paid with public dollars and their pay is public record. Unlike the pay of the Mississippin Hospital Associaiton Executive Director, which has recently been exposed to be $750,000 - you know, for those poor broke hospitals that need more dollars from the taxpayers in order to stay afloat, they can pay their dues to support that pay level for not just the ED, but similar pay for the rest of the staff.

Maybe the reason to post the pay of JPD is to rid the myth that they are underpaid compared to surrounding jurisdictions - and that is without consideration of the massive amount of overtime they earn due to the severe personnel shortage.

@2:44 & @3:10
Nope hate to disappoint you but it's called openthebooks.com anyone can look, it's all there & legal.....next

Y’all should be ashamed for posting names & salaries; other than to see how poor their salaries are for the work they do!

Laughing at the posts referring to calls for service. You guys would lose your lunch if you saw the number of calls for ONE PRECINT for JPD. I'm very much in favor of Capitol Police and yes there are more than 7 or 8 officers there from JPD (don't know where that number came from). The very citizens screaming defund the police, are the ones always calling for help. Pct 2 has had NUMEROUS SHIFTS WITH LESS THAN 5 OFFICERS AND THAT INCLUDES THE COMMAND STRUCTURE. You got what you wanted. A totally lawless city and no one to come help. Thanks Antar.

What municipal employees are paid is public record.

Sickening and repugnant that Fat Melvin was paid more than many JPD officers.

@11:52. Agreed. As often as he put down LEOs, maybe he should've gone through the academy and hit the streets. Doubt he'd last 5 minutes though.

Having no overtime has proven to be detrimental