The Mississippi Department of Public Safety issued the following statement yesterday.
Today, Mississippi Department of Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell announced Tadd Pitts as the Colonel of the Mississippi Highway Patrol and Amy Vanderford as the Director of the Office of Standards and Training.Colonel Pitts is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi where he earned his Bachelor's in Criminal Justice. During his tenure in law enforcement, he has worked as a deputy for the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office, he is a graduate of Cadet Class #59, served on the Governor’s policy team, and served as Executive Protection for the Mississippi Speaker of the House. Colonel Pitts has served as Deputy Commissioner and Director of Governmental Affairs, where he managed MDPS legislation, handles legislative requests, and coordinates with various officials and groups to ensure effective policy measures.
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“Tadd and Amy are two incredibly talented individuals, and I know they’ll do a great job in their respective roles,” said Governor Tate Reeves. “Enhancing public safety throughout our state has always been one of my top priorities. As key members of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety’s leadership team, I know Tadd and Amy will help us continue keeping Mississippians safe.”
Amy Vanderford will serve as Director of the Office of Standards and Training, bringing more than 25 years of comprehensive law enforcement experience to the role. Vanderford has extensive background in training academy leadership, narcotics investigations, and curriculum development. She currently serves on the Mississippi Peace Officers Standards and Training Curriculum Committee and has demonstrated expertise in developing and implementing effective, high-quality law enforcement training programs. Vanderford previously served as Director of the Mississippi Delta Community College Law Enforcement Training Academy and as an agent with the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics. She is a graduate of the University of Mississippi with a bachelor’s degree in political science and holds both a master’s degree and doctorate from Delta State University.
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“I am extremely proud to announce Tadd Pitts as the new Colonel of the Mississippi Highway Patrol. Colonel Pitts exemplifies hard work, dedication, and compassion, and he is deeply committed to what is best for the people of Mississippi," said Commissioner Sean Tindell. "I am also proud to announce Amy Vanderford as the new Director of the Office of Standards and Training. As a former training academy director, she is driven, understands the standards of law enforcement, and is committed to ensuring Mississippi’s officers receive the highest level of training.”
34 comments:
Does this mean that sexting on MHP phones will no longer be allowed, along with banging subordinates?
Why in the hell does the speaker of the house require "executive protection?" Translation: He gets a driver and luxury car.
now we can honestly say MHP is the Pitts
Ha! I see what you did there.
''incredibly talented individuals''..............that sounds just like your precious SEC universities when they introduce a new coach or quarterback.
we will see just how talented they truly are after a 17 game schedule.
''executive protection for the speaker of the house''.........translation.............................hes driven the speaker of the house back and forth from Tico's about a thousand times.
As a former deputy in the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department, did Pitts have knowledge of The Goon Squad’s atrocities and participate in the 20ish year cover up? Was he aware and looked the other way, as so many did? This is the magnitude of the dark cloud Sheriff Bryan Bailey has put over The Rankin County Sheriff’s Department.
those thug troopers will have these two fresh faces for breakfast.
''coordinates with various officials''............................the only thing pitts ever coordinated was shuffling the speaker to ticos to meet with the lobbyists in the locker room.
BTW the locker room is the dining room set aside for the speaker and the lobbyists . it's not exactly in plain site .
you got to cut through the kitchen to get to it.
you will know its up and running when you see guys in $5000 suits passing in and out of the kitchen door in the bar.
during the legislative session a different lobbyist comes by each evening and pays the ''tab'' from the night before.
if you want to infiltrate it i suggest you go undercover by dressing up like a dishwasher.
Pitts has driven politicians around most his career and been Tindell's yes man. Should work out well for accomplishing Tindell's last objectives.
It must be good to be part of the good ole boys club under this administration!
It's not what you know, but who you know!
Wow...what an embarrassment. Tadd has no experience at all in a supervisory position and has been a "driver" for politicians to include Tindell. Why not choose someone with supervisory experience who has worked more diverse duties than this?
Who is in charge of ethics and accountability? MHP is a cesspool of roided out hotheads and head jobs. I have never seen a law enforcement agency with such a bad reputation…except maybe JPD.
Sean Tindell is the head guy. Above him it is Tate Reeves.
Could have not said it better myself. Spot on!
Nobody’s ever been able to get a handle on the trooper steroid abuse problem, and nobody’s going to either.
I dressed up as a hooker and was welcomed with open arms.
Word to the wise....become a driver for Tindell or other politicians. Tindell made one of his drivers, Beau Stewart Deputy Director of the DSB on the coast. Seems to be a great resume builder.
12:17—Because politicians look out for themselves first! Everybody knows that.
I believe Sean Tindell is doing a great job.
I congratulate him on these
appointments. Jack Winstead
The drivers know "where the skeletons are buried."
these 2 are going to ''keep me safe''?
i ve already got someones to do that.
name is ruger, smith, beretta , and tarus da judge,
i dont expect the likes of steroid head cops to do anything for me.
I hope she doesn't get the " Lousia Dixon" treatment.
Louisa Dixon answered the call of Governor Ray Mabus and was appointed as head-dawg. She had two qualifications that met his search needs. One, she was a lawyer.
All this negativity is inconsequential to reality. I was once their teacher, and these are two VERY capable people.
I don’t know the female, but I’ve worked with Tadd he’s done a great job so far good luck to him and his staff
to 119...............''all this negativity''' is proof of just how little faith people have in the Mississippi state department of public safety.
like most of state government , DPS has been a dumpster fire for decades with no end in sight.
Accountability is a funny thing. Hold those accountable that are performing poorly or act inappropriately, then it draws attention. Do nothing, and those issues fester, but from the outside all appears fine.
Finally there is an administration that isn’t just pushing problems under the rug and the place isn’t just be run by troopers. But at the end of the day, the haters are gonna hate.
This is the worst administration in the history of DPS. It is being run by a career politician who is an egotistical hot head and hires his buddies with little to no qualifications for high ranking positions. He runs off others who dont say yes to his demands. Very selective in enforcing discipline against his selected ones. Others will be targeted and made miserable by calculated attacks on a daily basis.
Standards and Training "the most overlooked division at DPS" had a Director for 23 years but for the past year has had 4 Directors.
What's that song? But I got friends in high places....
One director for 23 years? Wow talk about career bureaucrat! Standards and Training had become non existent. Amy Vanderford is a great choice.
Also marks 4 Colonels under Tindell's administration. Sean's right hand man Keith Davis even left and went back to the coast. A fish rots from the head and the rot is strong!
Say you don't know someone without saying you don't know someone. Tindell is far from being a hothead. How soon people forget the 6 commissioners that served under Barbour or how bad it got when the troopers took over with StantaCruz.
Is there an example out there, somewhere, of an agency in Mississippi government, that is successfully run by appointment?
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