MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2022 Regular Session
To: Judiciary B; Appropriations
By: Representatives Massengill, Barnett, Steverson, Lancaster
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 45-1-12, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE SALARIES OF ALL OFFICERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY SAFETY PATROL AND THE MISSISSIPPI BUREAU OF NARCOTICS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 45-1-12, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
45-1-12. (1) The salaries of all officers of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol who have completed the course of instruction in an authorized highway patrol training school on general law enforcement, and are serving as a sworn officer of the Highway Patrol in the enforcement of the laws of the State of Mississippi, including service in the driver's license division and the sworn officers of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, shall be determined and paid in accordance with the scale for officers salaries as provided in this subsection:
Department of Public Safety Sworn Officers Salary Schedule
* * *2022-2023 Fiscal Year and
Thereafter
Rank Years of Experience
Less than 4 Over 4 Over 8 Over 12
Trooper * * *49,140
Trooper FC * * *52,230
Corporal * * *55,320
Sergeant * * *58,410
Rank Years of Experience
Over 16 Over 20 Over 24 Over 29
Staff Sgt. * * *61,500
Sr. Staff Sgt. * * *64,590
Sgt. 1st Class * * *67,680 * * *
70,770
Rank Years of Experience
Over 5 Over 10 Over 15 Over 20 Over 25 Over 29
Master Sgt. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
64,590 67,680 70,770 73,860 76,950 80,040
Lieutenant * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
73,860 76,950 80,040 83,130 86,220 89,310
Captain * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
86,220 89,310 92,400 95,490 98,580
Major * * * * * * * * * * * *
98,580 101,670 104,760 107,850
Lt. Colonel * * * * * * * * * * * *
107,850 110,940 114,030 117,120
Colonel * * * * * * * * * * * *
125,360 125,360 125,360 125,360
Department of Public Safety/MS Bureau of Narcotics
Sworn Officers Salary Schedule
2021-2022 Fiscal Year and Thereafter
Rank Years of Experience
Less than 4 Over 4 Over 8 Over 12
LE-Agent I * * *49,140
LE-Agent II * * *52,230
LE-Agent III * * *55,320
LE-Agent IV * * *58,410
Rank Years of Experience
Over 16 Over 20 Over 24 Over 29
LE-Agent V * * *61,500
LE-Agent VI * * *64,590
Rank Years of Experience
Over 7 Over 12 Over 17 Over 22 Over 27 Over 32
Lieutenant * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
73,860 76,950 80,040 83,130 86,220 89,310
Captain * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
86,220 89,310 92,400 95,490 98,580
Major * * * * * * * * * * * *
98,580 101,670 104,760 107,850
Lt. Colonel * * * * * * * * * * * *
107,850 110,940 114,030 117,120
Colonel * * * * * * * * * * * *
125,360 125,360 125,360 125,360
(2) All sworn officers in the Mississippi Highway Patrol and the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics employed on a full-time basis shall be paid a salary in accordance with the above scale. The rank and years of experience of each sworn officer to be used in establishing the salary shall be determined by the rank and years of experience on July 1 of the current fiscal year.
(3) For purposes of applying the rank designation to the above scale, the following job classifications of the State Personnel Board shall be applicable for the Mississippi Highway Patrol:
Rank Job Classes
(a) Trooper DPS-Highway Patrol Officer I
LE-Investigator II
(b) Trooper First Class DPS-Highway Patrol Officer II
LE-Investigator III
(c) Corporal DPS-Highway Patrol Officer III
LE-Investigator IV
(d) Sergeant DPS-Highway Patrol Officer IV
LE-Investigator V
(e) Staff Sergeant DPS-Highway Patrol Officer V
(f) Senior Staff Sergeant DPS-Highway Patrol Officer VI
Tech Spec
(g) Master Sgt/Sgt. F/C DPS-Assistant Inspector
DPS-Highway Patrol Officer VII
DPS-Investigator I
DPS-Supv. Driver Serv.
(h) Lieutenant DPS-Air Operations Officer
DPS-Dir. Corr. Intelligence
DPS-Dist. Executive Officer
DPS-Regional Supv. Driver. Serv.
DPS-Branch Director
LE-Dir/Training
LE-Dist. Investigator
(i) Captain DPS-Staff Officer (MHP)
(j) Major DPS-Bureau Director II
(k) Lt. Colonel DPS-Deputy Administrator;
DPS-Chief of Staff
(l) Colonel/Chief of Patrol Dir-Office of MS Hwy Safety Patrol
(4) For purposes of applying the rank designation to the above scale, the following job classifications of the State Personnel Board shall be applicable for the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics:
Rank Job Classes
(a) Agents LE-Agent I
LE-Agent II
LE-Agent III
LE-Agent IV
LE-Agent V
LE-Agent VI
(b) Lieutenant BN-District Investigator (LT)
(c) Captain BN-District Commander
(d) Major BN-Bureau Director II
Office Director I
(e) Lt. Colonel BN-Deputy Administrator
(f) Colonel Director, Bureau of Narcotics
(5) In any fiscal year after July 1, 2015, in the event the Legislature provides across-the-board salary increases to state employees whose compensation is paid from the State General Fund and subject to specific appropriation therefor by the Legislature, the State Personnel Board shall revise the salary scale above to provide the same percentage or dollar amount increase as has been appropriated for other state employees.
(6) It shall be the duty of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety to file with the Legislative Budget Office and the State Fiscal Officer such data and information as may be required to enable the said Legislative Budget Office and State Fiscal Officer to budget and distribute the funds necessary to compensate the sworn officers of the Department of Public Safety according to the requirements of the salary scale. Such data and information so filed may be revised from time to time as necessitated to reflect the current number and experience of sworn officers employed by the department.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2022.