Salaries of certain officers of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol and the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics.

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-1-12
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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 2015-2016 Fiscal Year and Thereafter Click to view Department of Public Safety/MS Bureau of Narcotics Sworn Officers Salary Schedule 2015-2016 Fiscal Year and Thereafter Click to view 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. 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: RankJob Classes TrooperDPS-Highway Patrol Officer I LE-Investigator II Trooper First ClassDPS-Highway Patrol Officer II LE-Investigator III CorporalDPS-Highway Patrol Officer III LE-Investigator IV SergeantDPS-Highway Patrol Officer IV LE-Investigator V Staff SergeantDPS-Highway Patrol Officer V Senior Staff SergeantDPS-Highway Patrol Officer VI Tech Spec Master Sgt/Sgt. F/CDPS-Assistant Inspector DPS-Highway Patrol Officer VII DPS-Investigator I DPS-Supv. Driver Serv. LieutenantDPS-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 CaptainDPS-Staff Officer (MHP) MajorDPS-Bureau Director II Lt. ColonelDPS-Deputy Administrator; DPS-Chief of Staff Colonel/Chief of PatrolDir-Office of MS Hwy Safety Patrol 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: RankJob Classes AgentsLE-Agent I LE-Agent II LE-Agent III LE-Agent IV LE-Agent V LE-Agent VI LieutenantBN-District Investigator (LT) CaptainBN-District Commander MajorBN-Bureau Director II Office Director I Lt. ColonelBN-Deputy Administrator ColonelDirector, Bureau of Narcotics 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. 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. Rank Years of Experience Less than 4 Over 4 Over 8 Over 12 Trooper 38,000 Trooper FC 41,000 Corporal 44,000 Sergeant 47,000 Rank Years of Experience Over 16 Over 20 Over 24 Over 29 Staff Sgt 50,000 Sr. Staff Sgt. 53,000 Sgt. 1st Class 56,000 59,000 Rank Years of Experience Over 5 Over 10 Over 15 Over 20 Over 25 Over 29 Master Sgt. 53,000 56,000 59,000 62,000 65,000 68,000 Lieutenant 62,000 65,000 68,000 71,000 74,000 77,000 Captain 74,000 77,000 80,000 83,000 86,000 Major 86,000 89,000 92,000 95,000 Lt. Colonel 95,000 98,000 101,000 104,000 Colonel 112,000 112,000 112,000 112,000 Rank Years of Experience Less than 4 Over 4 Over 8 Over 12 LE-Agent I 38,000 LE-Agent II 41,000 LE-Agent III 44,000 LE-Agent IV 47,000 Rank Years of Experience Over 16 Over 20 Over 24 Over 29 LE-Agent V 50,000 LE-Agent VI 53,000 Rank Years of Experience Over 7 Over 12 Over 17 Over 22 Over 27 Over 32 Lieutenant 62,000 65,000 68,000 71,000 74,000 77,000 Captain 74,000 77,000 80,000 83,000 86,000 Major 86,000 89,000 92,000 95,000 Lt. Colonel 95,000 98,000 101,000 104,000 Colonel 112,000 112,000 112,000 112,000

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