Public Safety commissioner’s 100 days

Public Safety commissioner’s 100 days

SINCE TAKING OFFICE.WE’RE LOOKING OF COMMISSIONER OFTHE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OFPUBLIC SAFETY ON JUNE 1ST SINCETHEN HE’S APPOINTED A NEWDIRECTOR FOR THE MISSISSIPPIHIGHWAY PATROL AND DEPUTIES FORFINANCES AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.WAS THAT CHANGE IN OURLEADERSHIP STRUCTURE?WE FELT LIKE IT MADE US MOREEFFECTIVE ON DOING THE THINGSTHAT WE NEED TO ON THE GROUNDLEVELS ON THE GROUND.THE COMMISSIONER HAS BEENGETTING FEEDBACK FROM LOCALDEPARTMENTS TO SEE WHAT THEYNEED FROM STATE AGENCIES LIKETHE DIVISION AND THE ROLLSINVESTIGATIONS.WE’VE TRAVELED TO ALL NINE TROOPSTATIONS.WE’VE HELD MEETINGS WITH LOCALSHERIFF’S AND LOCAL POLICECHIEF’S AS WELL AS LOCALDISTRICT ATTORNEY’S THREE OF THEAREAS THAT I IDENTIFIED ITNEEDED THE MOST SIGNIFICANTOVERVIEWS AND CHANGES WEREDRIVER’S LICENSE SERVICES THEMISSISSIPPI CRIME LAB AND THEMEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE AT THEDRIVER’S LICENSE BUREAU THE NEWSKIP THE LINE PROGRAM LAUNCHEDTHIS MONTH WERE DRIVERS COULDMAKE RESERVATIONS TO BE ISSUEDPERMITS AND LICENSES WE’VE IN ANEW MEDICAL EXAMINER TO HELPWITH THE AUTOPSY BACKLOG ANDOVER AT THE CRIME LAB.WE’VE ADDED NEW POSITIONS TOHELP FILL SOME OF THE VACANCY SOWE CAN START PROCESS AND A LOTOF THE FORENSIC ANALYSIS THATNEED TO BE DONE MOVING FORWARD.THE COMMISSIONER WAS ALSOSPENDING TIME WITH NATIONAL ANDSTATE AGENCIES WORKING TO STOPHU