In a sight seldom seen by the public, both chiefs of the Jackson Police Department and the Capitol Police sat down with members of the Jackson City Council to assure there will be further collaboration once the expansion of the Capitol Complex Improvement District goes into affect in nearly seven weeks.
Come July 1, the Capitol Police, a state-run unit of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, will have primary jurisdiction as far north as Northside Drive and as far south as Raymond Road. There have been lingering questions as to what this expansion of jurisdiction will look like as far as the two law enforcement agencies working together and how it will affect residents.
Some of those questions were answered during a meeting of the Jackson City Council’s Public Safety and Parks Committee on Thursday. Both Chief Joseph Wade, of the Jackson Police Department, and Chief Bo Luckey, of the Capitol Police, answered some of the council members questions and appeared to have a working relationship.