Mississippi Department of Public Safety - Mississippi Highway Patrol

Mississippi Department of Public Safety - Mississippi Highway Patrol has lost 28 officers across 82 years on record. 10 — 35.7% — were killed feloniously, meaning officers were deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty. This is consistent with the national average of 33.9% for Highway Patrols.

17 officers were lost to accidents — 60.7% of this agency's fallen, compared to 60.8% nationally for Highway Patrols. Across this agency's history, roughly 1 in every 2 officers who died did so in an accident.