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17 police officers face charge
At least 17 police officers in Mississippi have been arrested since July, with charges ranging from possession of narcotics to the fatal beating of an inmate at the Harrison County Jail.
Law enforcement consultant Michael W. Quinn said a police officer being arrested gets a lot of attention in the news, so the problem could seem more pervasive than it his. However, statistics show an increase in the number of officers arrested this year.
In the most recent case, Wendy Mason Peyregne, a Moss Point patrol officer for two years, was arrested by FBI agents Dec. 7 after allege...
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