Mississippi Department of Public Safety

But we know that this was a major thing that they were calling for, really, from the beginning, since this all happened back in June, the attorneys, the families asking for this video to be made public.

The Mississippi Department of Public Safety told us earlier today that They didn't have anything to do with the video that has surfaced today, but they would meet our request to release video after the family had a chance to see this video for themselves.

There's also a question about whether there might be a civil lawsuit that the family could file now that the criminal investigation is completed here.

We know that the attorneys are planning to hold a news conference at some point tomorrow, Valerie, where we'll be able to ask these questions about what happens next.

I'm going to tell you in detail exactly what we know happened...

I am going to read to you the very misleading statement from the Mississippi Department of Public Safety that was released June 14th, 2026.

I'm going to explain to you the connection that the Cohen-Wiley case has to Nolan Xavier Wells' case because there is a lot of miscommunication and misunderstanding with the connection of both cases.

And then, of course, I'm going to read to you Cohen Wiley's family statement delivered from their attorney.

Okay.

Senatobia again, sorry, pronounce it from pronouncing incorrectly.

Senatobia police chief, Harold Vendorford was fired following reports that he had reportedly used racial slurs in private text messages okay so we have now information about hunter foster we have information about his boss and we have information about lynn fitch let's go on to giving you guys some more details Let's review this statement by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, released June 14, 2026.

Now, the first paragraph is just informing you of what happened.

Ben Crump, the civil rights attorney representing the family, has said a preliminary independent autopsy indicates Cohen was shot from the side of the car, not the front.

The Mississippi Department of Public Safety has released neither the body camera footage nor the overhead video from the Walmart parking lot.

A department spokesperson says the video surveillance footage of the shooting will be released shortly to media organizations through public records requests.

A short bystander clip posted online soon after the shooting shows neither the shots being fired nor the car driving toward the officers.

Reporting for Supertalk News, I'm Griffin Reed.

Capitol Police Chief, Bo Luckey, now has a new role as commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety.

Governor Tate Reeves announced Friday that Luckey is succeeding Commissioner Shawn Tindall.

While Luckey will take over effective immediately, Tindall will stick around through the end of November to assist with the transition.

16WAPT reports that Madison County officials have suspended access to services while conducting risk assessments, warning that the outage could last several days and affect residents paying bills, taxes, and fines.

The Mississippi Department of Public Safety is coordinating with local and federal partners to investigate the incident, which follows a separate cyber intrusion that disrupted computer systems in Vicksburg.

Next to Nebraska, where Governor Jim Pillen declared an emergency on October ninth after a cyberattack affecting Lincoln County and the city of North Platte disrupted internet and telephone services.

Nebraska Public Media reports that the incident involved a software system used by both jurisdictions, leaving all county phone lines and some city lines unavailable.

And you can translate that into multiple different agencies, depending on which one's you interface with the most.

And to that end, you mentioned the Highway Patrol, which falls under the Department of Public Safety.

It's one agency that's asking for a pretty big increase over last year, $30 million more for the Department of Public Safety is their request this year.

That seems kind of large.

Well, two points there.

It's certainly something that we ought to try to do.

We ought not to be taking taxpayer money to fund programs that aren't actually needed or to operate in an inefficient way.

And I think anybody who tells you there's not – fraud waste and abuse in any large institution certainly government is mistaken i do think when you start talking about streamlining things you have to think through what are you actually going to cut i mean i think to brandon's point you you're not going to cut what mima actually needs in terms of the process wilson the the decision makers are ultimately the legislature and and there is a little bit of a disconnect in terms of who has the information um Because it is difficult when an agency shows up and says there is going to be a disaster if you don't give us X amount of money for a legislator who's not a specialist in foster care or public safety or emergency management.

State-level penalties for died diesel use on public roads fall outside the reach of presidential executive orders.

Governor Reeves posted on X that he had spoken with Commissioner Sean Tindall, who planned to direct the Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety to pause enforcement of the died diesel ban on state highways.

A Mississippi state levy of 5.75 cents per gallon also applies.

Federal authorities say they are awaiting IRS guidance before proceeding further.

The gathering happened during Dooly County High School's homecoming weekend, but the school district said it was not a school-sponsored event.

Locally, there was a big boom yesterday morning as the old Mississippi Department of Public Safety tower came crashing down.

The longtime Jackson landmark was taken down in a controlled demon- demolition, clearing the way for the next chapter of the property.

The tower had been part of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety complex, but after sitting empty, it was time for the building to go.

The former DPS tower is now officially history.

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