US EditionWho Will Lead the Jackson, MS, Police Department? Horhn Picks New Police Chief
Brackney, a retired Pittsburgh police veteran with 30 years of leadership experience, must secure City Council approval to lead Jackson's police department.
- On Friday, Mayor John Horhn announced RaShall M. Brackney as his choice for Jackson police chief following a months-long national search, the city said in a news release.
- A months-long national recruitment reduced 32 applicants to four finalists, with the city hiring the Police Executive Research Forum under a $65,000 contract to assist vetting.
- Brackney brings more than 30 years with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police and served as chief at George Washington University and Charlottesville before becoming a George Mason University professor with a Ph.D. from Robert Morris University.
- The appointment requires a four votes requirement from the Jackson City Council, with mixed reactions from members, while Tyree Jones, Hinds County Sheriff and interim JPD chief, will resign upon Brackney's confirmation and assist the transition.
- If confirmed, Brackney would be the third female JPD chief; she has family ties in the Jackson metro area and her Charlottesville tenure included reforms with a $1.5 million reintroduction of school resource officers.
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JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson Mayor John Horhn announced he will appoint Dr. RaShall M. Brackney as the next Chief of Police for the Jackson Police Department (JPD). This comes after a national search. The appointment will be submitted to the Jackson City Council for confirmation. According to Horhn, Brackney brings more than three decades [...]
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Who will lead the Jackson, MS, Police Department? Horhn picks new police chief
The months-long search for Jackson’s next police chief is entering the final confirmation stage.
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