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DeSoto County Sheriff's Office

County agencyMS0170000NIBRS since 2018LEMAS 2020

Desoto County, Mississippi

Serves ~46,408 residents · LEMAS survey

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Crime & staffing trends

No snapshot trend data is stored for this agency yet. Explore its full crime and employment history directly on the FBI Crime Data Explorer, which covers UCR summary data, NIBRS incidents, and police employment for ORI MS0170000.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Aggravated Assault: victim & offender age · 90 victims, 85 offenders
Victim sex
Male60 (67%)
Female30 (33%)
Victim race
White63 (71%)
Black or African American26 (29%)
Weapons involved
Motor Vehicle/Vessel19 (23%)
Personal Weapons18 (22%)
Handgun15 (18%)
Firearm10 (12%)
Other9 (11%)
Asphyxiation5 (6%)

Top 6 of 10 categories shown.

Incident location
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk40 (44%)
Residence/Home36 (40%)
Jail/Prison/Penitentiary/Corrections Facility5 (6%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage4 (4%)
Lake/Waterway/Beach2 (2%)
Hotel/Motel/Etc.1 (1%)

Top 6 of 8 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown27 (31%)
Stranger9 (10%)
Otherwise Known9 (10%)
Acquaintance9 (10%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend8 (9%)
Spouse5 (6%)

Top 6 of 15 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Stolen Property Offenses3 (27%)
Drug Equipment Violations2 (18%)
Motor Vehicle Theft2 (18%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations2 (18%)
Weapon Law Violations1 (9%)
Assisting or Promoting Prostitution1 (9%)

Open data

No open-data portal has been found for this agency. Discovery sweeps Socrata, ArcGIS, and CKAN portals on a schedule, so this can change. Know of a portal or dataset this agency publishes? Tell us.

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
146
Part-time sworn
1
Full-time civilian
130
Part-time civilian
12
Total FT employees
276
Population served
46,408
Operating budget
$25,000,000
Body-worn cameras: noCommunity policing plan: no

Source: BJS LEMAS 2020 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
1987302

Staffing as reported in each BJS LEMAS survey wave; wave links go to the ICPSR study pages.

FBI police employment

Employment counts for this agency are available through the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Open data

No open data sources are catalogued for this agency yet. FBI reported-crime data is still available via the Crime Data Explorer link above.

POP conference activity

No POP conference submissions matched to this agency in our records.

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