Jackson at a glance


Population by race and Hispanic origin


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Full-time law enforcement staff, Jackson Police Department

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Federal grant funding for Jackson

Data was last updated November 28, 2022


We identified over $3.8M in federal grant funding, FY 2015-2025

Grant funding over time

Grant funding by federal department

Recent grants

USA spending grants for: Jackson
Amount Start and end dates Recipient and description Awarding agency CFDA program Type
$675,000.00 10/1/2022
9/30/2025
CITY OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI ABSTRACT                 THE CITY OF JACKSON “THE CITY” IS THE CAPITAL OF MISSISSIPPI AND IS CONTINUING ITS GOAL OF DELIVERING INNOVATIVE AND EFFECTIVE PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAMS TO THE CITIZENS OF JACKSON WITHIN HINDS COUNTY. THE CITY HAD TO REDUCE ITS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR’S BUDGET TO OFFSET UNEXPEC… Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs 16.738 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program Prime
$174,947.99 9/1/2022
1/31/2025
CITY OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI THE JACKSON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND A RESEARCHER FROM THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI’S FLAGSHIP RESEARCH UNIVERSITY WILL ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AN EVIDENCE-BASED, BEST PRACTICES-INFORMED RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION PLAN USING A MIXED METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK INVOLVING BOTH QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE M… Department of Justice Offices, Boards and Divisions 16.710 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants Prime
$504,310.00 10/1/2021
9/30/2026
CITY OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI FY21 COPS HIRING PROGRAM (CHP) Department of Justice Offices, Boards and Divisions 16.710 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants Prime
$268,637.00 10/1/2021
9/30/2025
CITY OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI THE EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT (JAG) PROGRAM ALLOWS UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING TRIBES, TO SUPPORT A BROAD RANGE OF ACTIVITIES TO PREVENT AND CONTROL CRIME BASED ON THEIR OWN STATE AND LOCAL NEEDS AND CONDITIONS. GRANT FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR STATE AND LOCAL INITIATIVES, … Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs 16.738 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program Prime

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Military equipment transfers

Data last updated July 11, 2025


$1.1M value of military equipment has been transferred to the Jackson Police Department

The highest-value stock number reported is MINE RESISTANT VEHICLE with 1 item valued at $740,000.00 each

Recent equipment transfers

Military equipment transfers
Ship date Item and National Stock Number (NSN) Quantity Acquisition value, each Acquisition value, total DEMIL code DEMIL IC
5/30/2019 MINE RESISTANT VEHICLE
2355-01-553-4636
1 1 @ $740,000.00 $740,000.00 C 1
9/5/2018 HELICOPTER,OBSERVATION
1520-01-020-4216
1 1 @ $190,817.00 $190,817.00 C 1
1/13/2014 TRUCK,UTILITY
2320-01-146-7190
1 1 @ $39,158.00 $39,158.00 C 1
4/16/2008 RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER
1005-00-073-9421
1 1 @ $499.00 $499.00 D 1

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Local police misconduct data, consent decrees, and settlements

Data last updated December 9, 2025


Settlements

We identified 1 publicly reported settlement that resulted in $17,786.00 in monetary compensation to victims.

Settlements
Year Description Outcome
2024

In May 2024, a judge ordered the enforcement of a settlement in which the City of Jackson, Mississippi, agreed to pay $17,786 to the family of George Robinson.

Robinson died at the age of sixty-two in January 2019 after police officers pulled him from a car and allegedly beat him during a search for a murder suspect. Robinson, who had recently suffered a stroke, died two days later from brain bleeding. Robinson’s family sued the City in October 2019, and the Jackson City Council approved the settlement in April 2024. Robinson’s sister then sought to continue legal action, claiming the City violated a confidentiality agreement. However, on May 31, 2024, Circuit Judge Faye Peterson ruled that the sister’s arguments did not have merit and that the settlement was legally binding. Two officers were charged with second-degree murder in Robinson’s death, but those charges were later dropped. A third officer was convicted of culpable negligence manslaughter in 2022 before the Mississippi Court of Appeals overturned his conviction in 2024.

Compensation
$17,786.00