The Department of Public Safety shall purchase workmen's compensation insurance with coverage for all patrolmen and other personnel employed by the commissioner, as authorized by law. All personnel shall be entitled to the benefits prescribed by Sections 71-3-1 through 71-3-111, Mississippi Code of 1972, cited as the "Workmen's Compensation Law."
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order
Chapter 1 - Department of Public Safety
§ 45-1-3. Rule-making power of commissioner
§ 45-1-5. Employment of administrative, clerical and other employees
§ 45-1-7. Legislators ineligible to serve
§ 45-1-11. Salaries may be paid on semi-monthly basis
§ 45-1-13. Use of employees in other divisions
§ 45-1-15. Purchase of workers' compensation insurance
§ 45-1-17. Crime detection and medical examiner laboratory
§ 45-1-21. Department of Public Safety authorized to charge fees for services and reports
§ 45-1-25. Director of Mississippi Forensics Laboratory; qualifications; removal
§ 45-1-27. Director of Crime Laboratory; responsibilities and duties
§ 45-1-33. Transfer of Office of Criminal Justice Planning and Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee