Hattiesburg Police Department
City agency in Forrest County, Lamar County. How it reports to the FBI, and the rules its arrests run under.
Reporting to the FBI
- Population served
- 48,465 (FBI figure, 2025)
- Counties
- Forrest CountyLamar County
- Incident reporting
- Sends incident detail (NIBRS) since January 2018.
- Months sent in 2025
- 12 of 12
- FBI agency code
- MS0180100
Source: FBI NIBRS master file 2025 batch headers; names from the FBI agency list, pulled 2026-09-29.
After an arrest
- Who decides release first
After a warrantless arrest, an officer may release a person on recognizance, and must release a person on a bond from the court rules' bail schedule unless the charge isn't bailable. Anyone not released goes before a judge, usually a justice court or municipal judge who may not be a lawyer.
Miss. R. Crim. P. 5.1, 8.2- Time to see a judge
A person not released must see a judge without unnecessary delay and within 48 hours of arrest. If no judge sees the person in time, the person must be released on the schedule's minimum bond unless the charge isn't bailable.
Miss. R. Crim. P. 5.1(b)(3)
Crime and arrests
No figures yet
This agency's reported offenses, clearances, and arrests appear here once the agency series is published.