Coahoma County to deputize Clarksdale officers on as-needed basis [Video]

COAHOMA COUNTY, Miss. — In the Mississippi Delta, Coahoma County will be boosting its crime-fighting efforts through a new collaboration between the Sheriff and Clarksdale Police.

“Maybe this will be a strong template to show how the collaboration can work,” Clarksdale Mayor Chuck Espy said.

Espy told WREG that a new crime-fighting effort in Coahoma County will allow the Sheriff to deputize Clarksdale Police, which provides the County with more manpower when needed.

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The Clarksdale Police Department issued the following statement:

The plan received unanimous support from Clarksdale’s Board of Mayor and Commissioners.

Mayor Espy said the program, currently in the process of being rolled out, will see Clarkdale Police deputized on an “as-needed basis”, allowing both agencies to take up the slack.

“So, where there’s a shortfall with the Sheriff’s Department, the Police Department will pick up and when there’s a shortfall in the Police Department, the Sheriff’s Department will pick it up,” Espy said.

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