FOIA reveals names of SPD officers who let off Alexander for DUI
Starkville’s board of aldermen has no immediate plans to discipline any of the officers involved in the decision not to arrest or ticket a part-time Columbus patrolman stopped for drunk driving on March 9.
Nichols: Unticketed traffic stop of CPD officer ‘bad judgment call’ (video)
Starkville Police Chief Frank Nichols on Wednesday called his department’s decision to let off a Columbus police officer pulled over for drunk driving without a ticket “a bad judgment call.”
CPD officer suspended after unticketed DUI in Starkville
Columbus councilmen voted 4-2 Tuesday evening to suspend a city police officer for 30 days without pay for “conduct unbecoming” after he was stopped earlier this month in Starkville on suspicion of driving under the influence.
City officials: CPD officer stopped for DUI in Starkville
A Columbus police officer will face the city council in executive session Tuesday after apparently being stopped in Starkville recently for driving under the influence.
‘I don’t know what would have happened if I had said something’: Hibbler recounts terrifying traffic stop
Joshua Hibbler saw the blue lights flash behind him on Aug. 18 and immediately pulled over to the side of the road.
Mayor: CPD officer misused power on traffic stop
Columbus officials are investigating a police officer’s conduct during a traffic stop in August and whether it violated departmental policy – including whether it constituted racial profiling.
Traffic stop leads to AK-47 being confiscated
A traffic stop last week led to Columbus police confiscating an AK-47 rifle.
Flora man flees from Starkville traffic stop
A Flora man faces numerous charges after he escaped Starkville Police Department custody during a Thursday traffic stop.
Traffic stop, early morning shooting; nobody hurt
A man crashed his car trying to evade a traffic stop, then allegedly sped off in the deputy’s squad car — only to return in a third vehicle and shoot at deputies and people nearby, Jefferson County Sheriff Peter Walker said.
Man walks into river to evade traffic stop, drowns
Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove says searchers have found the body of a 21-year-old man who walked backward into a river rather than face a traffic stop.
Judge orders return of cash seized during traffic stop
A Pike County judge has ordered the Magnolia Police Department to return $16,702 in cash seized from a man arrested on misdemeanor charges at a traffic stop.
Mother, daughter charged with crack possession
A Houston mother and daughter were arrested during a routine traffic stop in Starkville Thursday on multiple drug-related charges.
Seatbelt violation traffic stop leads to gun arrest
A routine traffic stop led to the arrest of a Columbus man Thursday afternoon.