10/17/2025
Over $1,000,000 saved by the Picayune Police Department the last four years!
There are lots of things we take pride in at the Picayune Police Department. Among those is not only how to spend budgeted money wisely and efficiently but saving money and avoiding the burden on taxpayers when we can. The Mayor and Council have made public safety a priority and the community is overwhelmingly supportive of us. It’s certainly our financial responsibility to do our part too. This doesn’t come at the cost of not advancing the department though. In the breakdown below you can see not only how we saved money, but also how we progressed in several areas over the last four years.
$7,800 has been saved by ending or amending contracts.
$38,158.14 was returned to the budget by selling old, unused equipment. This benefited surrounding agencies by updating their own equipment and allowed us to put the money earned toward purchasing vehicles.
$199,952.48 – This is the amount we have been reimbursed from overtime through the DUI grant, Occupant Protection grant and an officer’s salary through the COPS grant.
$67,856.77 – We have been reimbursed this amount for equipment purchased through grants. The equipment includes body cameras, trauma response kits, rifle rated mini shields, radios and K9 Trea.
$50,533 – This amount has been withdrawn from our wireless 911 account. An assessment is added to citations that goes into an account at the state. It can then be withdrawn from for radio and computer purchases. This has helped fund purchases for portable radios and in-car radios.
$91,150 – This amount includes cash seizures as well as vehicles and guns used in crimes that were awarded to us and then auctioned. Purchases made from these funds include vehicles and fi****ms issued to officers.
$31,200 - Bona fide in-service classes taught by department instructors. These classes include VCQB, pistol RDS, shield training, less lethal munitions, Taser 10 and pistol / rifle classes. Having instructors in-house allows us to train locally and limits the amount of training we have to pay for and send officers to.
$100,000 – This was given to us in state appropriated funds. This finished updating our portable radios and the remainder was used to purchase vehicles.
$27,810.45 – We have received this amount in donations. Home Depot donated several things to us when we moved into the new police department including washers, dryers, shelving and sheds. They also donated lumber and materials for a K9 kennel platform. This amount also includes a tracking canine we received from a police department in North Carolina and an explosive detection canine we received from Jennifer Callais.
$64,000 – This is the amount saved by hiring officers already certified. It costs $4,000 an officer to send them to the law enforcement training academy. We didn’t have to pay this cost up front.
$459,751 – This is the amount we finished under budget in FY22, FY23 and FY25
