The Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office is a law enforcement agency serving all of Lauderdale County, Mississippi, including the incorporated municipalities of Meridian and Marion. Under Mississippi law, all content on the Department’s page is subject to the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983. Comments posted are considered public information. No personal information is obtained through this site. The opinions expressed by visitors to this page do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office. The Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office strives to support lines of communication with the public that encourage interaction through transparency while encouraging public interaction. The use of social media enhances our ability to do this, particularly through social networking sites like Facebook. The Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office offers a page at (https://www.facebook.com/LCSOMS/) as a public service to our community. These accounts are not always monitored in real-time. Postings made by the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office to our page are done with the intention of providing the public with information we believe is important, informative, and in certain cases, necessary to release in the interest of public safety. Therefore, the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office reserves the right to limit posts from members of the public to those which directly relate to our postings, and which conform to our guidelines. The Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office makes reasonable efforts to check all posts for accuracy, veracity and completeness when posted; however, we make no guarantees or warrant posting reliability. Postings are made in “good faith,” though circumstances may arise that cause details to change over time, with new information being developed. Should information from a posting change or be deemed inaccurate, we will make reasonable efforts to update it as soon as possible. Though we welcome your comments, there are certain guidelines we require when posting. Comments must not contain any of the following things: 1) Obscene, vulgar, s*xually explicit or otherwise offensive language/content, or links to such material; 2) Threats of any kind, particularly toward any other user or the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office and its members; 3) The advocating of criminal acts or other illegal behavior; 4) Material that has the potential to compromise public safety or the safety of law enforcement personnel; 5) Remarks that disparage or discriminate against anyone based upon their s*x, race, creed, religious views, national origin, s*xual orientation, disability, etc.; 6) Remarks that may be considered libel, made toward any person or organization; 7) Anything that is clearly off the intended topic of discussion; 8) Information that is clearly inaccurate, unverified, and purposefully designed to mislead others; 9) Campaigning of any type, political or otherwise; 10) Links to other third-party sites or advertisements; 11) Any form of solicitation; and 12) Any other language/material deemed inappropriate or offensive. Any comments that violate these guidelines may be removed or hidden by the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office at its sole discretion, and without warning or notice, but will be retained for an applicable retention period. The Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office also reserves the right to block access to our social media pages to any user who consistently violates these guidelines, without warning or notice. We understand that some topics may bring about strong feelings from users, but we ask that you please exercise good judgment, common courtesy and reasonableness when posting your comments. Thanks for your understanding in this matter. The Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office reserves the right to make changes to these guidelines without notice, and when it becomes necessary to do so. Please check these guidelines periodically for possible revisions.
