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Board declares finalists for sheriff’s CAD/JMS/RMS procurement, authorizes negotiations

May 28, 2026 | Rankin County, Mississippi


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Board declares finalists for sheriff’s CAD/JMS/RMS procurement, authorizes negotiations
The board voted to add to the agenda a proposal to declare finalists for a new computer-aided dispatch, jail management and records management (CAD/JMS/RMS) system for the sheriff’s office and authorized the sheriff’s administrative team to continue negotiations with those finalists.

At the meeting a speaker identified the review team’s selection as "four finalists" and named three vendors as quoted in the transcript: "PTS, com caliber and motor rollup." The presenter described those entities as the finalists recommended by the sheriff’s office review team and asked the board to declare them as finalists and permit further negotiations.

A motion to declare the finalists and authorize negotiations was made and seconded; a board member identified in the transcript as Steve is recorded as the seconder. The motion carried. The transcript does not record the name of the member who moved the final declaration or a roll-call vote tally for this action.

Earlier in the meeting the board also voted to add the procurement declaration to the agenda after a motion and second; that motion carried and was recorded as part of the meeting minutes. The meeting opened by coming out of executive session, with the chair noting on the record that no action had been taken in executive session.

The transcript contains a discrepancy: the presenter repeatedly referred to "four finalists" but listed only three vendor names in the record. The transcript also presents a short sequence of competing motions about whether to recess or adjourn to June 1 versus June 2; the board recorded motions by Bill and Jay on that topic and voted to pause proceedings, but the exact future date is not clearly resolved in the transcript.

No statutes, ordinances or other legal authorities were cited during the discussion recorded in the transcript. The transcript does not include vote tallies by member name for the key motions; where the mover or specific vote counts are not recorded, this article notes those details as "not specified" per the meeting record.

The board recessed following these actions; no further procedural steps or deadlines tied to the procurement were recorded in the available transcript.

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