SENIORS AND DISABLED CITIZENS

The Tishomingo County Sheriff’s Office is excited to announce the “Are You Ok” (RUOK) system is now available to our county residents. This program was obtained through a TRIAD Grant that was awarded to TCSO from the Department of Public Safety, Mississippi Leadership Council on Aging.

At this time the TCSO is looking for subscribers to the “Are You OK” (RUOK) program, this is a telephone reassurance program that checks in on senior adults and disabled residents. The RUOK Program, is computer software designed to contact senior citizens and/or disabled that live alone and may not have a family member living locally that can check on them every day. It is a service offered free of charge by the Tishomingo County Sheriff’s Department, to all citizens of Tishomingo County who are over the age of 60, live alone, and are home bound or medically disabled on a permanent or long-term basis, regardless of age. It can be used for short periods of time or long term.

 The automated system will call subscribers every morning between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m., asking, “Good morning — Are you OK today?” A response lets the system know that follow-up action doesn’t need to be taken. But if there is no answer or the telephone line is busy after three calls, one of our officers will be notified and sent to your home to check on you.  If you are on vacation or have to leave your home for an extended period of time, contact the Tishomingo County Sheriff’s Office and advise them so we can stop the computer from calling you. When you come home simply call back and we will resume your calls.

To join this program eligible participants are required to sign up, providing basic personal information and a signed liability waive, all information provided by the participant is kept confidential and secure at the Tishomingo County Sheriff’s Office.  To join or for more information, contact the Sheriff’s Office at 662-423-7000 or email us at s.butler@tishso.org.

 We are very lucky in our community that we have a lot of people, if they’re seniors, their kids are calling every day and they have neighbors and friends getting a hold of them. But if anybody feels the need and doesn’t have a loved one, we’d be happy to be that loved one to check on them every day.

Sheriff John Daugherty

The Tishomingo County Sheriff's Office has RE-LAUNCHED our Facebook Page!  This of course is also linked to Mobile Patrol, so alerts will show on both if you have your device set to receive such.  We will be adding more services later this year, but in the mean time........"like us on Facebook!"


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MS SAVIN is an innovative service providing crime victims, victim advocates, and other concerned citizens free and confidential notification regarding a particular State and/or County inmate's release, transfer or escape from participating agencies.  MS SAVIN can provide registered users access to timely information about particular offenders 24-hours a day, over the phone, through the Internet, or by e-mail.

MS SAVIN is a project of the Mississippi Department of Corrections provided by a grant from the US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance.

Please do not depend only on this program for your protection. Maintain contacts with your advocate, attorney or law enforcement officers assigned to your case.

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In order to help residents during times of inclement weather, we have put together a simple map to help you locate the nearest shelter.

The Sheriff's Office has no control over the availability or suitability of any of these shelters. The list is provided as an informational service only.

Storm Shelter Locations