Office of the Sheriff Madison County, Mississippi 2941 Highway 51 © Canton, MS 39046 © Phone: 601-859-2345 Randall Tucker, Sheriff MEDIA RELEASE October 3, 2019 After almost 3 years, | can tell you that we have settled the ACLU lawsuit, Numerous depositions were taken of department employees, thousands of reports and other documents were provided and man hours lost that could have and should have been utilized protecting the citizens of Madison County. We successfully defended the plaintiffs attempt to make this a class action in the first complaint. The loss of services. to our citizens and cost of defending a second complaint was the deciding factor in this settlement. In order to settle the complaint, we have agreed to document more information that | feel will further show that this administration does not target or profile any race. We will update policies regarding certain areas of enforcement to conform to our actual practices that have always been in place. We have also agreed to restart our community advisory boards which | implemented when | first took office so that we can share this information with them and receive feedback from them in order to provide the best possible law enforcement product based on hard work, integrity and professionalism. The Madison County Sheriffs Department will continue to serve all citizens of Madison County through leadership and accountability as we always have. (ll fol Randall Tucker ‘Sheriff of Madison County