Lee County Sheriff talks about shelter-in-place enforcement

Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson said that not much change is expected to come the law enforcement side of the shelter-in-place order.

Spoke with lee county sheriff about how enforcement of the policy would work... aslive when tate reeves issues the shelter in place order yesterday... many wondered how law enforcement would treat this.... lee county sheriff jim johnson said its all about using your common sense... sheriff jim johnson - lee county "you have got to get out of this box where this is about me, this is about protecting the entire county, that we are responsible for."

Lee county sheriff jim johnson says that the state order for the shelter in place will not change much... "it reiterates about what is already being said to do what we can to not be out in public."

The sheriff would not comment on any changes that could occur... this includes things like any changes to traffic stops or any other daily occurrences... alcorn county sheriff ben caldwell shared this on facebook saying that they will not be conducting traffic stops to determine what the person is doing.... saying we are all in this together... "we keep saying use common sense, the scary thing about it is.

The lack of common sense is why we are doing what we are doing."

As live he take the safety of the public and staff as priority number one... so he wants everyone to stay at hone as much as possible reporting in tupelo eh wtva 9 news some non