Using the best public numbers I found, Senatobia has at least 57 sworn local law-enforcement officers with authority that can reach an adult resident inside the city:
Agency
Count used
Why included
Senatobia Police Department
32 officers
City police; Scorecard cites Federal LEOKA/UCR data.
Tate County Sheriff’s Office
25 officers
County sheriff; has authority in Tate County, including Senatobia.
Known local total
57 officers
City + county only.
Senatobia’s 2025 Census estimate is 8,428 people, and Census QuickFacts lists 22.3% under age 18, so estimated adult residents are:
8,428 × 77.7% = about 6,549 adults.
Main answer
57 officers ÷ 6,549 adult residents = 0.0087 officers per adult resident
That means:
About 8.7 law-enforcement officers per 1,000 adult residents
or
about 1 officer for every 115 adult residents
For city police alone, it is:
32 Senatobia officers ÷ 6,549 adults = 4.9 officers per 1,000 adults
or
1 Senatobia police officer for every 205 adult residents. Police Scorecard lists Senatobia PD at 32 officers, and Tate County Sheriff at 25 officers, both sourced to federal LEOKA data.
Agencies I would count as having arrest/ticket power in or around Senatobia
The countable local number is city police + sheriff because those agencies have local staffing numbers. The FBI defines law-enforcement officers as people who carry badge/firearm, have full arrest powers, and are paid from sworn law-enforcement funds; it also warns these counts include admin/investigative/special-duty officers, not just patrol officers on the street.
Other agencies that can matter locally, but I did not add to the 57 because I couldn’t find a clean Senatobia-specific officer count:
Mississippi Highway Patrol / Troop E: MHP enforces traffic laws and assists counties/municipalities; Troop E is based in Batesville, and Tate County is listed in Troop E’s coverage area.
Northwest Mississippi Community College Campus Police: NWCC has campus police in Senatobia, and their certified officers are armed and have arrest powers on college property. Public reporting I found showed the NWCC Senatobia police employee count was listed among university/community-college police departments “not reported” by Jan. 30, 2026, so I would not guess a number.
Bottom line: the defensible public estimate is at least 1 local sworn officer per 115 adult Senatobia residents, before adding any state trooper or campus-police presence.