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OCEAN SPRINGS, MS – What do you get when you combine traffic cameras, private companies, backroom deals, and a connected city attorney with questionable ethics? You get a web of influence so tangled it would make a spider blush.
Over the past four years, Robert Wilkinson — City Attorney for Ocean Springs — has been the center of three different traffic enforcement ventures. Each came with its own set of secrets, shady practices, lawsuits, and political entanglements. With every iteration, the faces and tactics remain strikingly familiar.
How it All Started
In 2021, Mr. Wilkinson helped usher Securix into Ocean Springs. That program, which used cameras to catch uninsured motorists, was canceled in 2023 amid system flaws and strong opposition from residents. It wasn’t until more than a year later the public learned Wilkinson had financial ties to the contract he brought to the city and that Chief of Police Mark Dunston was on the Securix payroll.
As time went on, more inconsistencies and questionable actions came to light, most notably that – under Wilkinson’s direction – the program denied residents of their 14th Amendment rights by bypassing the courts and skirting due process. These practices run afoul of both state law and the Securix contract itself.
Despite no judicial oversight, Wilkinson and Dunston sent letters threatening judicial consequences if residents didn’t pay the fines, like suspension of drivers licenses – a threat they had no legal authority to carry out.
When Ocean Springs yanked the plug on Securix, Wilkinson and pals kept going – selling the program to other municipalities and eventually partnering with Securix to become half owner of a new offshoot called Securix Mississippi.
They signed Biloxi and other cities. Momentum was good, until they were forced to halt. In August of 2024, the Department of Public Safety issued a cease and desist letter that barred Wilkinson’s crew from accessing the state’s insurance database. This marked the end of their uninsured motorist ticketing game in Mississippi.
But Mr. Wilkinson quickly pivoted to a new venture — one that raises many of the same constitutional concerns over residents’ rights.
Enter Intellisafe
When Securix was publicly exposed and legally shut down, Wilkinson didn’t miss a beat. Alongside his old ally, former Ocean Springs Police Chief Mark Dunston, the two quietly launched Intellisafe – a company that uses automated cameras to catch and fine speeders in school zones.
The program was launched first in Moss Point and then signed a contract with Hattiesburg. Like the Securix programs, Wilkinson’s new venture also bypasses the municipal court systems – this time holding faux court-like sessions in the lobbies of government buildings — without any judicial oversight or due process. Residents are summoned to an “options arraignment,” where they are threatened with collection agencies and damage to their credit scores if they refuse to pay the Intellisafe fines.
Officials at municipal court say they have no connection to these proceedings, other than official court logos appearing on the summons. The Intellisafe program is facing law suits for a number of claims, including infringement of constitutional rights under color of law, in each of the cities the program is active.
There is no address or phone number listed on the Intellisafe website, just a vague contact form. When we did some digging on the Secretary of State’s website, we found the point of contact listed for the company in one document was Randy Wrigley, an Ocean Springs resident. When GC Wire contacted Wrigley, he stated he did not have anything to do with Intellisafe. “I have no idea why my name shows up on that entity,” he said.
State documents show the company is headquartered at 929 Washington Street in downtown Ocean Springs, the address of a small hotel owned by local developer Joe Cloyd.
That same address also appears as headquarters for the company that owns the house currently occupied by Ocean Springs Mayor Kenny Holloway.
The Web of Players
The deeper you dig into Wilkinson’s enforcement schemes, the more familiar names you find — from state lawmakers and city powerbrokers to political consultants and a sitting appellate judge. What connects them all? Influence, access, and, in many cases, a cut of the traffic ticket revenue.
Here’s a look at some of the prominent names who have been caught in the growing web of Wilkinson’s surveillance empire:
Robert Wilkinson
The architect of it all. As City Attorney for Ocean Springs, Wilkinson used his official position to introduce the Securix program, then later claimed to have “recused himself” — all while maintaining financial and operational involvement. Internal emails and public records show Wilkinson directed court policy, coordinated messaging, and even attempted to press criminal charges against critics of the program.
He later became a co-owner of Securix Mississippi, sued his former partners when it fell apart, and quietly launched Intellisafe with the city’s former police chief.
Mark Dunston
As Police Chief of Ocean Springs, Dunston signed citation letters on police department letterhead under the Securix program — letters that falsely threatened court dates and license suspension, despite never going through an actual court. After Securix collapsed, Dunston co-founded Intellisafe with Wilkinson, continuing the same style of no-due-process enforcement under a new brand.
Josh Gregory & Quinton Dickerson
Founders of Frontier Strategies, a political consulting firm involved in brokering Securix deals across Mississippi with Wilkinson. Gregory was the go-between for Wilkinson’s crew and a list of paid politico lobbyists, offering some a cut of citation revenue. Their emails reveal a coordinated strategy to “paper the state” while keeping public scrutiny at bay by utilizing high profile people to smooth situations “if things get rough.” The two partnered with Wilkinson to form QJR LLC (the first letters of each of their first names). QJR half owns Securix Mississippi.
Gregory and Dickerson handled the 2025 re-election campaign for Ocean Springs Mayor Kenny Holloway, an election where Holloway only got 16% of the vote.
Amy St. Pé
Amy St. Pé is the former law partner of Wilkinson. Her name first appeared in the minutes of a Board of Aldermen meeting as the attorney hired by Ocean Springs to review the Securix contract. Wilkinson later stated because of his conflict-of-interest, St. Pé took over advising the city. However, Ocean Springs officials confirmed there are no records of the city ever hiring St. Pé for such matters and no record of any opinions given.
St. Pé was the City Attorney for Moss Point when that city signed the first ever contract with Intellisafe. She is now a Justice on the Mississippi Court of Appeals. Her campaign was handled by Josh Gregory and Frontier.
Trey Lamar
State Representative Trey Lamar, a top-ranking member of House leadership, played multiple roles in the Securix saga. In an email to Robert Wilkinson, Josh Gregory described Lamar as an influential legislator who is “super impressed” with the program. Gregory credited Lamar with making the introduction to the Senatobia mayor, which resulted in a signed contract with Securix.
Lamar represented Senatobia in litigation arising from the program – with legal fees reportedly paid by Securix. Later, Lamar was added to the Securix “consultant” list of people to be paid $6 per traffic citation.
Lamar currently serves as the chairman of the Mississippi House Ways and Means Committee.
Joe Cloyd
Mr. Cloyd is a real estate developer in Jackson County that also serves as a lobbyist for the City of Ocean Springs. His hotel at 929 Washington Street is listed as headquarters for Intellisafe in official state documents. Internal Securix emails listed Cloyd as one of the consultants slated to receive $6 per citation. In one exchange, he was described as “the 8th councilman” of Ocean Springs — a nod to his political influence over the city’s leadership.
Josh Gregory wrote to Robert Wilkinson, “He’s going to give us insurance in Ocean Springs if things get rough after the citations hit.” Cloyd was also positioned as a potential fixer by Gregory if issues arose with Department of Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell.
Rickey Authement
Authement currently serves as Ward 2 Alderman in Ocean Springs. In December 2024, he went on record to say Wilkinson never disclosed his financial ties to Securix when the program was presented to the Board by him and Dunston. In February of 2025, Authement made a motion to replace Wilkinson and his firm as City Attorney, citing the undisclosed conflict-of-interest.
However, just two days after losing his re-election bid, Authement reversed course. He signed a letter defending Wilkinson in a State Bar complaint, claiming that Wilkinson had fully disclosed his dealings to the Board and Mayor and had completely recused himself from advising the city on the matter — a claim since debunked by a lengthy series of contradicting emails.
Kenny Holloway
Holloway is the current Mayor of Ocean Springs — but not for much longer. On January 7, 2025, he issued a public statement claiming the city was “conducting an internal investigation” into the Securix matter and the actions of City Attorney Robert Wilkinson. But no such investigation was ever documented or disclosed — and officials later confirmed that no formal review ever took place.
After losing his re-election bid, Holloway joined Alderman Rickey Authement in submitting a letter to the State Bar, praising Wilkinson for allegedly disclosing his ties to Securix and recusing himself from advising the city — a claim easily debunked by internal emails and public records.
Adding to the intrigue, Mayor Holloway currently resides in a home owned by a company that shares the same address as Intellisafe’s registered headquarters.
What Happens Now?
The business model behind these ventures — Securix, Securix Mississippi, and now Intellisafe — relied on residents not understanding their rights. It thrived on silence, fear, and confusion. People paid to avoid what they believed were real legal penalties, unaware that no judge had signed off and no court had jurisdiction.
Public officials are supposed to protect the people they serve. But in this case, it appears they preyed on them.
What comes next will depend on whether voters, regulators, and honest public servants are willing to untangle what’s left of this web — and ensure it cannot be spun again.
This report is part of GC Wire’s ongoing investigation into municipal corruption and constitutional accountability in Mississippi. It is based on public records, court documents, internal communications, and statements from named individuals. All subjects mentioned are presumed innocent of any wrongdoing unless proven otherwise in a court of law. The content represents matters of public concern and is presented in the interest of transparency, accountability, and responsible journalism.
