Arkansas Code Title 12, Subtitle 2, Chapter 8, Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

• § 12-8-101 - Department of Arkansas State Police Created.
  (a) There is created the Department of Arkansas State Police for the purposes of enforcing the motor vehicle laws, traffic laws, and other state...
• § 12-8-102 - Commission Created -- Members -- Meetings -- Elective Office.
  (a) The Arkansas State Police Commission is created and established.(b) (1) The commission shall be composed of seven (7) members to be appointed by...
• § 12-8-103 - Commission's Powers and Duties -- Restrictions.
  (a) The Arkansas State Police Commission shall: (1) Approve or disapprove each promotion; (2) Approve or disapprove each demotion for nondisciplinary reasons; and (3)...
• § 12-8-104 - Director.
  (a) (1) (A) After conferring with the members of the Arkansas State Police Commission, the Governor shall appoint a Director of the Department of...
• § 12-8-105 - Officers and Members -- Oath.
  (a) Before entering upon their duties, all members and officers of the Department of Arkansas State Police shall take oath as now provided by...
• § 12-8-106 - Department of Arkansas State Police -- Duties and Powers -- Restrictions -- Municipal Police Barred From Patrolling Certain Highways.
  (a) (1) It shall be the duty of the Department of Arkansas State Police to: (A) Patrol the public highways, make arrests, and enforce...
• § 12-8-107 - Arrests and Detentions.
  (a) If any officer of the Department of Arkansas State Police delivers an arrested person to a county jail for detention, it shall be...
• § 12-8-108 - Security of Governor, Capitol Building, Etc.
  (a) The Department of Arkansas State Police shall be responsible for the safety and security of the: (1) Governor and his or her family;...
• § 12-8-109 - Police Protection for Statewide Functions.
  (a) The Department of Arkansas State Police shall provide police protection, commensurate with the available personnel and resources of the department which are not...
• § 12-8-110 - Deputizing Citizens in Emergency.
  Any Department of Arkansas State Police officer shall have the authority in case of emergency to call upon and deputize any reputable citizen of...
• § 12-8-111 - Cooperation Among Agencies.
  (a) It shall be the duty of the Department of Arkansas State Police and its officers to cooperate with other law enforcement agencies of...
• § 12-8-112 - Headquarters -- Bureau of Identification and Information.
  (a) The Department of Arkansas State Police shall maintain headquarters and an Identification Bureau which shall be located at the State Capitol or elsewhere...
• § 12-8-113 - Drug Abuse Enforcement Unit -- Hot Line.
  (a) The Director of the Department of Arkansas State Police is directed to establish a Drug Abuse Enforcement Unit and assign sufficient supervisory, clerical,...
• § 12-8-114 - Legal Counsel and Advisors.
  (a) The Attorney General shall be the legal representative and advisor of the Arkansas State Police Commission, the Department of Arkansas State Police, and...
• § 12-8-115 - Physicians and Surgeons.
  (a) The Director of the Department of Arkansas State Police may designate one (1) physician and surgeon in each district of the state who...
• § 12-8-116 - Motor Vehicles.
  (a) (1) All automobiles, motorcycles, or other vehicles of any nature owned, used, and operated by the Department of Arkansas State Police shall be...
• § 12-8-117 - Purchasing Evidence.
  Upon approval by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, a warrant may be drawn against the State Treasury for the amount up to...
• § 12-8-118 - Payment of Salaries and Expenses.
  The salaries and expenses provided for in this chapter shall be paid by warrant upon a voucher properly drawn by the Director of the...
• § 12-8-119 - Police Training School.
  (a) The Director of the Department of Arkansas State Police may establish, maintain, and conduct a police training school and may admit to the...
• § 12-8-120 - Background Investigations.
  (a) The Department of Arkansas State Police is authorized to charge a fee, not to exceed twenty dollars ($20.00), for each background investigation requested...
• § 12-8-121 - Use of State Uniform, Patch, or Logo Prohibited.
  (a) It shall be prohibited for any law enforcement agency, private security firm, corporation, partnership, or individual to wear a uniform in the same...
• § 12-8-122 - [Repealed.]
• § 12-8-123 - [Repealed.]
• § 12-8-124 - [Repealed.]
• § 12-8-125 - Small Municipality Law Enforcement Vehicle Grant Program.
  (a) There is created the "Small Municipality Law Enforcement Vehicle Grant Program", to be administered by the Department of Arkansas State Police with funding...

Last modified: November 15, 2016