Arkansas Code Title 14, Subtitle 3, Chapter 42, Subchapter 4 - Departments of Public Safety

• § 14-42-401 - Authority to Create Generally.
  The governing body of any city of the first or second class which is incorporated after December 31, 1984, may create by ordinance a...
• § 14-42-402 - Functions of Department.
  A department of public safety shall perform the functions of, and have all the rights, responsibilities, and duties of, a police department, a fire...
• § 14-42-403 - Director of Department.
  The governing body of a city may, by resolution, appoint, remove, and appoint successors to the position of director of the department of public...
• § 14-42-404 - Functions of Employees.
  Employees of the department of public safety may perform the functions of police officers, firefighters, or other services the department may be empowered to...
• § 14-42-405 - Work Hours and Benefits.
  For the purposes of regulating work hours, vacation days, sick leave, and other employee benefits, a department of public safety shall be deemed to...
• § 14-42-406 - Death or Disability Benefits.
  Employees of a department of public safety shall be eligible for all county, state, or federal death or disability benefits provided for police officers...
• § 14-42-407 - Pension Programs.
  A department of public safety may participate in available pension programs in either the police or fire category, or both. However, no employee of...
• § 14-42-408 - Grants and Other Benefits.
  A department of public safety shall be entitled to all available county, state, and federal grants, turn-back moneys, loans, discounts, or other benefits of...
• § 14-42-409 - Applicable Regulations and Laws.
  All applicable regulations and statutes regulating the conduct of police or fire departments or their functions shall apply to a department of public safety...
• § 14-42-410 - Creation in Certain Other Cities.
  (a) (1) The governing body of any city having a population, according to the 1970 Federal Decennial Census, of at least twenty-one thousand (21,000)...
• § 14-42-411 - Employees Subject to Civil Service System.
  (a) All employees of the department of public safety who were subject to the civil service system at the time of their employment by...
• § 14-42-412 - Participation in Pension and Relief Funds.
  (a) Except as provided in § 14-42-413, the director of the department of public safety and members of the public safety division, to be...
• § 14-42-413 - Transfer of Firefighter to Public Safety Division.
  (a) (1) Any firefighter may transfer to the public safety division and, if he or she chooses, participate in the policemen's pension and relief...
• § 14-42-414 -- 14-42-420 - [Reserved.]
• § 14-42-421 - Cities of the Second Class and Incorporated Towns -- Creation -- Functions.
  (a) The governing body of any city of the second class or incorporated town may create by ordinance a department of public safety.(b) A...
• § 14-42-422 - Cities of the Second Class and Incorporated Towns -- Director -- Transfer of Existing Departments.
  (a) Once the department is formed, the mayors in cities of the second class and incorporated towns shall have the power to appoint and...
• § 14-42-423 - Cities of the Second Class and Incorporated Towns -- Employees.
  Employees of the department of public safety may perform the functions of police officers, firefighters, or other services the department may be empowered to...
• § 14-42-424 - Cities of the Second Class and Incorporated Towns -- Employee Benefits and Pension Programs.
  (a) For the purposes of regulating work hours, vacation days, sick leave, and other employee benefits, a department of public safety shall be deemed...
• § 14-42-425 - Cities of the Second Class and Incorporated Towns -- Grants -- Applicable Regulations and Laws.
  (a) A department of public safety shall be entitled to all available county, state, and federal grants, turnback money, insurance premium tax funds, loans,...

Last modified: November 15, 2016