The event—sponsored by Interested Citizens for Voter Registration and held at the Pine Bluff Country Club—highlighted the actions of numerous officers for acts of valor and heroism.
Read More →Chief Chad Henson of the the Trumann (AR) Police Department was injured in a shooting while responding to a call for help at the home of a man named Johnny Kelley. Kelley reportedly began shooting at Chief Henson when Henson arrived at the scene. Henson returned fire, killing Kelley, according to Arkansas State Police.
Read More →Officer Andrew Napolitano was leaving his residence with his two children and was preparing to head to work when a man — later identified as 22-year-old Cody Ramsey — confronted him with a firearm.
Read More →An Arkansas State Police K-9 and the suspect he was chasing were both killed in a gunfight on Monday night. Arkansas State Police say that a trooper performed a traffic stop on a vehicle that had reportedly been involved in a chase with law enforcement officers in Missouri.
Read More →Deputy Justin Butcher of the Garland County (AR) Sheriff's Office went "above and beyond the call of duty," said Sheriff Mike McCormick in a Facebook post, when he found a way to get a replacement bike for a little girl who had hers stolen.
Read More →On Saturday, Arkansas State Police released a photo on Facebook of trooper Deston Linkous with Michaels, who was in a vehicle traveling east on Interstate 40 on Tuesday and was headed to a concert with Cheap Trick and Pop Evil that night in Nashville, Tenn.
Read More →The second person wanted in the murder of a Forrest City, AR, police officer has been arrested in Memphis.
Read More →The deputies, all members of the SWAT team, were taken to Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith and were treated for non life-threatening injuries. They were released from the hospital Tuesday morning (May 8). Captain Phillip Pevehouse with the Sebastian County Sheriff's Office said the deputies were injured from shotgun pellets from the suspect's gun.
Read More →The search now continues for the suspect or suspects involved in the shooting and killing of Officer Oliver Johnson.
Read More →An altercation between two groups broke out and shots were fired outside of the officer’s residence, Baker said. Johnson was not the intended target.
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