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The chief of police for the Palestine (AR) Police Department is being praised for giving up part of his paycheck to ensure that the department could add a full-time school resource officer at the local K-12 public school.
Officers with the Little Rock (AR) Police Department will soon have several new capabilities to investigate crimes and provide assistance to crime victims thanks to three federal grants.
Officers with the Harrison Police Department say that the agency has long outgrown its current headquarters building and are seeking to build a new facility with the aid of a half-cent sales tax passed in 2014.
An officer with the Hot Springs (AR) Police Department was shot and wounded while responding to a disorderly conduct call on Sunday afternoon. The gunman was also shot and wounded.
The Van Buren Police Department now has a motorcycle unit, thanks to the generous donation of a local citizen who wanted to show her gratitude toward the officers who last year responded when her husband had fallen.
Authorities in Arkansas are searching Lake Ouachita for a deputy who went missing after diving into the water on Friday night.
On Thursday, the Arkansas State Police (ASP) released further information on the fatal shooting of a deputy who served with the Stone County Sheriff's Office.
Deputy Mike Stephens, 56, was shot and killed on a call Thursday morning. The suspected shooter is dead.
Mayor Frank Scott wants the proposed board to review officers' actions based on citizen complaints.
Officer Leonard Charles Smith of the Camden (AR) Police Department celebrated his 90th birthday last week. Better known as "L.C. Buckshot," Smith is now the oldest police officer in the state of Arkansas.