Title 12 — Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Arrest quota” means any requirement regarding the number of arrests made, or the number of citations issued, by a law enforcement officer or the proportion of such arrests made and citations issued by a law enforcement officer relative to the a…

No state or local agency employing law enforcement officers engaged in the enforcement of any motor vehicle traffic laws of this state or any local ordinance governing motor vehicle traffic may establish any policy requiring any law enforcement officer to meet an arrest quota, ex…

(a) No state or local agency employing law enforcement officers engaged in the enforcement of any motor vehicle traffic laws may use the number of arrests or citations issued by a law enforcement officer as the sole criterion for promotion, demotion, or dismissal, or the earning …

Each county sheriff's office and police department of a municipality may designate a proportionate number of its patrol vehicles as “nonsmoking” vehicles and shall not allow smoking of tobacco products in those vehicles.

Each law enforcement agency of the state shall establish a policy prohibiting civilian passengers in patrol vehicles unless specific written approval is given for each civilian passenger by the chief law enforcement officer or his or her designee.

(a) As used in this section:(1) “In the course of employment” means at any time when a law enforcement officer is on duty as a law enforcement officer or is performing an act ordinarily performed by a law enforcement officer although the law enforcement officer is not actually on…

(a) The General Assembly finds that the investment of state or federal funding for the operation of a crisis stabilization unit under the Behavioral Health Crisis Intervention Protocol Act of 2017, § 20-47-801 et seq., necessitates efficient expenditure of the state or federal fu…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Access a record” means to view a photograph or video recording or to listen to an audio recording;(2) “Custodian of the record” means a person identified by the governmental entity that possesses the record and is responsible for safeguarding and …

(a) As used in this section, “critical incident” means an event that has a stressful impact sufficient to overwhelm a person's usually effective coping skills, including an event that falls outside the range of ordinary human experience. (b) A law enforcement agency shall adopt a…

(1) The General Assembly finds that:(1) In 2021, there was a clearance rate of thirty-nine percent (39%) for violent crimes reported in Arkansas, which means there were no arrests for sixty-one percent (61%) of reported violent crimes;(2) Low clearance rates undermine law enforce…

(a) (1) The Secretary of the Department of Public Safety, in consultation with the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training, shall develop grant applications to be used under this subchapter.(2) The secretary shall consult with local law enforcement agencies …

(a) The Department of Public Safety is encouraged to:(1) Analyze crime and arrest data to determine violent crime clearance rates, identify which law enforcement agencies face the biggest challenges in combating violent crime, and conduct qualitative research to assess the capaci…

(a) A municipality, a county, or the state may enter into an agreement with a tribal nation having federally recognized tribal land within the borders of the state for the cross deputization of law enforcement agencies. (b) An agreement under subsection (a) of this section may al…