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

(a) All persons subject to this code shall secure all public property taken from the enemy for the service of the State of Arkansas or the United States and shall give notice and turn over to the proper authority without delay all captured or abandoned property in their possessio…

(1) Any person subject to this code shall be punished as a court-martial may direct if he or she:(1) Aids, or attempts to aid, the enemy with arms, ammunition, supplies, money, or other things; or(2) Without proper authority, knowingly harbors or protects or gives intelligence to…

(1) Any person subject to this code shall be punished as a court-martial may direct if he or she, while in the hands of the enemy in time of war:(1) For the purpose of securing favorable treatment by his or her captors, acts without proper authority in a manner contrary to law, c…

Any person subject to this code who, with intent to deceive, signs any false record, return, regulation, rule, order, or other official document, knowing it to be false, or makes any other false official statement knowing it to be false, shall be punished as a court-martial may d…

(1) Any person subject to this code shall be punished as a court-martial may direct if, without proper authority, he or she:(1) Sells or otherwise disposes of;(2) Willfully or through neglect damages, destroys, or loses; or(3) Willfully or through neglect suffers to be lost, dama…

Any person subject to this code who, while in a duty status, willfully or recklessly wastes, spoils, or otherwise willfully and wrongfully destroys or damages any property other than military property of the United States or of the state shall be punished as a court-martial may d…

(a) A person subject to this code who willfully and wrongfully hazards or suffers to be hazarded any vessel or vehicle of the United States Armed Forces or of the organized militia shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. (b) A person subject to this code who negligently …

Any person subject to this code who operates any vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants or drugs, or in a reckless or wanton manner, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Any person subject to this code who is found drunk on duty or sleeping upon his or her post, or who leaves his or her post before he or she is regularly relieved, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

A person subject to this code who fights, without authority, or promotes, or is concerned in or connives at fighting or dueling, or who, having knowledge of a challenge sent or about to be sent, fails to report the fact promptly to the proper authority shall be punished as a cour…

(1) Any person subject to this code shall be punished as a court-martial may direct if he or she, for the purpose of avoiding work, duty, or service in the organized militia:(1) Feigns illness, physical disablement, mental lapse, or derangement; or(2) Intentionally inflicts self-…

Any person subject to this code who causes or participates in any riot or breach of the peace shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Any person subject to this code who uses provoking or reproachful words or gestures towards any other person subject to this code shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Any person subject to this code who in a judicial proceeding or in a course of justice conducted under this code willfully and corruptly gives, upon a lawful oath or in any form allowed by law to be substituted for an oath, any false testimony material to the issue or matter of i…

(1) Any person subject to this code shall, upon conviction, be punished as a court-martial may direct if he or she:(1) Knowing it to be false or fraudulent makes any claim against the United States, the state or any officer thereof; or presents to any person in the civil or milit…

A person subject to this code who wrongfully and fraudulently takes and carries away or exercises unauthorized control over the property of another with intent to deprive the owner of the property shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Any commissioned officer who is convicted of conduct unbecoming to an officer shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Though not specifically mentioned in this code, all disorders and neglects to the prejudice of good order and discipline in the organized militia, all conduct of a nature to bring discredit upon the organized militia, and crimes and offenses not capital, of which persons subject …

A.C.A. § 12-64-845Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(1) A person subject to this code shall be punished as a court-martial may direct if the person:(1) Repetitively engages in behavior that involves unwelcome sexual advances;(2) Requests sexual favors from or offers sexual favors to a subordinate; or(3) Engages in other verbal or …

(a) As used in this section, “controlled substance” means:(1) Amphetamine;(2) Cocaine;(3) Heroin;(4) Lysergic acid diethylamide;(5) Marijuana;(6) Methamphetamine;(7) Opium;(8) Phencyclidine;(9) Barbituric acid, including phenobarbital and secobarbital; or(10) Any substance that i…

(1) A person subject to this code shall be punished as a court-martial directs if:(1) He or she wrongfully engages in extramarital conduct with another person;(2) At the time the extramarital conduct occurs he or she is married to someone else or knows that the other person is ma…

(1) A person subject to this code shall be punished as a court-martial may direct if he or she, with the intent to retaliate against a person for reporting or planning to report a criminal offense, or with the intent to discourage any person from reporting a criminal offense:(1) …

(1) A person subject to this code shall be punished as a court-martial may direct if the person knowingly and with the intent to defraud obtains anything of value using a:(1) Stolen credit card, debit card, or other access device;(2) Revoked, canceled, or otherwise invalid credit…

(a) An officer, a noncommissioned officer, or a petty officer shall be punished as a court-martial may direct for abuse of a training leadership position if he or she:(1) Is in a training leadership position with respect to a specially protected junior member of the United States…

(1) A person subject to this code is guilty of sexual assault and shall be punished as a court-martial directs if the person engages in sexual contact with another person:(1) By forcible compulsion;(2) Who is incapable of consent because he or she is:(A) Physically helpless;(B) M…

This chapter may be cited as the Arkansas Emergency Services Act of 1973.

(a) Because of the existing and increasing possibility of the occurrence of a major emergency or a disaster of unprecedented size and destructiveness resulting from enemy attack, natural or human-caused catastrophes, or riots and civil disturbances and in order to ensure that thi…

(1) As used in this chapter:(1) “Chief executive” means a head of government, the Governor, a county judge, and a mayor or city manager of incorporated places, dependent on the form and level of government;(2) “Disaster” means any tornado, storm, flood, high water, earthquake, dr…

(1) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to:(1) Interfere with the course or conduct of a labor dispute, except that actions otherwise authorized by this chapter or other laws may be taken when necessary to forestall or mitigate imminent or existing danger to public health …

A.C.A. § 12-75-105Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(a) Each state office of emergency management and local office of emergency management and the officers of each state office of emergency management and local office of emergency management shall execute and enforce such orders and rules as may be made by the Governor under autho…

(a) (1) A disaster emergency shall be declared by executive order or proclamation of the Governor if he or she finds a disaster has occurred or that the occurrence or the threat of disaster is imminent.(2) When time is critical because of rapidly occurring disaster emergency even…

(a) (1) A local disaster emergency may be declared only by the chief executive or his or her designee of a political subdivision.(2) If time is critical because of a rapidly occurring disaster emergency event, the chief executive verbally may declare a local disaster emergency fo…

(a) The Division of Emergency Management is established as a public safety agency of the State of Arkansas. (b) (1) The division shall have a Director of the Division of Emergency Management who is appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shal…

(a) The Division of Emergency Management shall coordinate and maintain a state emergency operations plan and keep it current, which plan may include:(1) Prevention and minimization of injury and damage caused by disaster;(2) Measures for prompt and effective response to disasters…

(a) The Division of Emergency Management shall, with the assistance and cooperation of other state and local government agencies:(1) Determine requirements of the state and its political subdivisions for food, clothing, and other necessities in event of an emergency;(2) Procure a…

(a) The Division of Emergency Management shall operate and maintain information systems which will make available both voice and data links with federal agencies, other states, and state agencies as are assigned an emergency management role in the state emergency operations plan …

(a) Due to the time-critical nature of response to the scene of a disaster or major emergency occurrence, the Director of the Division of Emergency Management may designate appropriate vehicles as requested in the staffing patterns of the state offices of emergency management and…

(a) The Governor is responsible for meeting and mitigating, to the maximum extent possible, dangers to the people and property of the state presented or threatened by disasters. (b) (1) Under this chapter, the Governor may issue executive orders, proclamations, and rules and amen…

(a) (1) In addition to disaster prevention measures as included in the state, local, and interjurisdictional emergency operations plans, the Governor shall consider on a continuing basis steps that could be taken to prevent or reduce the harmful consequences of disasters.(2) At t…

(a) (1) It is the policy of this chapter that each department, commission, agency, or institution of state and local government actively and aggressively support the state offices of emergency management and local offices of emergency management to the end of providing the best p…

(a) (1) (A) By executive order, the Governor may combine two (2) or more established local offices of emergency management as an interjurisdictional office of emergency management.(B) (i) Before a combination under subdivision (a)(1)(A) of this section, the jurisdictions involved…

(a) (1) Each political subdivision within this state shall be within the jurisdiction of and served by the Division of Emergency Management and by a local office of emergency management or interjurisdictional office of emergency management.(2) A local office of emergency manageme…

(a) (1) All emergency jurisdictions shall participate in the statewide mutual aid system, except as provided in subdivision (a)(2) of this section.(2) (A) An emergency jurisdiction may elect not to participate in the statewide mutual aid system.(B) In order to make the election, …

A.C.A. § 12-75-120Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(a) In carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the Governor and the chief executives or designees of the political subdivisions of the state are directed to utilize the services, equipment, supplies, and facilities of existing departments, offices, and agencies of the state …

(1) An emergency management organization established under the authority of this chapter shall not:(1) Participate in any form of political activity; or(2) Be employed directly or indirectly for political purposes. (1) Participate in any form of political activity; or (2) Be empl…

(a) Each political subdivision may make appropriations in the manner provided by law for making appropriations for the ordinary expenses of such political subdivision for the payment of expenses of its local office of emergency management. (b) (1) If the federal government or any…

(a) (1) Each person within this state shall conduct himself or herself and keep and manage his or her affairs and property in ways that will reasonably assist and will not unreasonably detract from the ability of the state and the public to successfully meet disaster emergencies.…