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Arkansas Statutes, Title 12

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

49 chapters · 1,287 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 121,287 Ch 12, Crime Reporting and Investigations208 Ch 64, Military Justice129 Ch 18, Child Maltreatment Act120 Ch 41, Local Correctional Facilities90 Ch 8, Division of Arkansas State Police72 Ch 29, Inmates of State Facilities72 Ch 62, Military Personnel61 Ch 9, Law Enforcement Officer Training and…59 Ch 27, Division of Correction — Division of…52 Ch 61, Military Forces39 Ch 30, State Inmate Industries and Labor36 Ch 75, Arkansas Emergency Services Act of 197335 Ch 10, Communications Systems32 Ch 63, Military Property31

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Ark. Code Ann. § 12-10-203 Policy committee
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(a) A seven-member policy committee composed of two (2) representatives each from the Arkansas Sheriffs' Association, the Arkansas Association of Chiefs of Police, and the Arkansas Law Enforcement Officers Association and one (1) representative from the Division of Arkansas State…
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-10-204 Special conditions for use of statewide emergency frequency
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(1) The following constitute conditions whereby the emergency frequency can be used if assistance from other counties or the Department of Arkansas State Police is needed:(1) A potential life or death situation such as:(A) A serious traffic accident involving personal injury;(B) …
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-10-205 Frequency allocation
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(a) The assigned county operating frequency will be used for:(1) Base-to-mobile and mobile-to-mobile unit transmissions within each county;(2) Base-to-base radio transmissions within those counties which have more than one (1) base station operating on the county frequency;(3) Em…
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-10-206 Assigned county operating frequency

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(1) The following counties shall be assigned the following frequencies:(1) Thirty-seven and four hundredths megahertz (37.04 MHz): Calhoun, Chicot, Clark, Faulkner, Fulton, Little River, Monroe, Newton, Poinsett, and Scott;(2) Thirty-seven and six hundredths megahertz (37.06 MHz)…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-10-207 Interfacing the Department of Arkansas State Police Communications System

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(1) In order to interface the separate Department of Arkansas State Police communications system with that of the statewide law enforcement communications system:(1) All municipal and county law enforcement agencies should install receivers on the frequency of the district of the…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-10-208 Official transmissions only

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(a) All radio transmissions should be used for conducting official law enforcement business only and should be as clear and concise as possible. (b) Standard “ten signals” and the phonetic alphabet are recommended for use by all participating agencies.

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-10-301 Title

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This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Public Safety Communications and Next Generation 911 Act of 2019”.

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-10-302 Legislative findings, policy, and purpose

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(a) It has been determined to be in the public interest to shorten the time and simplify the method required for a citizen to request and receive emergency aid. (b) The provision of a single, primary three-digit emergency number through which fire suppression, rescue, disaster an…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-10-303 Definitions

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(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Access line” means a communications line or device that has the capacity to access the public switched network;(2) “Automatic location identification” means an enhanced 911 service capability that enables the automatic display of information de…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-10-304 Public safety answering points

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(a) (1) The chief executive of a political subdivision may:(A) Designate the public safety answering point of another political subdivision to serve his or her political subdivision as a public safety answering point only; or(B) Retain a dispatch center to serve both public safet…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-10-305 Arkansas 911 Board

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(a) (1) There is created the Arkansas 911 Board to consist of the following members:(A) The Director of the Division of Emergency Management or his or her designee;(B) The Auditor of State or his or her designee;(C) The State Geographic Information Officer of the Arkansas Geograp…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-10-306 Communications personnel

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(1) The staff and supervisors of a public safety answering point or dispatch center shall be:(1) (A) Paid employees, either sworn officers or civilians, of the operating agency designated by the chief executive of the political subdivisions.(B) Personnel other than law enforcemen…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-10-308 Response to requests for emergency response inside and outside jurisdiction

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(a) A public safety answering point shall be capable of transmitting requests for law enforcement, firefighting, disaster, or major emergency response, emergency medical or ambulance services, or other emergency services to a public or private agency where the services are availa…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-10-309 Requests from the hearing and speech impaired

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Each public safety answering point or dispatch center shall be equipped with a system for the processing of requests from the hearing and speech impaired for emergency response.

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-10-310 Records of calls

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(a) The public safety answering point shall develop and maintain a system for recording 911 calls received at the public safety answering point. (b) A dispatch center shall develop and maintain a system that has been approved by the Arkansas 911 Board for recording 911 calls tran…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-10-313 Restrictions and nonemergency telephone number

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(a) The telephone number 911 is restricted to emergency calls that may result in dispatch of the appropriate response service for fire suppression and rescue, emergency medical services or ambulance, hazardous material incidents, disaster or major emergency occurrences, and law e…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-10-314 Connection of network to automatic alarms, etc., prohibited

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No person shall connect to a service supplier's network any automatic alarm or other automatic alerting devices which cause the number 911 to be automatically dialed and provide a prerecorded message in order to directly access the services which may be obtained through a public …

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-10-316 Public safety answering points — Access to information

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(a) A public safety answering point and dispatch center designated by the chief executive of the political subdivision may be considered an element in the communications network connecting state, county, and local authorities to a centralized state depository of information in or…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-10-317 Public safety answering point — Operation — Rights, duties, liabilities, etc., of service providers

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(a) (1) Each service provider shall forward to any public safety answering point equipped for enhanced 911 service the telephone number and street address of any telephone used to place a 911 call.(2) Subscriber information provided in accordance with this subsection shall be use…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-10-318 Emergency telephone service charges — Imposition — Liability — Public safety charge

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(a) (1) (A) When so authorized by a majority of the persons voting within the political subdivision in accordance with the law, the governing authority of each political subdivision may levy an emergency telephone service charge in the amount assessed by the political subdivision…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-10-321 Public safety answering points — Bonds

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(a) The governing authority of the political subdivision shall have power to incur debt and issue bonds with approval from the Arkansas 911 Board for 911 systems and public safety answering point implementation and future major capital items. (b) The bonds shall be negotiable ins…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-10-322 Direct access to 911 services required for multiline telephone systems

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(a) A covered multiline telephone system shall allow, as a default setting, any station equipped with dialing facilities to directly initiate a 911 call without requiring a user to dial any other digit, code, prefix, suffix, or trunk access code. (b) A business service user that …

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-10-323 Authorized expenditures of revenues

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(a) (1) Revenue generated under §§ 12-10-318 and 12-10-326 and transferred from the former Arkansas Emergency Telephone Services Board or the Arkansas Public Safety Trust Fund to the Arkansas 911 Board shall be used only for reasonably necessary costs that enhance, operate, and m…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-10-324 Response to call — Entrance procedures

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(1) When responding to a 911 emergency call received at a public safety answering point, public safety officers of public safety agencies may use reasonable and necessary means to enter any dwelling, dwelling unit, or other structure without the express permission of the owner wh…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-10-325 Training standards

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(a) (1) A public safety agency, a public safety answering point, or a dispatch center may provide training opportunities for public safety answering point and dispatch center personnel through the Division of Law Enforcement Standards and Training and the Arkansas Law Enforcement…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-10-326 Prepaid wireless public safety charge — Definitions

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(a) As used in this section:(1) “Consumer” means a person who purchases prepaid wireless telecommunications service in a retail transaction;(2) “Occurring in this state” means a retail transaction that is:(A) Conducted in person by a consumer at a business location of a seller in…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-10-327 Restriction on creation of public safety answering point

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(1) A new public safety answering point shall not be established unless the new public safety answering point is established as a result of:(1) Consolidation with an existing public safety answering point; or(2) Replacement of an existing public safety answering point. (1) Consol…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-10-328 911 addressing authority — Data maintenance

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(a) A chief executive shall designate a 911 addressing authority that shall create and maintain street centerline and address point data in a geographic information system format. (b) The street centerline and address point data created under subsection (a) of this section shall:…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-10-329 Fire protection district map — Information maintenance

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(a) Each fire protection district shall maintain an accurate fire protection district map that is certified by the:(1) Mayor or other qualified representative of the city or town in which the fire protection district is located; or(2) County judge or county fire coordinator of th…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-10-330 Telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation — Definition — Rules

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(a) As used in this section, “telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation” means the delivery of compression or ventilation instructions to callers who are reporting suspected cases of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. (b) The staff and supervisors of a public safety answering point or…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-11-101 Preventive measures

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(1) The commission of public offenses may be prevented by proceedings:(1) For suppressing riots and resistance to lawful authority;(2) For requiring security to keep the peace or for good behavior; and(3) For arresting and confining insane, drunken, and disorderly persons. (1) Fo…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-11-102 Unlawful assembly of twenty or more persons

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(a) When persons to the number of twenty (20) or more are unlawfully or riotously assembled in a city or town, the county sheriff of the county, his or her deputies, and the other peace officers and magistrates of the city or town, together with the mayor or other chief officer o…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-11-103 Unlawful assembly of three or more persons

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(a) When three (3) or more persons shall be riotously, unlawfully, or tumultuously assembled, it shall be the duty of any judge, justice of the peace, county sheriff, county coroner, or constable who shall have knowledge or be informed thereof to make a proclamation among the per…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-11-104 Resistance to authority

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(a) When a county sheriff or other public officer authorized to execute process finds or has reason to believe that resistance will be made to the execution of the process, the county sheriff or public officer may command as many inhabitants of his or her county as he or she may …

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-11-111 Discretionary transport to sobering center — Definition

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(a) As used in this section, “sobering center” means a facility or setting for providing recovery, detoxification, and recuperation from the effects of an intoxicating substance, the focus of which is treating persons who are intoxicated or have substance abuse issues. (b) A law …

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-1001 Definitions

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(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) (A) “Administration of criminal justice” means performing functions of investigation, apprehension, detention, prosecution, adjudication, correctional supervision, or rehabilitation of accused persons or criminal offenders.(B) “Administration of…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-1002 Penalties

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(a) Upon conviction, any criminal justice agency or official subject to fingerprinting or reporting requirements under this subchapter that knowingly fails to comply with the fingerprinting or reporting requirements is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. (b) A person is guilty of a …

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-1003 Scope

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(a) This subchapter governs the:(1) Collection, maintenance, and dissemination of criminal history information on identifiable individuals charged with or pleading guilty or nolo contendere to, or being found guilty of, criminal offenses under the laws of the State of Arkansas; a…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-1004 Completeness and accuracy

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(a) The Arkansas Crime Information Center and the State Crime Laboratory shall implement procedures that will, to the maximum extent feasible, ensure the completeness and accuracy of all criminal history information in this state. (b) All criminal justice agencies and criminal ju…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-1005 Identification Bureau

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(a) The Identification Bureau of the Division of Arkansas State Police shall collect and maintain fingerprint identification records required to be reported by this subchapter. (b) The Identification Bureau of the Division of Arkansas State Police shall provide arrest and identif…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-1006 Fingerprinting, DNA sample collection, and photographing

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(a) (1) (A) (i) Immediately following an arrest for a Class A misdemeanor, a law enforcement official may take, or cause to be taken, the fingerprints and a photograph of the arrested person.(ii) Immediately following an arrest for a felony offense, a law enforcement official at …

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-1007 Reporting requirements

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(a) Certain events occurring during the course of a criminal prosecution must be reported for inclusion in a criminal history record. The following events shall be reportable events:(1) An arrest;(2) The release of a person after arrest without the filing of a charge;(3) A decisi…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-1008 Dissemination for criminal justice purposes

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(a) Pending information, conviction information, and nonconviction information available through the Arkansas Crime Information Center, plus information obtained through the Interstate Identification Index or from another state's record system and juvenile aftercare and custody i…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-1009 Dissemination of conviction information for noncriminal justice purposes

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(a) Conviction information shall be made available for the following noncriminal justice purposes:(1) To any local, state, or federal governmental agency that requests the conviction information for the enforcement of a local, state, or federal law;(2) To any entity authorized ei…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-1010 Dissemination of criminal history information for other purposes

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(a) (1) Criminal history information shall be made available to the Governor for purposes of carrying out the Governor's constitutional authority involving pardons, executive clemencies, extraditions, or other duties specifically authorized by law.(2) Criminal history information…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-1011 Dissemination limited

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(a) Release of criminal history information for noncriminal justice purposes shall be made only by the Identification Bureau of the Department of Arkansas State Police or the central repository, under the limitations contained in § 12-12-1009, and such compiled records will not b…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-1012 Fees for noncriminal justice record searches

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(a) (1) (A) A fee may be charged for providing criminal history information for noncriminal justice purposes.(B) However, the fee for providing criminal history information may be waived at the request of a:(i) Local school district, for providing criminal history information con…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-1013 Right of review and challenge

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(a) (1) A person, upon positive verification of his or her identity, may review criminal history information pertaining to the person compiled and maintained by the Identification Bureau of the Department of Arkansas State Police or the central repository and may challenge the co…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-1014 Security of criminal history information

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(a) The Arkansas Crime Information Center shall be authorized to develop standards and implement procedures that will, to the maximum extent feasible, ensure the security and confidentiality of criminal history records. (b) The center shall be authorized to inspect the criminal h…

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-1015 Audit of criminal history records

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(a) The Arkansas Crime Information Center shall be authorized to develop standards and implement a program of audits of all criminal justice agencies that establish, maintain, report, or disseminate criminal history records, to ensure compliance with all provisions of this subcha…