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

(a) Screened-out, administratively closed, and unsubstantiated reports of child maltreatment are confidential and may be disclosed only as provided in this chapter. (b) (1) The Department of Human Services and the Division of Arkansas State Police may charge:(A) A reasonable fee …

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Custodian of records” means the administrator of the Child Maltreatment Central Registry or his or her designee; and(2) “Records” means data, records, or documents that are created, collected, or compiled by or on behalf of the Department of Human…

(a) The following establishments shall post in restrooms and in a conspicuous place near the entrance of the establishment, or where posters and notices of this type customarily are posted, a poster described in subsection (b) of this section measuring at least eight and one-half…

The Department of Human Services shall develop a state protocol for assisting victims of human trafficking with applying for federal and state benefits and services to which they may be entitled.

(a) Each law enforcement agency shall adopt a policy for the completion and signing of T and U nonimmigrant visa certification forms for human trafficking victims. (b) The policy adopted under subsection (a) of this section shall include a requirement that a law enforcement offic…

(a) The Department of Education and the Department of Human Services shall collaborate on providing awareness and training materials to local school districts on human trafficking that include without limitation strategies for the prevention of the trafficking of children. (b) Th…

(a) There is established a Human Trafficking Operations Unit within the Division of Arkansas State Police. (b) The Human Trafficking Operations Unit shall:(1) Consist of commissioned officers and analysts of the division;(2) Support and initiate criminal investigations of human t…

(a) There is created the position of Human Trafficking Coordinator within the Division of Arkansas State Police. (b) The Human Trafficking Coordinator shall:(1) Coordinate the implementation of this subchapter;(2) Serve as a commissioned officer within the division and perform du…

(a) There is created the position of Human Trafficking Analyst within the Division of Arkansas State Police. (b) The Human Trafficking Analyst shall:(1) Provide the Human Trafficking Operations Unit with objective, reliable, comparable, and current data and information in the fie…

(1) As used in this chapter:(1) “Control” means that a private school or private college or university is maintained on the property or rents or leases the property to facilitate events or functions of the private school or private college or university;(2) “Executive head” means…

(a) This chapter applies to the property of each private school or private college or university. (b) This chapter does not mean that a private school or private college or university is an agent of the State of Arkansas. (c) This chapter is cumulative to any remedies that each p…

The prosecuting attorney or the city attorney, as may be appropriate, shall appear and prosecute in court all criminal offenses arising under this chapter.

(a) An executive head of a private school or private college or university may appoint one (1) or more of the employees of the private school or private college or university as a private school or private college or university law enforcement officer for the private school or pr…

(a) A private school or private college or university law enforcement officer's primary jurisdiction is the private school or private college or university employing him or her, and except to the extent otherwise limited by the executive head of the private school or private coll…

Records generated or kept by a private school or private college or university law enforcement agency under this chapter are subject to the same record keeping and disclosure requirements of a state or local law enforcement agency.

(a) (1) Each private school or private college or university may promulgate and amend rules and regulations for the operation and parking of motor vehicles on its property as its governing board deems necessary if the rules and regulations do not conflict with governing state law…

(a) (1) No state agency, board, commission, or governing body of any municipality or county shall approve the location or construction of any community-based residential facility housing juveniles or adults adjudicated or convicted of any sexual or violent offense or any other of…

(a) It is declared to be the policy of the State of Arkansas that all criminal detention facilities and juvenile detention facilities within the counties of the state shall conform to certain minimum standards of construction, maintenance, and operation. (b) It is the purpose of …

As used in this chapter, “criminal detention facility” means any institution operated by a political subdivision or a combination of political subdivisions for the care, keeping, or rehabilitative needs of adult criminal offenders, including regional jails, county jails, municipa…

(a) There is established the Office of Criminal Detention Facilities Review Coordinator within the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training of the Department of Public Safety which shall consist of:(1) A Criminal Detention Facilities Review Coordinator, who s…

(a) There are created eight (8) criminal detention facility review committee districts as follows:(1) Criminal Detention Facility Review Committee District One is composed of the following counties: Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Madison, Marion, Newton, Searcy, and Washington;(…

(1) A criminal detention facility review committee shall:(1) Provide consultation and technical assistance to county and local government officials with respect to criminal detention facilities and juvenile detention facilities;(2) (A) Review and approve the written inspection re…

(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the Criminal Detention Facilities Review Coordinator shall visit and inspect each criminal detention facility and each juvenile detention facility, if any, in each criminal detention facility review committee district at least…

(a) (1) If an inspection under this chapter discloses that the criminal detention facility or juvenile detention facility does not meet the minimum standards established by the Criminal Detention Facilities Review Coordinator, the criminal detention facility review committee shal…

(a) (1) The purpose of this act is to establish a Division of Correction that shall assume the custody, control, and management of the state penitentiary, execute the orders of criminal courts of the State of Arkansas, and provide for the custody, treatment, rehabilitation, and r…

(a) All laws of this state prescribing penalties for violations concerned with or affecting the state penitentiary or inmates thereof shall be equally applicable to the Division of Correction and shall be enforced accordingly. (b) In the event any crime shall be committed in any …

(a) There is established, under the supervision, control, and direction of the Board of Corrections, a Division of Correction. (b) The Division of Correction shall have the following functions, powers, and duties, administered in accordance with the policies and rules promulgated…

(a) The Board of Corrections shall be composed of seven (7) voting members:(1) Five (5) citizen members;(2) The Chair of the Post-Prison Transfer Board; and(3) One (1) member of a criminal justice faculty who is employed at any four-year university in Arkansas. (1) Five (5) citiz…

(a) The purpose of the Board of Corrections is to manage correctional resources in the state such that offenders are held accountable for their actions, victims' needs are addressed in a positive manner, and the safety of society is enhanced. (b) In furtherance of its purpose, th…

(a) The Board of Corrections shall make available in conspicuous places all rules promulgated by the board with reference to the conduct of the persons committed to or housed in correctional facilities that are operated or contracted by the divisions and agencies the board govern…

(a) The Director of the Division of Correction shall be appointed by the Board of Corrections in consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Corrections at a salary fixed by the Board of Corrections which shall not exceed the maximum salary for the position established b…

(a) For authentication of the records, process, and proceedings of the Division of Correction, the Director of the Division of Correction may adopt and keep an official seal for the use of his or her office, and the seal shall receive judicial notice in all of the courts of the s…

The Director of the Division of Correction and each person authorized by the Board of Corrections to assume the duties of the director on an interim or acting basis shall, before discharging his or her prescribed duties, take and subscribe to and file in the office of the Secreta…

The Board of Corrections shall locate the administrative headquarters of the Division of Correction and the Division of Community Correction at a suitable site or sites to be chosen by the board.

(a) The Board of Corrections and the Secretary of the Department of Corrections shall decide what improvements are necessary, which are not otherwise provided by law. These improvements shall be made under the direction and supervision of the secretary. (b) In making any necessar…

(a) None of the lands under the control and jurisdiction of the State Penitentiary on March 1, 1968, shall be sold or otherwise disposed of by the Board of Corrections or the Department of Correction except upon specific authorization by the General Assembly. (b) (1) The authorit…

(a) (1) All commitments to the Division of Correction shall be to the Division of Correction and not to a particular institution.(2) Commitments may provide for judicial or administrative transfer to a community correction center operated or contracted by a division of the Depart…

(a) (1) (A) In the event a division of the Department of Corrections cannot accept inmates from county jails due to insufficient bed space, the department shall reimburse the counties from the County Jail Reimbursement Fund at rates determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the S…

(a) When any county in which a secured facility operated or contracted by a division of the Department of Corrections is located shall incur expenses in connection with any legal proceedings involved or occasioned by any inmate of the secured facility, the county shall be entitle…

(a) Except as authorized by the Board of Corrections, no officer of the Department of Correction or employee of the department shall give to anyone any fuel, forage, provisions, or manufactured articles under his or her charge, nor permit such things to be taken or used except fo…

As deemed appropriate by the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and approved by the Board of Corrections, the Department of Corrections may purchase identifying occupational uniforms for correctional personnel and community supervision personnel.

(a) (1) In order to provide adequate educational opportunities for school children of personnel employed at the various institutions of the Department of Correction, in those instances in which an institution includes territory in more than one (1) school district, school childre…

(a) During their employment by the Department of Correction, all employees of the state penitentiary on March 1, 1968, shall be eligible for benefits under and shall participate in the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System. (b) All employees of the department employed afte…

The Governor is empowered to authorize the Department of Correction to participate, with the assistance of federal authorities, in any treaty between the United States and a foreign country for the transfer of inmates from the custody of the department to the proper authorities o…

(a) (1) The Division of Correction may establish accounts in financial institutions other than the State Treasury for the purpose of making debt service payments on bonds issued, or leases, or both, through the Arkansas Development Finance Authority and as otherwise authorized by…

(a) All employees of the Department of Corrections shall be under the direct supervision and control of the Secretary of the Department of Corrections, who shall report directly to the Board of Corrections. (b) The Compliance Division, which consists of but is not limited to a co…