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AR Code § 14-51-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 51 - Civil Service for Police and Fire Departments|Subchapter 2 - Board of Civil Service Commissioners|§ 14-51-207. Responsibilities of the city

 The city council or other governing body, as the case may be, shall:   (1) Provide suitable rooms for the board to hold meetings;  (2) Allow all reasonable supplies;  (3) Permit use of public buildings for holding examinations by the board;  (4) Provide, designate, manage, and supervise a paid city employee, full-time or part-time, as may be deemed necessary by the city's chief executive officer, to be known as the administrative assistant to the commission. This assistant shall help with the clerical and administrative needs of the board; and  (5) Provide adequate funding for legal counsel as enumerated in this chapter.
AR Code § 14-51-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 51 - Civil Service for Police and Fire Departments|Subchapter 2 - Board of Civil Service Commissioners|§ 14-51-208. Quorum for business

 A majority of the total number of the members of a civil service commission authorized by statute and city ordinance shall constitute a quorum for any business, meeting, or hearing.
AR Code § 14-51-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 51 - Civil Service for Police and Fire Departments|Subchapter 2 - Board of Civil Service Commissioners|§ 14-51-209. Investigative powers

 (a) In any investigation conducted by the commission provided for in this chapter, the commission shall have the power of subpoena, to require the attendance of any witness and the production of any papers or records pertinent to the investigation, and to administer oaths to the witnesses.  (b) To punish for contempt the nonattendance of witnesses, or the failure to produce books or papers, or misbehavior of any person during the investigation, the commission may impose a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for each offense.
AR Code § 14-51-210 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 51 - Civil Service for Police and Fire Departments|Subchapter 2 - Board of Civil Service Commissioners|§ 14-51-210. Removal of commissioner

 (a) The city council or governing body of the city by a two-thirds vote may remove any of the commissioners during their term of office for cause.  (b) In the event of the removal of one (1) or more of the commissioners, the council or governing body shall fill the vacancy created by the removal.
AR Code § 14-51-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 51 - Civil Service for Police and Fire Departments|Subchapter 2 - Board of Civil Service Commissioners|§ 14-51-211. Vacancy on board

 (a) When a vacancy shall occur on the board by death, resignation, or expiration of the term of office, or in any other manner, the vacancy shall be filled by the city council or governing body of the city.  (b) In the event a vacancy occurs during the term of office of any commissioner, except as caused by the normal expiration of his or her term, his or her successor shall fill the unexpired term caused by the vacancy, and at the normal expiration of the term, the council shall fill the vacancy by the appointment of a commissioner for a period of six (6) years.
AR Code § 14-51-212 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 51 - Civil Service for Police and Fire Departments|Subchapter 2 - Board of Civil Service Commissioners|§ 14-51-212. No control over police or fire departments

 (a) The powers and duties of every civil service commission established pursuant to this chapter shall be and are hereby expressly limited such that the said commissions shall not have any control nor shall said commissions attempt to exercise any control over the normal and routine day-to-day operations of a police or fire department, directly or indirectly.  (b) No provision of this chapter shall be construed to provide authorization to said commissions to have such authority.
AR Code § 14-51-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 51 - Civil Service for Police and Fire Departments|Subchapter 3 - Civil Service System|§ 14-51-302. Departmental rules and regulations

 All employees in any fire or police department affected by this chapter shall be governed by rules and regulations set out by the chief of their respective police or fire departments after rules and regulations have been adopted by the governing bodies of their respective municipalities.
AR Code § 14-51-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 51 - Civil Service for Police and Fire Departments|Subchapter 3 - Civil Service System|§ 14-51-303. Political activities

 In addition to all powers and duties provided by law, the civil service commissions for police and fire departments of cities of the first and second class shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the political activities of fire department and police department personnel.
AR Code § 14-51-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 51 - Civil Service for Police and Fire Departments|Subchapter 3 - Civil Service System|§ 14-51-304. Employees and salaries fixed

 The city council or board shall from time to time fix the number of employees and the salaries to be drawn by each rank in the fire and police departments of its respective cities.
AR Code § 14-51-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 51 - Civil Service for Police and Fire Departments|Subchapter 3 - Civil Service System|§ 14-51-305. Certification for compensation

 (a) The secretary of the commission shall file with the treasurer or disbursing officer of his or her city a certificate of those entitled to compensation from the city under this chapter.  (b) No compensation shall be allowed to any member of the police or fire departments of the affected cities unless his or her name shall be so certified by the secretary.
AR Code § 14-51-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 51 - Civil Service for Police and Fire Departments|Subchapter 3 - Civil Service System|§ 14-51-306. Examinations

 All examinations provided for in this chapter shall be fair and impartial and such as to test the qualification of the applicants for the particular service and position to be filled.
AR Code § 14-51-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 51 - Civil Service for Police and Fire Departments|Subchapter 3 - Civil Service System|§ 14-51-307. Suspension of competition

 In the case of a vacancy in a position requiring peculiar or exceptional qualifications of a scientific, professional, or expert character, upon satisfactory evidence that competition is impracticable and that the position can best be filled by the selection of some person designated who is of recognized attainment, the board may suspend by a majority vote competition in this case. However, the suspension shall not be general in its application, and each case must be handled on its own merits.
AR Code § 14-51-309 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 51 - Civil Service for Police and Fire Departments|Subchapter 3 - Civil Service System|§ 14-51-309. Reduction in personnel

 In the event that it shall be necessary to reduce the personnel of any department affected by this chapter, reduction shall be done from the lowest rank, seniority having priority.
AR Code § 14-51-310 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 51 - Civil Service for Police and Fire Departments|Subchapter 3 - Civil Service System|§ 14-51-310. Transfers prohibited

 No person in any department affected by this chapter shall be transferred from one department to another.
AR Code § 14-51-311 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 51 - Civil Service for Police and Fire Departments|Subchapter 3 - Civil Service System|§ 14-51-311. Political discrimination prohibited

 No person in any department affected by this chapter shall be appointed, reduced, suspended, discharged, or otherwise discriminated against because of his or her political opinion or affiliation.
AR Code § 14-52-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 52 - Municipal Police Departments|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-52-101. Authorized in cities

 The city council shall have power to establish a city police department, to organize it under the general superintendence of the mayor, and to prescribe its duties and define its powers in such manner as will most effectually preserve the peace of the city, secure the citizens thereof from personal violence, and safeguard their property from fire and unlawful depredations.
AR Code § 14-52-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 52 - Municipal Police Departments|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-52-102. Authorized in towns

 The governing body of any incorporated town may establish a police department for the town, prescribe its duties, and define its powers in such manner as will most effectively preserve the peace of the town, secure the citizens thereof from personal violence, and safeguard their property from unlawful deprivations.
AR Code § 14-52-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 52 - Municipal Police Departments|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-52-103. City marshal option

 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the governing body of any incorporated town or city of the second class may establish by ordinance either a police department or a city marshal's office.
AR Code § 14-52-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 52 - Municipal Police Departments|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-52-104. Police powers generally

 Municipal police officers and city marshals shall have the same police powers on municipally owned or leased property located outside the corporate limits of the municipality that they exercise within the corporate limits of the municipality.
AR Code § 14-52-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 52 - Municipal Police Departments|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-52-105. Holiday compensation

 (a) All law enforcement officers regardless of their titles, such as city marshal, employed by cities of the first or second class or incorporated towns shall be compensated for all legal holidays established by the governing body of the municipality.  (b) This compensation shall be based on the law enforcement officer's daily rate of pay and in addition to the regular pay schedule.  (c) This compensation may be included within the officer's base pay.  (d) This compensation shall be prorated and paid during the regular payroll periods or paid in one (1) lump sum annually on a date in December designated by the municipality.
AR Code § 14-52-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 52 - Municipal Police Departments|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-52-106. Annual vacation leave

 (a) The head or chief of each police department shall:  (1) Grant each employee annual vacation leave of not less than fifteen (15) working days with full pay; and  (2) Approve the use of annual vacation leave before the annual vacation leave is used.    (b) Unused annual vacation leave may accumulate to a maximum allowance as determined by ordinance of the municipality.  (c) Upon the first day after the end of the term of service or retirement, an employee may be paid for his or her unused accumulated vacation leave at the employee's regular rate of pay, not to exceed the maximum allowance under ordinance of the municipality.
AR Code § 14-52-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 52 - Municipal Police Departments|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-52-107. Uniform sick leave — Definition

 (a)  (1) From and after April 11, 1969, all law enforcement officers, regardless of their titles, such as city marshal, employed by cities of the first and second class or incorporated towns shall accumulate sick leave at the rate of twenty (20) working days per year beginning one (1) year after the date of employment.  (2) If unused, sick leave shall accumulate to a maximum of sixty (60) days unless the city or town, by ordinance, authorizes the accumulation of a greater amount, in no event to exceed a maximum accumulation of ninety (90) days, except for the purpose of computing years of service for retirement purposes.    (b)  (1) In cities having sick leave provisions through ordinance, the total sick leave accumulated by the individual officer shall be credited to him or her and new days accumulated under the provisions of this section until the maximum prescribed in subsection (a) of this section is reached.  (2) Time off may be charged against accumulated sick leave only for such days that an officer is scheduled to work. No such sick leave as provided in this section shall be charged against any officer during any period of sickness, illness, or injury for any days which the officer is not scheduled to work.    (c) If, at the end of his or her term of service, upon retirement or death, whichever occurs first, any police officer has unused accumulated sick leave, he or she shall be paid for this sick leave at the regular rate of pay in effect at the time of retirement or death. Payment for unused sick leave in the case of a police officer, upon retirement or death, shall not exceed sixty (60) days salary unless the city, by ordinance, authorizes a greater amount, but in no event to exceed ninety (90) days' salary.  (d)  (1) A city of the first class, a city of the second class, and an incorporated town may adopt a catastrophic leave program by ordinance under § 14-42-123 to include a “presumptive illness list for municipal police department” under this section.  (2) As used in this section, a “presumptive illness list for municipal police department” means an illness that is chronic or fatal.
AR Code § 14-52-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 52 - Municipal Police Departments|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-52-108. Monthly payroll incentives

 All cities of the first class, cities of the second class, and incorporated towns may establish monthly payroll incentives for police officers in their employ based upon professional certificates of training conferred upon the officer by the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training or equivalent certificates acquired from another state.
AR Code § 14-52-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 52 - Municipal Police Departments|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-52-109. Participation in political activities

 Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, law enforcement officers of cities and incorporated towns shall not be prohibited from engaging in political activities except when on duty, when in uniform, or when acting in an official capacity, nor shall they be denied the right to refrain from engaging in political activities.
AR Code § 14-52-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 52 - Municipal Police Departments|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-52-110. Fees for serving city warrants

 (a) For serving city warrants only, the chief of police of a city of the second class or his or her deputies shall be entitled to the fees allowed to the sheriffs under § 21-6-307 for similar services in similar cases.  (b) All fees collected by the police chief and his or her deputies for similar services shall be paid over to the city treasury.
AR Code § 14-52-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 52 - Municipal Police Departments|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-52-111. Fees for bail or delivery bond

 A municipal police department in this state may charge and collect a fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) for taking and entering a bail or delivery bond.
AR Code § 14-52-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 52 - Municipal Police Departments|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-52-112. Award of pistol and purchase of shotgun upon retirement

 (a) When a law enforcement officer employed by a city of the first class, city of the second class, or incorporated town retires from service or dies while still employed with the city of the first class, city of the second class, or incorporated town, in recognition of and appreciation for the service of the retiring or deceased law enforcement officer, the mayor, city manager, or city administrator of the city of the first class, city of the second class, or incorporated town may award the pistol carried by the law enforcement officer at the time of his or her death or retirement from service to:  (1) The law enforcement officer; or  (2) The law enforcement officer's spouse if the spouse is eligible under applicable state and federal laws to possess a firearm.    (b) When a law enforcement officer retires from service, the law enforcement officer may purchase the shotgun he or she used while on duty at the fair market value as determined by the mayor, city manager, or city administrator of the city of the first class, city of the second class, or incorporated town.
AR Code § 14-52-113 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 52 - Municipal Police Departments|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-52-113. Property exchange

 (a) A municipal police department may exchange real property or personal property with another municipal police department.  (b) An exchange of property shall be approved by the governing body of the municipality.  (c) This section does not prohibit a governing body of a municipality from authorizing:  (1) An exchange of real property or personal property by the chief of police of a municipal police department; or  (2) A property exchange clearinghouse operated by the Arkansas Association of Chiefs of Police.
AR Code § 14-52-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 52 - Municipal Police Departments|Subchapter 2 - Officers|§ 14-52-201. Number of police officers

 The governing body of a municipality shall direct by general ordinance the number of subordinate police officers to be appointed.
AR Code § 14-52-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 52 - Municipal Police Departments|Subchapter 2 - Officers|§ 14-52-202. Powers and duties of police chiefs

 (a) The chief of police in a municipality shall execute all process directed to him or her by the mayor and shall attend by himself or herself or by someone else on the police force on the sitting of the district court to execute its orders and preserve order therein.  (b)  (1) The chief of police has power to appoint one (1) or more deputies from the police force, for whose official acts he or she is responsible, and by whom he or she may execute all process directed to him or her.  (2)  (A) He or she shall have power, by himself or herself or by deputy, to execute all process in any part of the county in which the district court is situated or in which the district court has jurisdiction.  (B) The person executing process under this subdivision (b)(2) shall work in coordination with the sheriff for the unincorporated areas of the county.    (3) For serving city warrants only, the chief of police or his or her deputies shall be entitled to the fees allowed to a sheriff under § 21-6-307 for similar services in similar cases.  (4) All fees collected by the police chief and his or her deputies for similar services shall be deposited into the city treasury.    (c) It is the chief of police's duty to suppress all riots, disturbances, and breaches of the peace. To that end he or she may call upon the citizens to assist him or her to apprehend all persons in the act of committing any offense against the laws of the state or the ordinances of the city, and he or she shall bring them immediately before the proper authority for examination or trial.  (d) The chief of police has power to pursue or arrest any person fleeing from justice in any part of the state and to receive and execute any proper authority for arrest and detention of criminals fleeing or escaping from any other place or state.  (e) In the discharge of his or her proper duties, the chief of police has like powers and is subject to like responsibilities as sheriffs and constables in similar cases and is required by the city council to give a bond for the faithful performance of his or her duties in a sum as the council may require.
AR Code § 14-52-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 52 - Municipal Police Departments|Subchapter 2 - Officers|§ 14-52-203. Duties of police officers

 (a) In a municipality, the duty of the chief of police and other officers of the police department is under the direction of the mayor.  (b) It is their duty to:  (1) Suppress a riot, disturbance, or breach of the peace;  (2) Pursue and arrest a person fleeing from justice in any part of this state;  (3) Apprehend a person in the act of committing an offense against the laws of the state or the ordinances of the city and forthwith bring the person before the proper authority for trial or examination; and  (4) Diligently and faithfully enforce at all times all laws, ordinances, and regulations for the preservation of good order and the public welfare as the city council may ordain. For this purpose, the chief of police and other officers of the police department have all the power of constables.
AR Code § 14-52-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 52 - Municipal Police Departments|Subchapter 2 - Officers|§ 14-52-204. Power to arrest

 In a municipality, the mayor or a police officer of the city may arrest upon view a person whom he or she has probable cause to believe is guilty of a breach of the ordinances of the city or of a crime against the laws of the state and, upon reasonable information supported by affidavit, may procure process for the arrest of a person who may be charged with a breach of an ordinance of the city.
AR Code § 14-52-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 52 - Municipal Police Departments|Subchapter 3 - Bill of Rights for Law Enforcement Officers|§ 14-52-301. Purpose

 (a) The purpose of this subchapter is to recommend a basic Bill of Rights for law enforcement officers of cities and incorporated towns in Arkansas.  (b) Any municipality shall have the authority to adopt a local ordinance establishing any or all of these procedures as a guide for negotiating personnel issues with its law enforcement officers.