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AR Code § 12-9-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 9 - Law Enforcement Officer Training and Standards|Subchapter 3 - Auxiliary Law Enforcement Officers|§ 12-9-301. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Auxiliary law enforcement officer” means a person who meets the minimum standards and training requirements prescribed for auxiliary law enforcement officers by law and rules, and who is appointed by a political subdivision or a law enforcement agency as a reserve officer, but does not include any law enforcement officer or deputy county sheriff employed by a planned community property owners' association;  (2) “Commission” means the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training as established by § 12-9-103;  (3) “Direct supervision” means having a designated on-duty, full-time certified law enforcement officer responsible for the direction, conduct, and performance of the auxiliary law enforcement officer when that auxiliary law enforcement officer is working an assigned duty, but does not mean that the full-time certified law enforcement officer must be in the physical presence of the auxiliary law enforcement officer when the auxiliary law enforcement officer is working an assigned duty;  (4) “Honorary police officer” means any person having no law enforcement authority except as a private citizen;  (5) “Law enforcement agency” means any police force or organization whose primary responsibility as established by statute or ordinance is the enforcement of the criminal, traffic, or highway laws of this state;  (6) “Law enforcement officer” means any appointed law enforcement officer or county sheriff who is responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement of the criminal, traffic, or highway laws of this state;  (7) “Part-time law enforcement officer” means, as applied to employment and training requirements, a law enforcement officer who works twenty-four (24) hours per week or less and receives a salary from the employing law enforcement agency; and  (8) “Political subdivision” means any county, municipality, township, or other specific local unit of general government.
AR Code § 12-9-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 9 - Law Enforcement Officer Training and Standards|Subchapter 3 - Auxiliary Law Enforcement Officers|§ 12-9-302. Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training — Powers and duties

 In addition to the powers conferred upon the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training in §§ 12-9-104 — 12-9-107, the commission shall have power to:   (1) Promulgate rules for the administration of this subchapter;  (2) Require the submission of reports and information by law enforcement agencies within this state;  (3)  (A) Establish minimum selection and training standards for admission to appointment as an auxiliary law enforcement officer. The standards may take into account different requirements for urban and rural areas.  (B) However, the minimum selection and training standards for admission to appointment may not exceed those required for part-time law enforcement officers;    (4) Establish minimum curriculum requirements for preparatory, in-service, and advanced courses and programs of schools operated by and for the training of auxiliary law enforcement officers;  (5) Consult and cooperate with counties, municipalities, agencies of this state, other governmental agencies, and with universities, colleges, junior colleges, community colleges, and other institutions or organizations concerning the development of police training schools and programs or courses of instruction;  (6) Approve institutions and facilities to be used by or for the state or any political subdivision thereof for the specific purpose of training law enforcement officers and recruits;  (7) Exclude auxiliary law enforcement officers from the full-time basic training classes sponsored and supported by the commission;  (8) Adopt rules and minimum standards for such schools which shall include, but not be limited to, establishing minimum:  (A) Basic training requirements which an auxiliary law enforcement officer must satisfactorily complete before being eligible for appointment;  (B) Course attendance and equipment requirements; and  (C) Requirements for instructors;    (9) Conduct review of agency records to assist any department head in complying with the provisions of this subchapter;  (10) Adopt and amend bylaws, consistent with law, for its internal management and control; and  (11) Enter into contracts or do such things as may be necessary and incidental to the administration of this subchapter.
AR Code § 12-9-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 9 - Law Enforcement Officer Training and Standards|Subchapter 3 - Auxiliary Law Enforcement Officers|§ 12-9-303. Authority of officers

 (a) An auxiliary law enforcement officer shall have the authority of a police officer as set forth by statutes of this state when the auxiliary law enforcement officer is performing an assigned duty and is under the direct supervision of a full-time certified law enforcement officer.  (b) When not performing an assigned duty and when not working under the direct supervision of a full-time certified law enforcement officer, an auxiliary law enforcement officer shall have no authority other than that of a private citizen.  (c) An auxiliary law enforcement officer, when not working under the direct supervision of a full-time certified law enforcement officer, may perform tasks such as traffic direction, parade functions, etc., that are clearly not law enforcement functions and are assigned by the law enforcement agency.  (d) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as defining an auxiliary law enforcement officer as a full-time certified law enforcement officer, a part-time certified law enforcement officer, or a specialized certified officer as defined by §§ 12-9-101, 12-9-102, 12-9-104 — 12-9-109, and the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training.
AR Code § 12-9-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 9 - Law Enforcement Officer Training and Standards|Subchapter 3 - Auxiliary Law Enforcement Officers|§ 12-9-305. Failure to meet standards — Actions by private citizens

 (a) An auxiliary law enforcement officer who does not meet the standards and qualifications set forth in this subchapter or any made by the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training shall not take any official action as a law enforcement officer and any action taken shall be held as invalid.  (b)  (1) Nothing in this subchapter or any requirement made by the commission shall prevent any action by a private citizen that is now authorized by law.  (2) No provision of this subchapter shall affect the deputizing of a private citizen by a law enforcement officer in a time of a disaster or emergency.
AR Code § 12-9-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 9 - Law Enforcement Officer Training and Standards|Subchapter 3 - Auxiliary Law Enforcement Officers|§ 12-9-306. Number restricted

 (a)  (1) A political subdivision may appoint auxiliary law enforcement officers equal to the larger number of:  (A) Two (2) auxiliary law enforcement officers for each full-time certified law enforcement officer employed by the appointing law enforcement agency; or  (B) One (1) auxiliary law enforcement officer for each one thousand (1,000) persons in the political subdivision as determined by the latest official census.    (2)  (A) However, if due to special or unusual problems or circumstances, any political subdivision has a need for a greater number of auxiliary law enforcement officers than is authorized in subdivision (a)(1)(A) or subdivision (a)(1)(B) of this section, the political subdivision may make a request to the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training for the additional auxiliary law enforcement officers.  (B) Each request under subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section shall state the special or unusual problems involved which justify the request, the number of additional auxiliary law enforcement officers requested, and such other information as the commission may require.  (C) If the commission finds that the public interest will best be served by allowing the political subdivision to appoint the additional auxiliary law enforcement officers requested, the commission may grant the request under subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section.      (b) Honorary police officers without law enforcement authority are not restricted in number by this section.  (c) The limitation concerning the number of auxiliary law enforcement officers allowed to be appointed by a law enforcement agency under this section does not apply to additional auxiliary law enforcement officers appointed by political subdivisions to serve as school resource officers or search and rescue officers.
AR Code § 12-9-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 9 - Law Enforcement Officer Training and Standards|Subchapter 3 - Auxiliary Law Enforcement Officers|§ 12-9-307. Benefits

 (a) The auxiliary law enforcement officer or the governing political subdivision may elect to join the workers' compensation system for the benefit of the auxiliary law enforcement officer, and the auxiliary law enforcement officer may receive benefits therefrom as provided by statutes.  (b) The political subdivision may elect to provide liability insurance, uniforms, and such other equipment as may be necessary to perform the assigned tasks, and these provisions shall not be considered as salary or wages.  (c) An auxiliary law enforcement officer may receive such compensation, per diem, expenses, or other allowances for his or her services, for such purposes as transporting juveniles, as may be agreed to by the appointing authority.
AR Code § 12-9-308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 9 - Law Enforcement Officer Training and Standards|Subchapter 3 - Auxiliary Law Enforcement Officers|§ 12-9-308. Liability of law enforcement agency and political subdivision

 The law enforcement agency director, chief, or county sheriff and the political subdivision appointing the auxiliary law enforcement officer shall not be held either civilly or criminally liable or in any other manner for the actions of an auxiliary law enforcement officer.
AR Code § 12-9-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 9 - Law Enforcement Officer Training and Standards|Subchapter 4 - Radar Instructors and Operators|§ 12-9-401. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Full-time law enforcement officer” means any county sheriff, or any other law enforcement officer employed by a law enforcement agency who works more than twenty-four (24) hours per week and receives a salary from the law enforcement agency;  (2) “Law enforcement agency” means any police force or organization whose primary responsibility as established by statute or ordinance is the enforcement of the criminal, traffic, or highway laws of this state;  (3) “Law enforcement officer” means any appointed law enforcement officer or county sheriff who is responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement of the criminal, traffic, or highway laws of this state;  (4) “Part-time law enforcement officer” means a law enforcement officer who works twenty-four (24) hours per week or less and receives a salary from the employing law enforcement agency;  (5) “Police traffic radar” means any speed measurement device utilizing the Doppler principle or an infrared light system to measure the speed of motor vehicles; and  (6) “Political subdivision” means any county, municipality, township, or other specific local unit of general government.
AR Code § 12-9-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 9 - Law Enforcement Officer Training and Standards|Subchapter 4 - Radar Instructors and Operators|§ 12-9-402. Powers and duties of the commission

 In addition to the powers conferred upon the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training in §§ 12-9-104 — 12-9-107, the commission shall have power to:   (1) Promulgate rules for the administration of this subchapter;  (2) Require the submission of reports and information by law enforcement agencies within this state;  (3) Establish minimum selection and training standards for appointment as a police traffic radar operator and police traffic radar instructor. The standards may take into account different requirements for urban and rural areas;  (4) Establish minimum curriculum requirements for the basic radar operator's course, the basic radar instructor's course, and the refresher courses for the radar operators and the radar instructors;  (5) Consult and cooperate with counties, municipalities, agencies of this state, other governmental agencies, and with universities, colleges, junior colleges, community colleges, and other institutions or organizations concerning the development of police traffic radar training schools and programs or courses of instruction;  (6) Approve institutions and facilities to be used by or for the state or any political subdivision thereof for the specific purpose of training radar operators and radar instructors;  (7) Exclude honorary law enforcement officers from training classes sponsored and supported by the Arkansas Law Enforcement Training Academy for the training of radar operators and radar instructors;  (8) Adopt rules and minimum standards for such schools and courses which shall include, but not be limited to, establishing minimum:  (A) Basic training requirements which police radar operators and police radar instructors are required to satisfactorily complete before being eligible for radar certification;  (B) Course attendance and equipment requirements; and  (C) Requirements for instructors;    (9) Conduct review of agency records to assist any department head in complying with the provisions of this subchapter;  (10) Adopt and amend bylaws, consistent with law, for its internal management and control; and  (11) Enter into contracts or do such things as may be necessary and incidental to the administration of this subchapter.
AR Code § 12-9-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 9 - Law Enforcement Officer Training and Standards|Subchapter 4 - Radar Instructors and Operators|§ 12-9-403. Appointment and training

 (a) A person shall not be appointed as a police traffic radar operator or police traffic radar instructor until the minimum standards for training requirements have been completed.  (b) The training requirements for police traffic radar operators or police traffic radar instructors shall be established by the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training.  (c) The commission shall issue a certificate evidencing a law enforcement officer's certification to operate a police traffic radar after evidence is submitted by the law enforcement agency director, chief, or county sheriff that the police traffic radar operator has met the training requirements.  (d) This section does not preclude any law enforcement agency from establishing qualifications and standards for appointing and training of police traffic radar operators and police traffic radar instructors that exceed those set by this subchapter or by the commission.  (e) A police traffic radar operator or police traffic radar instructor failing to meet the training requirements as set forth in this subchapter shall lose his or her authority to operate a police traffic radar for enforcement purposes.  (f) A law enforcement officer shall complete the commission-required training for law enforcement officer certification before being eligible for certification as a police traffic radar operator.  (g) Only a full-time law enforcement officer, part-time law enforcement officer, or an auxiliary law enforcement officer appointed as a reserve law enforcement officer as defined by commission rule is eligible for certification as a police traffic radar operator.
AR Code § 12-9-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 9 - Law Enforcement Officer Training and Standards|Subchapter 4 - Radar Instructors and Operators|§ 12-9-404. Failure to meet standards

 A police traffic radar operator who does not meet the standards and qualifications set forth in this subchapter or any made by the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training shall not take any official action as a police traffic radar operator and any action taken shall be held as invalid.
AR Code § 12-9-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 9 - Law Enforcement Officer Training and Standards|Subchapter 5 - Management Training and Education|§ 12-9-501. Legislative determination

 (a) The Criminal Justice Institute, an educational entity, was created for the purpose of providing management education and training, technical assistance, practical research and evaluation, a clearinghouse, and computer and forensic education and training for Arkansas law enforcement and national law enforcement.  (b) The initiatives developed by the Criminal Justice Institute are applicable on a national level, and this application for conceptualization and practice will be through the National Center for Rural Law Enforcement.  (c)  (1) The General Assembly recognizes the importance of providing management, education, and training to law enforcement and, through the initiatives developed by the Criminal Justice Institute, the citizens of the State of Arkansas will be better served.  (2) These initiatives further the enhancement of the workforce through the developmental process of continuing education by which skills are upgraded and capabilities increased.  (3) This process will assist law enforcement ability to adapt to an ever-changing environment.    (d)  (1) The General Assembly further recognizes that:  (A) Law enforcement plays a significant role in preventing and responding to acts of violence, terrorism, and natural disasters that occur on public school campuses; and  (B) Matters of public school campus safety require specialized education and training for law enforcement officers, school resource officers, and other school personnel who respond to incidents on school campuses:  (i) To develop and maintain strong partnerships between school personnel and law enforcement in preventing and responding to acts of violence, terrorism, and natural disaster that occur on public school campuses; and  (ii) For law enforcement officers to operate effectively in a school setting.      (2) Initiatives of the Criminal Justice Institute for specialized education and training on public school campus safety will enhance citizen cooperation and understanding of law enforcement in these areas and other issues of crime and violence against school children.
AR Code § 12-9-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 9 - Law Enforcement Officer Training and Standards|Subchapter 5 - Management Training and Education|§ 12-9-502. Administration and approval

 (a)  (1) The Criminal Justice Institute of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has served as the coordinator and manager of all supervision, management, and executive education and training for law enforcement officers in the State of Arkansas.  (2) Effective July 1, 1997, to accomplish its broader scope and mission, the institute and its functions, budget, personnel, equipment, all funds, and existing contracts and agreements, including those made at the behest of the institute, shall be transferred in their entirety from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock to the University of Arkansas to better serve the citizens of the State of Arkansas.    (b)  (1)  (A) In its association with the University of Arkansas as a division thereof, the Director of the Criminal Justice Institute shall be appointed by and report to the President of the University of Arkansas.  (B) The president shall seek the advice and counsel of the Criminal Justice Institute Advisory Board for Law Enforcement Management Training and Education in the appointment of the director.    (2) In the administration of the institute, efforts shall be made to maintain personnel salary levels at a competitive level to permit recruitment of the best qualified candidates.
AR Code § 12-9-503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 9 - Law Enforcement Officer Training and Standards|Subchapter 5 - Management Training and Education|§ 12-9-503. Criminal Justice Institute Advisory Board

 (a) There is established the Criminal Justice Institute Advisory Board for Law Enforcement Management Training and Education.  (b)  (1) The board shall have sixteen (16) members.  (2)  (A)  (i) The board shall consist of the following representatives:  (a) Two (2) representatives from the Arkansas Municipal Police Association;  (b) Two (2) representatives from the Arkansas Association of Chiefs of Police;  (c) Two (2) representatives from the Arkansas Sheriffs' Association; and  (d) Two (2) faculty members or administrators from institutions of higher education.    (ii) The eight (8) members of the board in subdivision (b)(2)(A)(i) of this section shall be appointed by the Governor.  (iii) Terms of the eight (8) members appointed pursuant to subdivision (b)(2)(A)(ii) of this section shall be four (4) years in length.    (B) Other members of the board shall be:  (i) The Special Agent in Charge of the Arkansas office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation or his or her designee;  (ii) The President of the Arkansas Sheriffs' Association;  (iii) The President of the Arkansas Association of Chiefs of Police;  (iv) The Executive Director of the Arkansas Municipal Police Association;  (v) The Director of the Criminal Justice Institute;  (vi) The Director of Legislative and Governmental Affairs of the Arkansas State Police Association;  (vii) A citizen at large nominated by the Director of the Criminal Justice Institute; and  (viii) The President of the University of Arkansas or his or her designee.    (C)  (i) Terms of the members serving pursuant to subdivision (b)(2)(B) of this section shall be five (5) years in length, and the terms shall be staggered so that, insofar as is possible, an equal number of members shall rotate each year.  (ii) However, the term of a member who serves by virtue of the office he or she holds shall run so long as the member holds the office.