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AR Code § 9-31-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 3 - Minors|Chapter 31 - Youth Services|Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Youth Mediation Program Act|§ 9-31-404. Powers and responsibilities of the Arkansas Youth Mediation Program

 (a)  (1) There is created a program that shall be called the “Arkansas Youth Mediation Program”.  (2) In the event funds are appropriated for this purpose, it shall be housed at and operated by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville School of Law.    (b) The program shall have the authority and responsibility to:  (1) Operate pilot projects offering mediation services for disputes in schools involving youth, juvenile delinquency cases, family in need of services cases, and dependency-neglect cases;  (2) Provide training and technical assistance for elementary and secondary schools to:  (A) Operate mediation programs in these schools for disputes involving children; and  (B) Incorporate conflict resolution education into the curriculum;    (3) Provide training and technical assistance for circuit courts to mediate juvenile delinquency and family in need of services cases as the courts deem appropriate;  (4) Provide training and technical assistance for circuit courts to mediate dependency-neglect cases as the courts deem appropriate;  (5) Offer law school courses and continuing education programs for lawyers and other professionals throughout Arkansas;  (6) Hire personnel and expend funds as necessary and appropriate to carry out the program's goals;  (7) Apply for and accept gifts or grants from any public or private source for use in maintaining and improving the operation of the program; and  (8) Take other appropriate actions to carry out the program's goals.
AR Code § 9-31-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 3 - Minors|Chapter 31 - Youth Services|Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Youth Mediation Program Act|§ 9-31-405. Program goals

 The Arkansas Youth Mediation Program's goals are to:   (1) Reduce economic, psychological, and social costs to individuals and public and private institutions arising from disputes involving youth;  (2) Reduce court dockets and delays;  (3) Increase the ability of youth to resolve conflicts cooperatively, productively, and nonviolently;  (4) Reduce antisocial behavior by children, parents, and other relatives;  (5) Increase the ability of elementary and secondary schools to concentrate their efforts on education by decreasing distractions due to conflicts in school;  (6) Encourage youth offenders to understand the consequences of their actions and take responsibility for those actions by providing suitable restitution to victims of their offense or other rehabilitative dispositions, or both;  (7) Provide victims of juvenile crime an opportunity to constructively confront offenders to explain the impact of the offense and develop suitable restitution plans or other rehabilitative dispositions;  (8) Expedite the safe and permanent placement of children removed from their homes due to allegations or findings of being dependent-neglected by improving the operation of the Department of Human Services in developing and implementing appropriate case plans in cooperation with affected family members and other interested individuals and agencies;  (9) Train lawyers and law students in techniques for satisfying a client's interests through negotiation and mediation and reducing unnecessary adversarial behavior and expense in litigation throughout Arkansas; and  (10) Assist public and private institutions in Arkansas to incorporate mediation programs into their institutions by providing training and technical assistance.
AR Code § 9-31-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 3 - Minors|Chapter 31 - Youth Services|Subchapter 5 - Science of Reading|§ 9-31-501. Dyslexia screening — Intervention services

 (a) Within thirty (30) calendar days, excluding holidays, of being committed to the Division of Youth Services, a juvenile shall have his or her reading proficiency level assessed and a dyslexia screening shall be delivered with fidelity, as defined in § 6-41-602.  (b) If a reading assessment or dyslexia screening under subsection (a) of this section indicates that an individual is reading below the level of proficiency required to be a high-functioning reader, the individual shall be provided:  (1) Evidence-based reading intervention based on the science of reading; and  (2) Dyslexia intervention that is evidence-based according to the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education's compilation of appropriate intervention programs under § 6-17-429.    (c) An intervention plan provided for an individual who is reading below the level of proficiency required to be a high-functioning reader under subsection (b) of this section shall be administered with fidelity, as defined in § 6-41-602.  (d) Juveniles currently committed to the Division of Youth Services shall be:  (1) Provided with information that explains what dyslexia is in common and easily understandable language;  (2) Offered and encouraged to submit to dyslexia screening; and  (3) Provided with dyslexia intervention with fidelity, as defined in § 6-41-602, in the same manner as required for newly committed juveniles under subsection (b) of this section.
AR Code § 9-31-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 3 - Minors|Chapter 31 - Youth Services|Subchapter 5 - Science of Reading|§ 9-31-502. Requirements for educators — Science of reading

 (a) An individual who teaches nonreaders and juveniles reading at a sixth-grade level or below in the education system of the Division of Youth Services shall:  (1) Have and demonstrate proficient knowledge and skills to teach reading consistent with the best practices of scientific reading instruction as required under the Right to Read Act, § 6-17-429; and  (2) Administer reading instruction with fidelity, as defined in § 6-41-602.    (b) An individual who teaches juveniles reading at a seventh-grade level or above in the education system of the division shall:  (1) Have and demonstrate awareness of the best practices of scientific reading instruction as required under the Right to Read Act, § 6-17-429; and  (2) Administer reading instruction with fidelity, as defined in § 6-41-602.
AR Code § 9-32-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 3 - Minors|Chapter 32 - Child Welfare|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-32-101. Collaboration of state agencies to form and implement statewide child abduction response teams

 (a)  (1) The following agencies shall collaborate in a multiagency effort to rescue abducted or endangered children, implement one (1) or more statewide child abduction response teams, and allocate the respective resources of each agency to cases involving missing or endangered children:  (A) Office of the Attorney General;  (B) Division of Arkansas State Police;  (C) Criminal Justice Institute;  (D) Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission;  (E) Arkansas Sheriffs' Association;  (F) Division of Emergency Management;  (G) Arkansas Association of Chiefs of Police;  (H) Division of Community Correction; and  (I) Office of the Prosecutor Coordinator.    (2) Each agency listed under subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall:  (A) Execute a memorandum of understanding concerning the guidelines for the implementation of one (1) or more statewide child abduction response teams; and  (B) Respectively coordinate the available resources of the agency to implement one (1) or more statewide child abduction response teams and adhere to the executed memorandum of understanding.      (b) The Division of Arkansas State Police shall:  (1) Assemble one (1) or more statewide child abduction response teams; and  (2) Ensure that the agencies listed under subsection (a) of this section work in partnership to:  (A) Respond to child abduction incidents; and  (B) Provide preventative measures for child abduction.      (c) The Criminal Justice Institute shall coordinate the certification and recertification of each statewide child abduction response team.
AR Code § 9-32-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 3 - Minors|Chapter 32 - Child Welfare|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Child Welfare Public Accountability Act|§ 9-32-201. Short title

 This subchapter shall be known as and may be cited as the “Arkansas Child Welfare Public Accountability Act”.
AR Code § 9-32-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 3 - Minors|Chapter 32 - Child Welfare|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Child Welfare Public Accountability Act|§ 9-32-202. Legislative findings

 To enhance the public's access to child welfare program performance indicators, to raise the public's awareness of the child welfare program's client outcomes, to enable the General Assembly to monitor and assess the performance of the Division of Children and Family Services, the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services, and the Division of Youth Services, and to specifically monitor the compliance of the Division of Children and Family Services with court-ordered settlement agreements and compliance with state laws and rules and federal regulations, the General Assembly finds that special and extraordinary provisions for legislative oversight of the child welfare system should be established.
AR Code § 9-32-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 3 - Minors|Chapter 32 - Child Welfare|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Child Welfare Public Accountability Act|§ 9-32-205. Annual performance audits

 (a) The Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth shall conduct annual performance audits of the Division of Youth Services, the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services, and the Division of Children and Family Services.  (b) To establish performance auditing standards, the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth shall use for guidance the Standards for Audit of Governmental Organizations, Programs, Activities, and Functions (revised), published by the United States Government Accountability Office.  (c) The performance audits shall include without limitation a complete assessment of the compliance of the Division of Youth Services, the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services, and the Division of Children and Family Services with state laws and rules and federal regulations and with the terms and conditions of the court-ordered settlement agreement.  (d) To conduct the performance audit, the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth may utilize surveys, client interviews, and other research methodology that it deems necessary.
AR Code § 9-32-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 3 - Minors|Chapter 32 - Child Welfare|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Child Welfare Public Accountability Act|§ 9-32-206. Provision of information and assistance

 (a) The Division of Youth Services, the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services, and the Division of Children and Family Services shall make available to the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth a list of all reports the unit submits to the Secretary of the Department of Human Services.  (b) Under the direction of the secretary, the Division of Youth Services, the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services, and the Division of Children and Family Services shall work cooperatively with and provide any necessary assistance to the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth.  (c) Notwithstanding any agency rules to the contrary, the Division of Youth Services, the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services, and the Division of Children and Family Services shall furnish information to members of the General Assembly, legislative staff, or legislative committees immediately upon request.
AR Code § 9-32-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 3 - Minors|Chapter 32 - Child Welfare|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Child Welfare Public Accountability Act|§ 9-32-207. Annual report to General Assembly

 The Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth shall report annually to the General Assembly its findings and recommendations regarding the child welfare program.
AR Code § 9-34-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 3 - Minors|Chapter 34 - Voluntary Placement of a Child|Subchapter 2 - Voluntary Delivery of a Child|§ 9-34-201. Definitions

 For purposes of this chapter:   (1) “Fire department” means any organization that is staffed twenty-four (24) hours a day and established for the prevention or extinguishment of fires, including, but not limited to, fire departments organized under municipal or county ordinances, improvement districts, membership fee-based private fire departments, and volunteer fire departments;  (2) “Law enforcement agency” means any police force or organization whose primary responsibility as established by law or ordinance is the enforcement of the criminal, traffic, or highway laws of this state as defined in § 12-9-301 and that is staffed twenty-four (24) hours a day; and  (3) “Medical provider” means any emergency department of a hospital licensed under § 20-9-214.
AR Code § 9-34-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 3 - Minors|Chapter 34 - Voluntary Placement of a Child|Subchapter 2 - Voluntary Delivery of a Child|§ 9-34-202. Delivery to medical provider, law enforcement agency, or fire department

 (a) Any medical provider, law enforcement agency, or fire department shall take possession of a child who is thirty (30) days old or younger without a court order if the parent of the child, without expressing an intent to return for the child, leaves the child:  (1) With or voluntarily delivers the child to the medical provider, law enforcement agency, or fire department; or  (2) In a newborn safety device that is:  (A) Voluntarily installed by the medical provider, law enforcement agency, or fire department;  (B) Physically located inside a hospital, law enforcement agency, or fire department that is staffed twenty-four (24) hours a day by a medical services provider; and  (C) Located in an area that is conspicuous and visible to the employees of the hospital, law enforcement agency, or fire department.      (b)  (1) A medical provider, law enforcement agency, or fire department that takes possession of a child under subsection (a) of this section shall perform any act necessary to protect the physical health and safety of the child.  (2) A medical provider, law enforcement agency, or fire department shall:  (A) Keep the identity of a parent who relinquishes a child under this section confidential; and  (B) Not release or otherwise make the identity of the parent available except to a:      (c) A medical provider, law enforcement agency, or fire department shall not be criminally or civilly liable for any good faith acts or omissions performed under this section.  (d) A medical provider, law enforcement agency, or fire department that voluntarily installs a newborn safety device shall:  (1) Be responsible for the cost of the installation; and  (2) Install an adequate dual alarm system connected to the physical location of the newborn safety device that is:  (A) Tested at least one (1) time per week to ensure the alarm system is in working order; and  (B) Visually checked at least two (2) times per day to ensure the alarm system is in working order.
AR Code § 9-34-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 3 - Minors|Chapter 34 - Voluntary Placement of a Child|Subchapter 2 - Voluntary Delivery of a Child|§ 9-34-203. Care of the child

 (a) Upon delivery of the child to a medical provider, law enforcement agency, or fire department, the law enforcement officer, an appropriate employee of the fire department, or an appropriate employee of the hospital shall take the child into protective custody for seventy-two (72) hours under the Child Maltreatment Act, § 12-18-101 et seq.  (b) The law enforcement officer, employee of the fire department, or employee of the hospital shall immediately notify the Division of Children and Family Services, which shall initiate a dependency petition under the Arkansas Juvenile Code of 1989, § 9-27-301 et seq.
AR Code § 9-34-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 3 - Minors|Chapter 34 - Voluntary Placement of a Child|Subchapter 2 - Voluntary Delivery of a Child|§ 9-34-204. Missing Persons Information Clearinghouse

 The Division of Children and Family Services of the Department of Human Services shall utilize the Missing Persons Information Clearinghouse and any other national and state resources to determine whether the child is a missing child.
AR Code § 12-6-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 6 - General Provisions|Subchapter 3 - Enforcement of Motor Vehicle Traffic Laws|§ 12-6-301. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Arrest quota” means any requirement regarding the number of arrests made, or the number of citations issued, by a law enforcement officer or the proportion of such arrests made and citations issued by a law enforcement officer relative to the arrests made and citations issued by another law enforcement officer or group of officers; and  (2) “Citation” means a notice to appear, notice of violation, or notice of parking violation.
AR Code § 12-6-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 6 - General Provisions|Subchapter 3 - Enforcement of Motor Vehicle Traffic Laws|§ 12-6-302. Arrest quotas prohibited

 No state or local agency employing law enforcement officers engaged in the enforcement of any motor vehicle traffic laws of this state or any local ordinance governing motor vehicle traffic may establish any policy requiring any law enforcement officer to meet an arrest quota, except as necessary to meet requirements under federal law or contracts with federal agencies.
AR Code § 12-6-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 6 - General Provisions|Subchapter 3 - Enforcement of Motor Vehicle Traffic Laws|§ 12-6-303. Use of number of arrests

 (a) No state or local agency employing law enforcement officers engaged in the enforcement of any motor vehicle traffic laws may use the number of arrests or citations issued by a law enforcement officer as the sole criterion for promotion, demotion, or dismissal, or the earning of any benefit provided by the agency.  (b) Any such arrests or citations and their ultimate dispositions may only be considered in evaluating the overall performance of a law enforcement officer.
AR Code § 12-6-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 6 - General Provisions|Subchapter 4 - Patrol Vehicles|§ 12-6-401. Smoking in patrol vehicles prohibited

 Each county sheriff's office and police department of a municipality may designate a proportionate number of its patrol vehicles as “nonsmoking” vehicles and shall not allow smoking of tobacco products in those vehicles.
AR Code § 12-6-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 6 - General Provisions|Subchapter 4 - Patrol Vehicles|§ 12-6-402. Civilian passengers

 Each law enforcement agency of the state shall establish a policy prohibiting civilian passengers in patrol vehicles unless specific written approval is given for each civilian passenger by the chief law enforcement officer or his or her designee.
AR Code § 12-6-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 6 - General Provisions|Subchapter 5 - State Law Enforcement Agencies|§ 12-6-501. Award of flags — Definitions

 (a) As used in this section:  (1) “In the course of employment” means at any time when a law enforcement officer is on duty as a law enforcement officer or is performing an act ordinarily performed by a law enforcement officer although the law enforcement officer is not actually on duty at the time;  (2) “Law enforcement officer” means a public servant employed by a state law enforcement agency and vested by law with a duty to maintain order or to make arrests for offenses; and  (3) “State law enforcement agency” means a state agency that is responsible for enforcing the criminal laws, traffic laws, highway laws, or game and fish laws of this state.    (b)  (1) A state law enforcement agency may award one (1) United States flag to the family of a law enforcement officer who lost his or her life in the course of employment with the state law enforcement agency.  (2) As used in this subsection, “family” means “family” as defined in the rules or procedures of the state law enforcement agency.
AR Code § 12-6-601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 6 - General Provisions|Subchapter 6 - Local Criminal Justice Coordinating Committees|§ 12-6-601. Local criminal justice coordinating committees

 (a) The General Assembly finds that the investment of state or federal funding for the operation of a crisis stabilization unit under the Behavioral Health Crisis Intervention Protocol Act of 2017, § 20-47-801 et seq., necessitates efficient expenditure of the state or federal funds.  (b) The General Assembly encourages the establishment of local criminal justice coordinating committees composed of local judges, local corrections officials, the prosecuting attorney, law enforcement officials, county officials, medical professionals, and mental health professionals.  (c) A local criminal justice coordinating committee may be created under this section and shall:  (1) Periodically review data and records of local and regional detention facilities collected under § 12-12-219 and data concerning a local crisis intervention team and crisis stabilization unit, when applicable;  (2) Assist in the access and transfer of data described under subdivision (c)(1) of this section; and  (3) Recommend protocols for the efficient and effective use of local criminal justice resources, and a crisis intervention team or crisis stabilization unit, when applicable.
AR Code § 12-8-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 8 - Division of Arkansas State Police|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 12-8-101. Division of Arkansas State Police created

 (a) There is created the Division of Arkansas State Police for the purposes of enforcing the motor vehicle laws, traffic laws, and other state laws relating to protecting and properly maintaining the state highway system of the State of Arkansas and to render more effective the apprehension of criminals and the enforcement of criminal law.  (b) The police officers provided for in this chapter shall be known as “Arkansas State Police”.