Additional Information Contact: ASP Highway Safety Office – Ann Whitehead (501) 618-8133 – [email protected]   (LITTLE ROCK) – Over the next few weeks, Arkansas law enforcement officers will participate in the national campaign to prevent impaired driving. The Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over operation will run from Friday, August 17th through Monday, September 3rd.   The

The Arkansas State Police is looking for eligible recruits to fill the 2019 academy class. Qualified individuals will be selected to enter the Arkansas State Police Recruit Academy, with a start date of February 24, 2019. “If you have what it takes to become an Arkansas State Trooper, we want to meet you,” said Colonel

   Special Agents of the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division are investigating an officer involved shooting that occurred at approximately 12:42am this morning, (Sunday, August 5, 2018) at a residence in Van Buren, Crawford County.       Officers with the Van Buren Police Department responded to a disturbance at the residence of 2209 Granite Circle.

Special Agents of the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division are investigating an officer involved shooting that occurred at approximately 8:15 PM yesterday (Friday, August 3, 2018) involving officers of the Pine Bluff Police Department. Local police officers were initially dispatched to a disturbance in the area of West Roane Avenue.  Upon their arrival in the neighborhood,

Authorities of the Trumann Police Department have asked for the assistance of the Arkansas State Police in the investigation of an officer involved shooting that occurred earlier today. Trumann Police Chief Chad Henson was contacted about 10 AM by an individual identified as Johnny Kelley, 49, who resides near Trumann. According to an initial statement

    The Arkansas State Police has identified James Edward Blackmon, 35, of St. Louis, Missouri, as the individual who was fatally wounded last night (Monday, July 30, 2018) in a gunfight with two Arkansas State Troopers and a Mississippi County Deputy.   ORIGINAL RELEASE: INVESTIGATION CONTINUES IN ARKANSAS STATE POLICE SHOOTING JULY 31, 2018    

Thirty-eight Arkansas State Police Trooper Recruits graduated tonight and will begin their careers patrolling state highways within the department’s Highway Patrol Division.  The graduation ceremony was held at Pleasant Valley Country Club, Little Rock. The recruits reported to the Arkansas State Police Training Academy in Little Rock on February 25, 2018 and during the past

Additional Information Contact: ASP Highway Safety Office – Ann Whitehead (501) 618-8133 –  [email protected]      (LITTLE ROCK) – Arkansas law enforcement officers will launch a concentrated week-long speed enforcement plan next week.  The operation will be promoted across the state using the message headline, “Obey the Sign or Pay the Fine”.   The intensified

   A state police investigation of an overnight officer involved shooting incident in Russellville is continuing today.  The investigation will be submitted to the Pope County Prosecuting Attorney to determine if the shooting was consistent with Arkansas laws, specifically the use of deadly force by a law enforcement officer.   Joshua Cartwright, 36, of Russellville