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State Police Investigating Officer Involved Shooting

UPDATED INFORMATION – JUNE 10, 2015  I-49 SHOOTING INCIDENT REMAINS ACTIVE STATE POLICE INVESTIGATION   The Arkansas State Police is continuing its investigation of a Monday morning (June 8th) shooting incident along I-49 near Mountainburg.     Arkansas State Trooper Josh Elmore remains on administrative leave with pay while Special Agents of the department’s Criminal

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State Police Join Colleen Nick In Renewed Effort To Bring Morgan Home

Arkansas State Troopers Kyle Bost (left) and Stephen Lee at news conference today with Colleen Nick, mother of Morgan Nick who disppeared 20 years ago.     The Arkansas State Police joined Governor Asa Hutchinson along with federal and local law enforcement agencies today in a pledge to keep the search active and bring Morgan

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“Click It Or Ticket” Strict Statewide Enforcement Operation Underway – Seat Belt Use Can Save Arkansas Lives

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT: ANN WHITEHEAD ARKANSAS STATE POLICE HIGHWAY SAFETY OFFICE (501) 618-8133 – [email protected]   (LITTLE ROCK) – An observational survey conducted across Arkansas during 2014 indicates that one out of every four motorists in Arkansas is not using a seat belt.  The use of seat belts by Arkansas motorists stands at 74%

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Officer Involved Shooitng Investigation Underway In Lonoke County

  The Arkansas State Police is investigating an officer involved shooting which occurred last night (May 19th) in Cabot.  The incident occurred as authorities of the Lonoke County Sheriff’s Department and Arkansas Department of Community Correction were searching for an individual.   While questioning a 35 year old man at 905 East Main Street it

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State Police Honor Top Trooper Corporal Coleman Trooper Of The Year – Department Honors Presented During Annual Ceremony

  (LITTLE ROCK) – Corporal Vic Coleman, a twenty-nine year veteran State Trooper assigned to the Highway Patrol Division, Troop A, Interstate Criminal Patrol Team was awarded the department’s Trooper of the Year Award (2014).   The award was presented by Colonel Bill Bryant, Director of the Arkansas State Police, during the Annual Arkansas State

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Johnson County Deputy Killed Confronting Burglary Suspect

  An eleven year veteran of the Johnson County Sheriff’s Department was shot and killed early today as he and other sheriff’s deputies were searching for a burglary suspect  fifteen miles east of Clarksville.  At approximately 1AM this morning (Friday, May 15, 2015) the sheriff’s department received a telephone report of a suspected burglar in

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Grant County Stand-Off Ends In Arrest

  Earlier today a request for assistance from the Grant County Sheriff’s Department was received by the Arkansas State Police.   The initial information from sheriff’s deputies reported Donald C. Thomas Jr., 47, of the Clearwater Lake area east of Sheridan had contacted local authorities stating he intended to set fire to a home at

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State Troopers Rescue Teenage Victim In Human Trafficking Operation

  Arkansas State Troopers and civilian investigators of the State Police Crimes Against Children Division are being credited with locating and recovering a fifteen year old girl who had been sexually exploited while being held in a human trafficking operation.   The arrest of Amber Johnson, 28, of North Little Rock last Wednesday night (April

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State Police Special Agent Promoted To Sergeant

  (LITTLE ROCK) – Arkansas State Police Special Agent Scott Russell has been promoted to the rank of sergeant assigned to the department’s Criminal Investigation Division, Company A.   Colonel Bill Bryant, Director of the Arkansas State Police, presented the recommendation for promotion to the State Police Commission during a regular meeting of the commissioners

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