A Newport Police Officer was shot near Remmel Park late today (Monday, June 12, 2017).   Lieutenant Patrick Weatherford, 41, of Newport died a short time later at a Newport hospital.  Weatherford was a fifteen year department veteran.   The search for a suspect is underway and the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division

  (LITTLE ROCK) – Corporal Roy Moomey, a seven year veteran of the Arkansas State Police Highway Patrol Division, assigned to Troop H, has been awarded the department’s highest honor, Trooper of the Year (2016).   The award was presented today during the annual Arkansas State Police Honors and Award Luncheon Ceremony.   Corporal Moomey

   Arkansas State Police and other law enforcement agencies are looking to stop drivers who are hauling unsecured loads.  Forty-two states have agreed to help educate the public on the importance of properly securing a load when traveling across a highway or local street.    A twenty pound object that falls from a vehicle hitting

  Arkansas State Crime Laboratory authorities and Special Agents of the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division have identified two gunshot victims discovered yesterday (Thursday, May 11, 2017) outside 12084 Gum Springs Road west of Dardanelle.   Rita Miller, 61, and Ciera Miller, 17, were allegedly shot by James Arthur Bowden, 42, of Dardanelle.  Both

   James Arthur Bowden, 42, of Dardanelle was arrested this afternoon, May 11th at 2:40pm, after a five hours standoff with the Arkansas State police and local law enforcement agencies. He was taken into custody at a residence, 10024 Gum Springs Road in Yell County, west of Dardanelle.    Bowden is being held in connection

   Lieutenant Kevin C. Mainhart, 46, of the Yell County Sheriff’s Department was killed in the line of duty today during a traffic stop west of Dardanelle, Arkansas along State Highway 27 near the junction of Slo-Fork Road.    Lieutenant Mainhart had served the citizens of Yell County as a law enforcement officer for five

  The individual who reportedly brandished a gun at police and subsequently shot has been identified as Olugbalah Ridley, 33, of Indianapolis, Indiana.   An investigation of the use of deadly force by police is continuing.     APRIL 15, 2017   Authorities in the West Memphis Police Department have asked for the assistance of

  (LITTLE ROCK) – Captain Mike Hagar, 44, of Faulkner County, commander of the Arkansas State Police Executive Protection Section, has accepted a lateral transfer approved by Colonel Bill Bryant, Director of the Arkansas State Police, to Highway Patrol Division, Troop A, headquartered at Little Rock.   Captain Hagar will assume duties as commander of

Additional Information Contact: Highway Safety Office – Ann Whitehead (501) 618-8133  –  ann.whitehead@asp.arkansas.gov (LITTLE ROCK) – Arkansas law enforcement agencies have joined the national “U Drive U Text U Pay” campaign to stop distracted driving.  Agencies have pledged their support to help spread the message that distracted drivers are not only a danger to themselves,