The Arkansas State Police Commission today approved three recommendations for promotion presented for consideration by Colonel Bill Bryant, Director of the Arkansas State Police.   Sergeant Michael Moyer, 42, of Faulkner County, was promoted to the rank of lieutenant.  He will serve in an assistant command role within the department’s Regulatory and Building Operations

  Officials of the Conway County Sheriff’s Department have asked the Arkansas State Police to conduct an investigation involving an in-custody death that occurred Sunday, October 8, 2017.   During the 4 AM hour sheriff’s deputies responded to a disturbance call outside a residence at 29 Oliger Drive, near the Springfield community, north of Plumerville.

The Arkansas State Police recently distributed to each trooper two doses of Narcan that can be used as any trooper encounters a victim of an opioid overdose.  Now, the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy and the Arkansas Pharmacists Association have developed a Naloxone protocol that can be used much like the protocols for administering immunizations

Arkansas State Troopers are preparing to meet the traffic challenges of a weekday Razorback football game at War Memorial Stadium located in central Little Rock this week.   Beginning at 3 PM Thursday (August 31st) troopers will implement game day changes at major intersections in the vicinity of War Memorial Stadium along Interstate 630.  Traffic

   Michael Malik Kawon Lee, 18, of Little Rock was fatally shot by a Pine Bluff Police Officer earlier today following a disturbance and fight that left one police officer and a bystander wounded by gunfire.    Pine Bluff Police and Kyle Hunter, 11th Judicial District (west) Prosecuting Attorney, requested the incident to be investigated

  Drew County Deputy Sheriff Timothy Braden, 29, was killed in the line of duty this morning following a motor vehicle pursuit that ended in a crash just outside Monticello along Barkada Road.   At approximately 1:35 AM (Thursday, August 24th), Deputy Braden initiated a traffic stop involving a vehicle driven by Samuel Vincent, 24,

  Lieutenant David Lafferty, 57, of Garland County was promoted to the rank of captain today.  The recommendation for promotion was presented to the Arkansas State Police Commission by Colonel Bill Bryant, state police director.   Captain Lafferty is a twenty-nine year veteran of the department.  He was formerly commander of CID Company C and

Additional Information Contact: ASP Highway Safety Office – Ann Whitehead (501) 618-8133 – [email protected]         One last blast of summer fun too often turns into death and tragedy caused by drunk drivers traveling across state roads and highways.  The Labor Day holiday period is among the most deadly travel periods on Arkansas highways.    Beginning