June 25, 2020 Additional Information Contact:Arkansas State Police – Highway Safety OfficeBridget White – (501) 618-8356 – [email protected] (LITTLE ROCK) – As Arkansans prepare for the approaching July 4th Independence Day holiday weekend, many families will include plans to travel across the state for cookouts and the customary summer festivities. However, experience and records tell

June 18, 2020(LITTLE ROCK) – Thirty-three Arkansas State Police Trooper Recruits received their certified law enforcement credentials tonight during a graduation ceremony at the Arkansas State Capitol. The new troopers will report to their Highway Patrol Division assignments across the state next month. The recruits reported to the Arkansas State Police Training Academy at state

  Robert Wayne Lawson, 64, of Forrest City was shot last night (Monday, May 18th) by an Arkansas State Trooper following an armed stand-off that had initially begun late yesterday morning involving St. Francis County sheriff’s deputies.     The deputies arrived at 152 county road 301 after obtaining a felony arrest warrant for Lawson

  (LITTLE ROCK) – As the summer season begins and families set out on their travels across Arkansas, state and local law enforcement officers are sending a clear message to motorists, Click It or Ticket.  Seat belt laws are enforced to protect drivers and their passengers from unnecessary injuries and death.     A state

  The Arkansas State Police plans to restore skills testing for driver license applicants next week.  The tests will be limited to applicants who use the state police web site for scheduling a skills test and receive confirmation of the test date and time.  Additionally, the tests will only be offered at twelve locations across

The Arkansas State Police is seeking the assistance of anyone who may have witnessed or seen evidence of a collision involving a large sports utility type vehicle with an individual who was running along Highway 70 near Harris Road east of Interstate 440 (North Little Rock) during the early evening hours on Tuesday (April 21st)

The Arkansas State Police and Prairie County Sheriff’s Department are searching for a jail escapee. Anyone who may have seen Earl Eugene Parks (picture attached to news release) since shortly before midnight Thursday evening (April 23rd) is asked to contact the sheriff’s office by calling (870) 256-4137. Parks is a white male, 47 years old,

  Cabot Police Department authorities have asked the Arkansas State Police to investigate an officer involved shooting that occurred Friday night (April 17th) after local officers were reportedly attacked by a man who had barricaded himself inside his former girlfriend’s apartment.   Caleb Morrison, 31, was transported to a Little Rock hospital where he is