The Pope County Sheriff’s Department has requested the Arkansas State Police to investigate a shooting incident involving deputies and a local resident.   At approximately 3:10 PM sheriff’s deputies responded to a call of an armed disturbance in the Dover community located at 2213 Morgan Road.   On their arrival the deputies were confronted

Additional Information Contact: ASP Highway Safety Office – Ann Whitehead (501) 618-8133 – [email protected]     (LITTLE ROCK) – Arkansans are expected to get an early start on their Thanksgiving holiday travel plans.  Beginning Monday (November 21st), Arkansas State Troopers will team-up with law enforcement officers from local and state agencies to make sure drivers are

Crystal Davis, 42, of Rosston (Nevada County) died last night after she was apparently struck and killed by a vehicle that fled the crash scene.  Arkansas State Troopers responded to a location along Arkansas Highway 200, two miles east of Rosston, about 10:45 Tuesday night to begin their investigation.   Special Agents of the state

  Lieutenants Brady Gore and Jason Aaron were promoted to the rank of captain today during a meeting of the Arkansas State Police Commission.  Gore will assume command authority over Highway Patrol Division Troop G, headquartered at Hope and Aaron will command Highway Patrol Division, Troop H, headquartered at Fort Smith.   The promotions were

  Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge honored more than seventy law enforcement officers today for their service within the past.  The awards were presented at the 14th Annual Law Enforcement Summit at Camp Robinson where approximately 600 law enforcement officers from across Arkansas were in attendance.   Among those receiving special recognition was Arkansas State

  (LITTLE ROCK) – Thirty-two Arkansas State Police Trooper Recruits graduated tonight at the Arkansas State Capitol.   The class members initially reported for training on May 8, 2016 and accumulated more than one-thousand hours of classroom and practical training over the past twenty-one weeks.   Governor Asa Hutchinson was the keynote speaker addressing the

It’s been one year since Keith Wilbert Jr. was murdered in the home where he and four roommates lived together in southwest Pine Bluff. Wilbert, 21, was shot when as many as three individuals entered the home at 4302 Boone Street about 2:30 AM, Wednesday, September 23rd 2015.  The murder scene was only a short

  (LITTLE ROCK) – During the final days of summer leading up to the Labor Day weekend, Arkansas families and friends will come together for seasonal celebrations.  It’s a dangerous time during this season as drunk drivers inevitably take their chances by getting into the driver seat of their vehicle and head toward the next

Additional Information Contact: Ann Whitehead – Highway Safety Office (501) 618-8133 – [email protected]   (LITTLE ROCK) – Every year Americans hit the road headed for destinations to celebrate the Fourth of July at picnics, parties, parades and many other events.  Unfortunately the celebrating includes drinking alcohol followed by drunk driving on streets and highways during

  Lieutenant Mark Hollingsworth, 55, of Mountain Home, has been promoted to the rank of captain.  Hollingsworth will assume the statewide administrative duties as commander of Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Company Field Operations.   The recommendation for promotion was presented to the Arkansas State Police Commission by Colonel Bill Bryant, director of the state