Lafayette Co. deputy injured in wreck honored by attorney general Arkansas Sheriffs Association (Source: Arkansas Sheriffs Association) By Fred Gamble | March 9, 2021 at 11:42 AM CST - Updated March 9 at 11:42 AM
LAFAYETTE COUNTY, Ark. (KSLA) - Every year, Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge honors a law enforcement officer from each county across the state at a special reception. There was unfinished business at this yearâs event, but the attorney general made it right with a visit to Lafayette County.
âBroke ribs, shattered collar bone, and a small fracture in my vertebra,â said Deputy Kris Carr.
Those are the injuries Lafayette County Sheriffâs Office Deputy Kris Carr received after being involved in a wreck on Jan. 23. Carr was driving his unit when an alleged drunk driver hit him.
KTOY Nominations were provided to Attorney General Rutledge from police chiefs, county sheriffs, county judges, mayors, prosecutors and other State law enforcement leaders from across Arkansas.
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge awarded the Miller County Outstanding Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Award to Captain Lillie Phillips with the Arkansas Department of Correction and the Hempstead County Outstanding Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Award to Corporal Corwin Battle and Corporal David Hamilton with Arkansas State Police. Rutledge presented the county winners at the annual awards and recognition luncheon during the 2020 Officer of the Year luncheon at the Benton Event Center.