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A legislative panel on Wednesday endorsed the Division of Arkansas State Police's request to create a salary administration grid that would significantly boost the salaries of the state police's uniformed commissioned officers in the coming fiscal year.
A legislative panel on Tuesday recommended that the Legislative Council approve Gov. Asa Hutchinson's request for $1.09 million in one-time state rainy-day funds to expand the state Division of Community Correction's intensive supervision program.
Combatting Violent Crime LITTLE ROCK – Today, I would like to talk about the national increase in violent crime, and what we are doing to combat that here in Arkansas. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world felt like it came to a halt while we dealt with the issues of public health. But violent crime did not slow down. In fact, violent crime actually increased since 2018. Homicides in Arkansas were 224 that year, but in 2020, the number was 310, an increase of 38 percent. All this is according to data from the Arkansas Crime Information Center. Government has no greater re...
Today, I would like to talk about the national increase in violent crime, and what we are doing to combat that here in Arkansas. Since the beginning of the
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Tuesday that he is expanding the supervision of high-risk parolees in Central Arkansas in an effort to help curb the increase in violent crime.