HOLIDAY TRAVELERS REMINDED TO BUCKLE-UP: Click It or Ticket Initiative Planned

(LITTLE ROCK) – Arkansas state and local law enforcement officers are hopeful for a fatality free Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Once again the officers will participate in the Click It or Ticket enforcement initiative to remind drivers and motor vehicle passengers to buckle-up whether it’s a trip to the grocery store or going across state to visit...
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Posted under "News Releases" Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009

TROOP D SERGEANT NAMED

(LITTLE ROCK) – The Arkansas State Police Commission today approved the recommendation of Colonel Winford E. Phillips, Director of the Arkansas State Police, to promote Corporal David L. Williams, 35, of DeValls Bluff to the rank of sergeant. Sergeant Williams will assume new duties as a post sergeant assigned to the Highway Patrol Division, T...
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Posted under "News Releases" Monday, Oct 19, 2009

STATEWIDE INITIATIVE LAUNCHED AGAINST DRUNK DRIVERS DURING UPCOMING HOLIDAY

(LITTLE ROCK) - Colonel Winford E. Phillips, director of the Arkansas State Police and Governor’s highway safety representative, today announced the Arkansas Highway Safety Office’s latest statewide drunk driving prevention enforcement effort. This crackdown coincides with the national initiative called “Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest...
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Posted under "News Releases" Tuesday, Aug 18, 2009

STATE POLICE SPECIAL AGENT CLARK NAMED 2008 TROOPER OF THE YEAR: STATE TROOPERS ACROSS ARKANSAS RECOGNIZED IN CEREMONIES

(NORTH LITTLE ROCK) – Arkansas State Police Special Agent, Corporal Scott Clark, 40, of Gurdon, was presented with the 2008 Trooper of the Year Award during the department’s annual awards ceremony and luncheon here today. S/A Clark is assigned to the department’s Criminal Investigation Division, Company C, headquartered at Hope. He is a 14-ye...
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Posted under "News Releases" Thursday, Jul 30, 2009

STATE POLICE TRAINING ACADEMY GIVE STUDENTS A GLIMPSE INTO THE WORLD OF BEING A TROOPER

(LITTLE ROCK) – Twenty-five high school students are one step closer to fulfilling their dreams and aspirations of someday possibly wearing the uniform of the Arkansas State Police. The students completed a one-week training regimen and graduated today from the Arkansas State Police Preparatory Trooper Academy. The group represents the fifth ...
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Posted under "News Releases" Friday, Jun 19, 2009

ARKANSAS’ NEW LAW – A LAW YOU CAN LIVE WITH

(LITTLE ROCK) – Beginning June 30th, Arkansas’ seat belt law changes to permit a law enforcement traffic stop based on the primary violation of a motor vehicle driver or front-seat passenger who is not buckled-up. Arkansas becomes the 27th state to enact primary seat belt legislation. Presently Arkansas law enforcement officers may only cite ...
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Posted under "News Releases" Tuesday, Jun 16, 2009

‘SHARING THE ROAD’: May Proclaimed Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month

(LITTLE ROCK) – Motorcycle fatalities in Arkansas increased 300 percent from 1997 to 2007 and one out of every nine motor vehicle fatalities in 2007 involved motorcycle riders. Governor Mike Beebe’s Highway Safety representative and Director of the Arkansas State Police, Colonel Winford Phillips says the increase in motorcycle fatalities ov...
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Posted under "News Releases" Tuesday, May 5, 2009

ASPC APPROVES PROMOTIONS OF NEW SERGEANTS FOR TROOPS C & D

(LITTLE ROCK) – The Arkansas State Police Commission today approved the recommendations of Colonel Winford E. Phillips, Director of the Arkansas State Police, to promote Corporals Charles Hubbard and Eric Agee to the rank of sergeant. Sergeant Hubbard, 35, of Mountain Home, will assume new duties as a post sergeant assigned to the Highway Patr...
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Posted under "News Releases" Monday, Apr 20, 2009

REVAMPED NOTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR ABDUCTED & MISSING CHILDREN WILL SPEED NOTIFICATION ALERTS

(LITTLE ROCK) – The Arkansas State Police in cooperation with the state’s official web portal provider, Arkansas.Gov (Information Network of Arkansas, INA), has launched a revamped Morgan Nick Amber Alert activation system. The alert system is a collaborative operation between the State Police and local law enforcement working in conjunction with ...
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Posted under "News Releases" Friday, Jan 9, 2009