List of law enforcement agencies in Arkansas

This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Arkansas.

According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 237 law enforcement agencies employing 6,779 sworn police officers, about 236 for each 100,000 residents.^[1]

Law Enforcement in the State of Arkansas may have different emergency lighting depending on the preference of the agency. Arkansas law enforcement may choose to have police vehicles equipped with red and blue combination emergency lights or may use primarily blue emergency lights in their vehicles. Arkansas state law requires Arkansas law enforcement to at minimum have a blue flashing or rotating light equipped on police vehicles including city, county, state, or federal law enforcement. Only law enforcement in Arkansas are allowed to have vehicles equipped with a blue light.

State agencies

• Arkansas Department of Public Safety
  • Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement and Standard Training

• • Arkansas Division of Emergency Management
  • Arkansas Crime Information Center
  • Arkansas State Crime Lab
  • Crime Victim Reparations Board
  • Fire Services
  • Fire Prevention Commission
• Arkansas State Alcoholic Beverage Control
• Arkansas Department of Corrections (ADOC)
  • Arkansas Division of Corrections (ADC)
  • Arkansas Division of Community Corrections (DCC)
  • Arkansas Correctional School District (ACS)
• Arkansas Forestry Commission
• Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
• Arkansas Department of Transportation
  • Arkansas Highway Police
• Arkansas Law Enforcement Training Academy
• Arkansas State Capitol Police
• Arkansas State Hospital Police
• Arkansas Department  of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism
  • Arkansas State Park Rangers
• Arkansas State Police
• Arkansas Supreme Court Police^[2]
• Arkansas Tobacco Control Board Enforcement
• Arkansas Department of Insurance

County agencies

Arkansas County Sheriff's Office Ashley County Sheriff's Office Baxter County Sheriff's Office Benton County Sheriff's Office Boone County Sheriff's Office Bradley County Sheriff's Office Calhoun County Sheriff's Office Carroll County Sheriff's Office Chicot County Sheriff's Office Clark County Sheriff's Office Clay County Sheriff's Office Cleburne County Sheriff's Office Cleveland County Sheriff's Office Columbia County Sheriff's Office Conway County Sheriff's Office Craighead County Sheriff's Office Crawford County Sheriff's Office Crittenden County Sheriff's Office Cross County Sheriff's Office Dallas County Sheriff's Office Desha County Sheriff's Office Drew County Sheriff's Office Faulkner County Sheriff's Office[3] Franklin County Sheriff's Office^[citation needed] Fulton County Sheriff's Office^[citation needed] Garland County Sheriff's Office^[citation needed] Grant County Sheriff's Office Greene County Sheriff's Office Hempstead County Sheriff's Office Hot Spring County Sheriff's Office Howard County Sheriff's Office Independence County Sheriff's Office Izard County Sheriff's Office Jackson County Sheriff's Office Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Johnson County Sheriff's Office[4] Lafayette County Sheriff's Office Lawrence County Sheriff's Office Lee County Sheriff's Office Lincoln County Sheriff's Office Little River County Sheriff's Office Logan County Sheriff's Office Lonoke County Sheriff's Office Madison County Sheriff's Office Marion County Sheriff's Office Miller County Sheriff's Office Mississippi County Sheriff's Office Monroe County Sheriff's Office Montgomery County Sheriff's Office Nevada County Sheriff's Office Newton County Sheriff's Office Ouachita County Sheriff's Office Perry County Sheriff's Office Phillips County Sheriff's Office Pike County Sheriff's Office Poinsett County Sheriff's Office Polk County Sheriff's Office Pope County Sheriff's Office Prairie County Sheriff's Office Pulaski County Sheriff's Office Randolph County Sheriff's Office Saint Francis County Sheriff's Office Saline County Sheriff's Office Scott County Sheriff's Office Searcy County Sheriff's Office Sebastian County Sheriff's Office Sevier County Sheriff's Office Sharp County Sheriff's Office Stone County Sheriff's Office Union County Sheriff's Office Van Buren County Sheriff's Office Washington County Sheriff's Office White County Sheriff's Office Woodruff County Sheriff's Office Yell County Sheriff's Office

City agencies

Alexander Police Department[5] Alma Police Department[6] Altheimer Police Department ^[citation needed] Altus Police Department ^[citation needed] Amity Police Department ^[citation needed] Arkadelphia Police Department[7] Ash Flat Police Department[8] Ashdown Police Department ^[citation needed] Atkins Police Department ^[citation needed] Augusta Police Department^[citation needed] Austin Police Department Bald Knob Police Department Barling Police Department Bauxite Police Department Bay Police Department Bearden Police Department Beebe Police Department Bella Vista Police Department Benton Police Department Bentonville Police Department Black Rock Police Department Blytheville Police Department Bono Police Department Booneville Police Department Bradford Police Department Bradley Police Department Brinkley Police Department Bryant Police Department[9] Bull Shoals Police Department Cabot Police Department Calion Police Department Camden Police Department Cammack Village Police Department Camp Robinson Police Department Caraway Police Department Carlisle Police Department Cave City Police Department Cave Springs Police Department Cedarville Police Department Centerton Police Department Charleston Police Department Cherokee Village Police Department Cherry Valley Police Department Chidester Police Department Clarendon Police Department Clarksville Police Department Clinton Police Department Coal Hill Police Department Concord Police Department Conway Police Department Corning Police Department Cotter Police Department Cotton Plant Police Department Crossett Police Department Damascus Police Department Danville Police Department Dardanelle Police Department De Queen Police Department De Witt Police Department Decatur Police Department Dell Police Department Dermott Police Department Des Arc Police Department Diamond City Police Department Diamondhead Police Department Diaz Police Department Dierks Police Department Dover Marshal's Office Dumas Police Department Earle Police Department[10] East Camden Police Department El Dorado Police Department Elaine Police Department Elkins Police Department England Police Department Eudora Police Department Eureka Springs Police Department Fairfield Bay Police Department Farmington Police Department Fayetteville Police Department[11] Flippin Police Department Fordyce Police Department Forrest City Police Department Fort Smith Police Department[12] Fouke Police Department Gassville Police Department Gentry Police Department Gillett Police Department Glenwood Police Department Gosnell Police Department Gould Police Department Grady Police Department Grannis Police Department Gravette Police Department Green Forest Police Department Greenbrier Police Department Greenland Police Department Greenwood Police Department Greers Ferry Police Department Gurdon Police Department Guy Police Department Hackett Police Department Hamburg Police Department Hampton Police Department Hardy Police Department Harrisburg Police Department Harrison Police Department Haskell Police Department Hazen Police Department Heber Springs Police Department Helena-West Helena Police Department Hermitage Police Department Higginson Police Department Highfill Police Department Highland Police Department Holly Grove Police Department Hope Police Department Horseshoe Bend Police Department Hot Springs Police Department Hot Springs Village Police Department Hoxie Police Department Hughes Police Department Humphrey Police Department Huntington Police Department Huntsville Police Department Huttig Police Department Jacksonville Police Department Jasper Police Department Johnson Police Department Jonesboro Police Department Judsonia Police Department Junction City Police Department Keiser Police Department Kensett Police Department Kibler Police Department Lake City Police Department Lake Village Police Department Lakeview Police Department Lamar Police Department Lavaca Police Department Leachville Police Department Lepanto Police Department Lincoln Police Department Little Flock Police Department Little Rock Police Department[13] London Police Department ^[citation needed] Lonoke Police Department[14] Lowell Police Department[15] Luxora Police Department ^[citation needed] Madison Police Department ^[citation needed] Magazine Police Department ^[citation needed] Magnolia Police Department Malvern Police Department Manila Police Department Mansfield Police Department Marianna Police Department Marion Police Department Marked Tree Police Department Marmaduke Police Department Marshall Police Department Marvell Police Department Maumelle Police Department Mayflower Police Department McCrory Police Department McGehee Police Department McRae Police Department Mena Police Department Menifee Police Department Mineral Springs Police Department Monette Police Department Monticello Police Department Morrilton Police Department Mountain Home Police Department Mountain View Police Department Mountainburg Police Department Mulberry Police Department Murfreesboro Police Department Nashville Police Department Newport Police Department Norphlet Police Department North Little Rock Police Department Oak Grove Heights Police Department Ola Police Department Oppelo Police Department Osceola Police Department Ozark Police Department Palestine Police Department Pangburn Police Department Paragould Police Department Paris Police Department Patterson Police Department Pea Ridge Police Department Perryville Police Department Piggott Police Department Pine Bluff Police Department Plainview Police Department Plumerville Police Department Pocahontas Police Department Portland Police Department Pottsville Police Department[16] Prairie Grove Police Department^[citation needed] Prescott Police Department^[citation needed] Quitman Police Department^[citation needed] Rector Police Department Redfield Police Department Rison Police Department Rockport Police Department Rogers Police Department Rose Bud Police Department Russellville Police Department Salem Police Department Searcy Police Department Shannon Hills Police Department Sheridan Police Department Sherwood Police Department Siloam Springs Police Department Smackover Police Department Springdale Police Department Stamps Police Department Star City Police Department Stephens Police Department Strong Police Department Stuttgart Police Department Sulphur Springs Police Department Swifton Police Department Taylor Police Department Texarkana Police Department Tontitown Police Department Trumann Police Department Tuckerman Police Department Turrell Police Department Tyronza Police Department Van Buren Police Department Vilonia Police Department Waldo Police Department Waldron Police Department Walnut Ridge Police Department Ward Police Department Warren Police Department Weiner Police Department West Fork Police Department West Memphis Police Department Wheatley City Marshal's Office White Hall Police Department Widener Police Department Wilmot Police Department Winchester Marshal's Office Wynne Police Department

College and university agencies

• Arkansas State University Police
• Arkansas Tech University Department of Public Safety
• Black River Technical College Police
• Henderson State University Police
• Northwest Arkansas Community College Police
• North Arkansas College Police
• Southern Arkansas University Police Department
• University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Police Department
• University of Arkansas at Little Rock Police Department
• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Police Department
• University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Police Department
• University of Arkansas at Morrilton Police Department
• University of Arkansas at Monticello Department of Public Safety
• University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Police Department
• University of Central Arkansas Police Department

Other agencies

• Camp Robinson Department of Public Safety
• Fort Chaffee Department of Public Safety
• Office of the United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Arkansas
• Office of the United States Marshal for the Western District of Arkansas
• 188th Air National Guard Police
• Union Pacific Police Department
• Kansas City Southern Railway Safety and Security Team now the Canadian Pacific Kansas City Police Service after its merger in April 14,2023
• United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations

Defunct Agencies

• Alicia Police Department
• Amagon Police Department
• Belleville City Marshal's Office
• Bethel Heights Police Department^[17]
• Biggers Police Department
• Caldwell Marshal's Office
• College City Marshal's Office
• Colt Police Department
• Edmondson Police Department
• Fisher Police Department
• Foreman Marshal's Office
• Grubbs Police Department
• Haynes Police Department
• Hickory Ridge Police Department^[18]
• Jacksonport Police Department
• Joiner Police Department
• Kingsland Marshal's Office
• Maynard Police Department
• Mt. Ida Police Department
• Newark Police Department
• Parkin Police Department^[19]
• Portia Police Department
• Reyno Police Department
• Sulphur Rock Marshal's Office
• Summit Police Department
• Waldenburg Police Department
• Yellville Police Department

References

1. 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, by Brian A Reaves, US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, July 2011
2. Flaherty, Joseph (June 16, 2022). "Applicants for Little Rock police chief include current, former law enforcement personnel from around the country". Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Retrieved October 15, 2022. Murry is a patrolman with the Arkansas Supreme Court Police Department in Little Rock, where he has worked since 2019, his application says.
3. "Faulkner County Sheriff's Office". Faulkner County Sheriff's Office. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
4. Hughes, Dave (28 May 2015). "Clarksville turns out to lay deputy to rest". Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
5. Official web site accessed 28 December 2014
6. Official web site accessed 28 December 2014
7. Official web site accessed 28 December 2014
8. Official web site accessed 28 December 2014
9. Merschon, Matt (4 June 2014). "Bryant Police use #CELLfies to publicly humiliate criminals". KATV. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
10. "Earle Police Officer Arrested for Possession of Drugs". Fox 16. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
11. Fired Fayetteville Officer Gets 5 Years Probation For Sexual Assault; by Shain Bergan, KFSM, 15 August 2014
12. Lawsuit Filed Against Fort Smith Police Department; by Stacy Ryburn, 28 December 2013, Times-Record
13. Charges against Hastings dismissed before third trial; by Gavin Lesnick, 7 April 2014, Arkansas Online
14. Official web site accessed 28 December 2014
15. Official web site accessed 28 December 2014
16. "Police Department". City of Pottsville. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
17. Joenks, Laurinda (August 23, 2020). "Bethel Heights ceases to exist Friday afternoon". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Little Rock: WEHCO Media. ISSN 1060-4332. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
18. Hankins, Stephen (January 16, 2003). "Hickory Ridge residents search for way to hire police officer". The Jonesboro Sun. Jonesboro. Retrieved December 13, 2020 – via NewsBank.
19. Heard, Kenneth (April 9, 2016). "Parkin mayor disbands police, cites cost". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Little Rock: WEHCO Media. p. 9. ISSN 1060-4332. Retrieved December 13, 2020.