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12-12-1004. Completeness and accuracy.
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12-12-1004. Completeness and accuracy.
(a) The Arkansas Crime Information Center and the State Crime Laboratory shall implement procedures that will, to the maximum extent feasible, ensure the completeness and accuracy of all criminal history information in this state.
(b) All criminal justice agencies and criminal justice officials shall maintain complete and accurate records, as may be appropriate to their area of operation, and shall report information from the records as required in §§ 12-12-1006 and 12-12-1007.
(c) The center shall maintain all information reported under this subchapter in a complete and permanent manner to ensure that records are not altered, unlawfully purged, or otherwise lost.
(d) The State Crime Laboratory shall maintain all DNA samples or DNA records obtained under this subchapter in a complete and permanent manner to ensure that DNA samples or DNA records are not altered, unlawfully purged, or lost.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-12-1004
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12-12-1004. Completeness and accuracy.
(a) The Arkansas Crime Information Center and the State Crime Laboratory shall implement procedures that will, to the maximum extent feasible, ensure the completeness and accuracy of all criminal history information in this state.
(b) All criminal justice agencies and criminal justice officials shall maintain complete and accurate records, as may be appropriate to their area of operation, and shall report information from the records as required in §§ 12-12-1006 and 12-12-1007.
(c) The center shall maintain all information reported under this subchapter in a complete and permanent manner to ensure that records are not altered, unlawfully purged, or otherwise lost.
(d) The State Crime Laboratory shall maintain all DNA samples or DNA records obtained under this subchapter in a complete and permanent manner to ensure that DNA samples or DNA records are not altered, unlawfully purged, or lost.
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12-12-1006. Fingerprinting, DNA sample collection, and photographing.
(a)(1)(A) Immediately following an arrest for an offense, a law enforcement official at the receiving criminal detention facility shall take, or cause to be taken, the fingerprints and a photograph of the arrested person if the offense is a felony or a Class A misdemeanor.
(B) A law enforcement official at the receiving criminal detention facility shall not take fingerprints of the arrested person if:
(i) The arrest was for a probation violation; and
(ii) The arrested person's fingerprints are already possessed by the Identification Bureau of the Department of Arkansas State Police.
(2) In addition to the requirements of subdivision (a)(1) of this section, a law enforcement official at the receiving criminal detention facility shall take, or cause to be taken, a DNA sample of a person arrested for any felony offense.
(b)(1) When the first appearance of a defendant in court is caused by a citation or summons for an offense, a law enforcement official at the receiving criminal detention facility shall take, or cause to be taken, the fingerprints and a photograph of the arrested person when the offense is a felony or a Class A misdemeanor.
(2) In addition to the requirements of subdivision (b)(1) of this section, if the first appearance of a defendant in court is caused by a citation or summons for a felony offense enumerated in subdivision (a)(2) of this section, the court immediately shall order and a law enforcement officer shall take or cause to be taken a DNA sample of the arrested person.
(c)(1) When felony or Class A misdemeanor charges are brought against a person already in the custody of a law enforcement agency or correctional agency and the charges are separate from the ch
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-12-1006
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 12-12-1006. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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12-12-1007. Reporting requirements.
(a) Certain events occurring during the course of a criminal prosecution must be reported for inclusion in a criminal history record. The following events shall be reportable events:
(1) An arrest;
(2) The release of a person after arrest without the filing of a charge;
(3) A decision by a prosecutor not to commence criminal proceedings or to defer or indefinitely postpone prosecution;
(4) An indictment or criminal information or other statement of charges;
(5) The dismissal of an indictment or criminal information, or of any of the charges set out in such indictment or criminal information;
(6) An acquittal, finding of guilt, or other court disposition at or following trial, including dispositions of probationary status;
(7) The terms and conditions of a sentence;
(8) A commitment to a state or local correctional facility;
(9) A commitment to a hospital or other facility as not being criminally responsible or as incompetent to stand trial;
(10) The entry of an appeal to an appellate court;
(11) The judgment of an appellate court;
(12) A pardon, reprieve, commutation, or other change in sentence; and
(13) Other events occurring during the course of the criminal proceedings determined to be reportable.
(b) A reportable event specified in subsection (a) of this section shall be reported by those criminal justice officials or agencies directly responsible for the reportable action, event, or decision.
(c) The form and content of reported information and the method of reporting shall be specified by the Arkansas Crime Information Center and the Administrative Office of the Courts.
(d) Criminal justice agencies shall report criminal history information, whether directly or indirectly, manually or by means
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-12-1007
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 12-12-1007. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.