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12-12-211. Access to records.
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12-12-211. Access to records.
(a)(1) The Arkansas Crime Information Center shall make criminal history records on persons available in accordance with §§ 12-12-1008 — 12-12-1011.
(2) Release of other noncriminal history records shall be in accordance with policies and rules established by the Supervisory Board for the Arkansas Crime Information Center.
(b)(1) The Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration shall be considered a criminal justice agency solely for the purpose of securing information from the center regarding the address or whereabouts of any deserting parent from whom the office is charged with collecting child support.
(2) Any information received by the Crime Victims Reparations Board through the office of the Attorney General obtained from the center pursuant to § 16-90-712 shall not be available for examination except by the affected claimant or his or her duly authorized representative.
(3)(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to disclose information obtained under this subsection except:
(i) For the purpose of performing the duties of the:
(a) Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration; or
(b) Crime Victims Reparations Board; or
(ii) Upon court order.
(B) Upon conviction, any person violating subdivision (b)(3)(A) of this section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(c)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (c)(2) of this section, an elected law enforcement officer of a political subdivision of this state shall not be allowed access to information from the center unless either the elected law enforcement officer or a law enforcement officer within his or her department has successfully completed
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-12-211
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12-12-211. Access to records.
(a)(1) The Arkansas Crime Information Center shall make criminal history records on persons available in accordance with §§ 12-12-1008 — 12-12-1011.
(2) Release of other noncriminal history records shall be in accordance with policies and rules established by the Supervisory Board for the Arkansas Crime Information Center.
(b)(1) The Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration shall be considered a criminal justice agency solely for the purpose of securing information from the center regarding the address or whereabouts of any deserting parent from whom the office is charged with collecting child support.
(2) Any information received by the Crime Victims Reparations Board through the office of the Attorney General obtained from the center pursuant to § 16-90-712 shall not be available for examination except by the affected claimant or his or her duly authorized representative.
(3)(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to disclose information obtained under this subsection except:
(i) For the purpose of performing the duties of the:
(a) Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration; or
(b) Crime Victims Reparations Board; or
(ii) Upon court order.
(B) Upon conviction, any person violating subdivision (b)(3)(A) of this section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(c)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (c)(2) of this section, an elected law enforcement officer of a political subdivision of this state shall not be allowed access to information from the center unless either the elected law enforcement officer or a law enforcement officer within his or her department has successfully completed the preparatory program of police training required by the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training for certification of law enforcement officers.
(2) A constable shall have access to information from the center if the commission certifies that the constable has completed the course required by § 14-14-1314.
(d)(1) The State Board of Law Examiners shall be deemed to be a regulatory agency having specific statutory access to the records of the center as provided by subsection (a) of this section.
(2) In that capacity, the State Board of Law Examiners shall require each applicant for admission to the Bar of Arkansas to be fingerprinted.
(3) The center is authorized to accept fingerprints or other information provided to it by the State Board of Law Examiners and is further authorized to release to the State Board of Law Examiners any requested information, including state, multistate, and Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history records, as they may relate to applicants for admission to the bar.
(e) The center shall provide access to the insurance verification database that contains the information provided to the Department of Finance and Administration or to a vendor designated by the department under § 27-22-107 to law enforcement officers during the course of traffic stops.
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12-12-1008. Dissemination for criminal justice purposes.
(a) Pending information, conviction information, and nonconviction information available through the Arkansas Crime Information Center, plus information obtained through the Interstate Identification Index or from another state's record system and juvenile aftercare and custody information, shall be disseminated to criminal justice agencies and officials for the administration of criminal justice.
(b) A criminal justice agency shall query the center to obtain the latest updated information prior to disseminating criminal history information, unless the criminal justice agency knows that the center does not maintain the criminal history information or is incapable of responding within the necessary time period.
(c) If a criminal justice agency disseminates criminal history information received from the center to another criminal justice agency, the disseminating criminal justice agency shall maintain for at least one (1) year a dissemination log recording the identity of the record subject, the agencies or persons to whom the criminal history information was disseminated, and the date it was provided.
(d) A sealed record shall be made available to criminal justice agencies for criminal justice purposes as other laws permit.
(e) A DNA sample or DNA record obtained under this subchapter shall be disseminated only to criminal justice agencies and criminal justice officials for the administration of criminal justice.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-12-1008
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12-12-1011. Dissemination limited.
(a) Release of criminal history information for noncriminal justice purposes shall be made only by the Identification Bureau of the Department of Arkansas State Police or the central repository, under the limitations contained in § 12-12-1009, and such compiled records will not be released or disclosed for noncriminal justice purposes by other agencies in the state.
(b) Intelligence and investigative files maintained by law enforcement agencies shall be kept separated from criminal history information and shall not be subject to dissemination under the provisions of this subchapter.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-12-1011
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14-14-1314. Constable training requirements — Uniform requirements.
(a)(1)(A) For a constable to have access to information from the Arkansas Crime Information Center:
(i) He or she shall satisfactorily complete the constable certification course provided by the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training; and
(ii) Each year after completing the certification course required under subdivision (a)(1)(A)(i) of this section, he or she shall satisfactorily complete sixteen (16) hours of training certified by the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training.
(B) For a constable to carry a firearm:
(i) He or she shall attend sixteen (16) hours of firearms training; and
(ii) Each year after completing the training required under subdivision (a)(1)(B)(i) of this section, he or she shall satisfy the firearm qualification standards for a law enforcement official.
(2) A constable holding office on July 31, 2007, is exempt from the requirements of subdivision (a)(1) of this section if the constable has completed:
(A) The Part-time Law Enforcement Officer training or higher level training course; and
(B) Mandatory racial profiling courses.
(b)(1) In the performance of his or her official duties, a constable shall wear a uniform consisting of:
(A) A white shirt on formal occasions at any time;
(B)(i) A constable identification patch on the left shoulder of the shirt and an American flag on the right shoulder.
(ii) The top of each patch shall be one inch (1") down from the shoulder seam of the shirt;
(C) A name tag above the right pocket flap of the shirt;
(D) A six-point star containing the words “Arkansas Constable” on the left side of the shirt; and
(E) The following pants:
(i) Tan pants; or
(ii) Blue or black p
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-14-1314
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16-90-712. Conditions for reparations — Changes in awards.
(a) Reparations shall not be awarded:
(1) Unless the claim has been filed with the Crime Victims Reparations Board within one (1) year after the injury or death upon which the claim is based, unless the board finds good cause for the failure to file a timely claim;
(2) To a claimant who was the offender or an accomplice of the offender;
(3) To another person if the award would unjustly benefit the offender or accomplice;
(4) To a victim who is injured or killed while confined in state, county, or municipal jail, prison, or other correctional facility as a result of conviction of any crime;
(5) To any claimant who has been convicted of a felony involving criminally injurious conduct;
(6) Unless the criminally injurious conduct resulting in injury or death was reported to the proper authorities within seventy-two (72) hours after its occurrence, or the board finds there was good cause for the failure to report within that time; or
(7)(A)(i) If there are insufficient funds in the Crime Victims Reparations Revolving Fund.
(ii) However, when sufficient funds become available, the awards which have not been paid shall be paid in chronological order with the oldest paid first, unless the board finds that compelling circumstances support a payment out of chronological order.
(B) Any award under this subchapter is specifically not a claim against the state if it cannot be paid due to a lack of funds in the fund.
(b) Reparations otherwise payable to a claimant shall be diminished to the extent:
(1) That the economic loss is recouped from collateral sources; or
(2) Of the degree of responsibility for the cause of the injury or death attributable to the victim, as determined by the board.
(c) Upo
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-90-712
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 16-90-712. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.