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16-81-118. Citation and arrest by a school resource officer — Definition.
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16-81-118. Citation and arrest by a school resource officer — Definition.
(a) As used in this section, “school resource officer” means a school resource officer as described under § 6-10-128.
(b) A school resource officer may issue a citation to a person to appear in the local district court having jurisdiction over the place where a violation of state law occurred even if the school resource officer is outside of his or her jurisdiction if:
(1) The school resource officer is accompanying students on a school-sanctioned event that takes the students outside the county in which the school is located;
(2) The violation of state law is in conjunction with criminal activity that directly involves the students, school employees, or other persons participating in, observing, or assisting the school-sanctioned event; and
(3) The person who is the recipient of the citation is a student, school employee, or other person participating in, observing, or assisting the school-sanctioned event.
(c) The school resource officer shall use a citation book that substantially complies with the citation requirements under § 16-10-205.
(d)(1) A citation issued under this section is not valid unless the school resource officer provides at a minimum:
(A) The address and phone number of the district court having jurisdiction;
(B) The date and time when the recipient of the citation is to appear in the district court;
(C) A cite to the specific state law that was alleged to have been violated;
(D) The printed name and date of birth of the person receiving the citation; and
(E)(i) An opportunity for the person receiving the citation to sign the citation.
(ii) If the person who is to receive the citation refuses to sign the citation, the school resource officer is require
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-81-118
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16-81-118. Citation and arrest by a school resource officer — Definition.
(a) As used in this section, “school resource officer” means a school resource officer as described under § 6-10-128.
(b) A school resource officer may issue a citation to a person to appear in the local district court having jurisdiction over the place where a violation of state law occurred even if the school resource officer is outside of his or her jurisdiction if:
(1) The school resource officer is accompanying students on a school-sanctioned event that takes the students outside the county in which the school is located;
(2) The violation of state law is in conjunction with criminal activity that directly involves the students, school employees, or other persons participating in, observing, or assisting the school-sanctioned event; and
(3) The person who is the recipient of the citation is a student, school employee, or other person participating in, observing, or assisting the school-sanctioned event.
(c) The school resource officer shall use a citation book that substantially complies with the citation requirements under § 16-10-205.
(d)(1) A citation issued under this section is not valid unless the school resource officer provides at a minimum:
(A) The address and phone number of the district court having jurisdiction;
(B) The date and time when the recipient of the citation is to appear in the district court;
(C) A cite to the specific state law that was alleged to have been violated;
(D) The printed name and date of birth of the person receiving the citation; and
(E)(i) An opportunity for the person receiving the citation to sign the citation.
(ii) If the person who is to receive the citation refuses to sign the citation, the school resource officer is required to arrest the person and deliver him or her to the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction immediately.
(2) The school resource officer shall file a copy of the citation issued under this section at least fifteen (15) days before the court date listed on the citation.
(3) The school resource officer shall provide a person receiving a citation under this section a full and complete copy of the citation.
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16-10-205. Citations.
(a) Each municipal police department, city or town marshal, and county sheriff's office shall maintain and issue uniform written citations or electronic citations for violation of all municipal and state laws.
(b)(1) All uniform written citation books must be prenumbered by the printer and a printer's certificate shall be furnished to the police department, marshal's office, or sheriff's office, and the certificate shall be made available for inspection.
(2) The certificate must state the printing date, the numerical sequence of citations printed, and the printer's name.
(c) All void or spoiled written citations must be accounted for by attaching all copies to the hard copy in the uniform citation book.
(d)(1) All written citations must have at least an original and three (3) copies used and distributed as follows:
(A) Hard copy: Violator's copy;
(B) White copy: Police department, marshal's office, or sheriff's office copy;
(C)(i) Yellow copy: Court clerk's copy, to be forwarded to the Office of Driver Services as provided in this subdivision (d)(1)(C).
(ii) Within five (5) business days after a conviction or forfeiture of bail of a person charged with a violation of any law regulating the operation of vehicles on a highway, § 3-3-203(a) or § 5-27-503(a)(3), the clerk shall forward the yellow copy covering the case in which the person was convicted or forfeited bail.
(iii) The yellow copy shall be certified by the person required to prepare it and shall include the name and address of the party charged, the registration number of the vehicle involved, the nature of the offense, the date of hearing, the plea, the judgment or whether bail was forfeited, and the amount of the fine or forfeiture.
(iv) Within five (5) business days
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-10-205
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 16-10-205. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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6-10-128. School resource officers.
(a) A school district board of directors may accept from a local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction a school resource officer to assist with school security, safety, emergency preparedness, emergency response, or any other responsibility assigned to the school resource officer by the school or law enforcement agency.
(b) A school resource officer shall be a certified law enforcement officer and shall have statewide jurisdiction as described under § 16-81-118.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-10-128
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 6-10-128. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.