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26-57-266. Enforcement agents — Selection — Qualifications — Authority.
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26-57-266. Enforcement agents — Selection — Qualifications — Authority.
(a) Arkansas Tobacco Control is designated as a law enforcement agency.
(b) The Director of Arkansas Tobacco Control shall assign personnel as agents of Arkansas Tobacco Control to conduct investigations of violations of tobacco laws in this state.
(c) Personnel assigned as agents of Arkansas Tobacco Control shall:
(1) Be considered fulltime law enforcement officers by the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training under § 12-9-101 et seq.; and
(2) Have statewide law enforcement authority.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 26-57-266
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Source file: gov.ar.code.title.26.odt
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26-57-266. Enforcement agents — Selection — Qualifications — Authority.
(a) Arkansas Tobacco Control is designated as a law enforcement agency.
(b) The Director of Arkansas Tobacco Control shall assign personnel as agents of Arkansas Tobacco Control to conduct investigations of violations of tobacco laws in this state.
(c) Personnel assigned as agents of Arkansas Tobacco Control shall:
(1) Be considered fulltime law enforcement officers by the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training under § 12-9-101 et seq.; and
(2) Have statewide law enforcement authority.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
12-9-101. Legislative determinations.
The General Assembly finds and determines that:
(1) The administration of criminal justice is of statewide concern and that law enforcement is important to the health, safety, and welfare of the people of this state;
(2) The state has a responsibility to ensure effective law enforcement by establishing minimum selection, training, and educational requirements for law enforcement officers and also to encourage advanced in-service training programs; and
(3) It is in the public interest that minimum levels of education and training be developed and made available to persons seeking to become law enforcement officers and to persons presently serving as law enforcement officers.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-9-101
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 12-9-101. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.