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5-77-202. Law enforcement insignia sales.
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5-77-202. Law enforcement insignia sales.
(a)(1) It is unlawful to sell official law enforcement insignia to any person other than a law enforcement officer.
(2) It is unlawful for a person other than a law enforcement officer to buy official law enforcement insignia.
(b) Before selling official law enforcement insignia, the seller shall require the buyer to provide identification that legally demonstrates that the buyer is currently employed as a law enforcement officer or is currently an appointed auxiliary law enforcement officer.
(c) A violation of this section is a Class D felony.
(d) As used in this section:
(1) “Auxiliary law enforcement officer” means the same as defined in § 12-9-301; and
(2) “Official law enforcement insignia” means those items relating to the performance of a person's duty as a law enforcement officer when the items are formally sanctioned by the law enforcement agency employing the person.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-77-202
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5-77-202. Law enforcement insignia sales.
(a)(1) It is unlawful to sell official law enforcement insignia to any person other than a law enforcement officer.
(2) It is unlawful for a person other than a law enforcement officer to buy official law enforcement insignia.
(b) Before selling official law enforcement insignia, the seller shall require the buyer to provide identification that legally demonstrates that the buyer is currently employed as a law enforcement officer or is currently an appointed auxiliary law enforcement officer.
(c) A violation of this section is a Class D felony.
(d) As used in this section:
(1) “Auxiliary law enforcement officer” means the same as defined in § 12-9-301; and
(2) “Official law enforcement insignia” means those items relating to the performance of a person's duty as a law enforcement officer when the items are formally sanctioned by the law enforcement agency employing the person.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
12-9-301. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Auxiliary law enforcement officer” means a person who meets the minimum standards and training requirements prescribed for auxiliary law enforcement officers by law and rules, and who is appointed by a political subdivision or a law enforcement agency as a reserve officer, but does not include any law enforcement officer or deputy county sheriff employed by a planned community property owners' association;
(2) “Commission” means the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training as established by § 12-9-103;
(3) “Direct supervision” means having a designated on-duty, full-time certified law enforcement officer responsible for the direction, conduct, and performance of the auxiliary law enforcement officer when that auxiliary law enforcement officer is working an assigned duty, but does not mean that the full-time certified law enforcement officer must be in the physical presence of the auxiliary law enforcement officer when the auxiliary law enforcement officer is working an assigned duty;
(4) “Honorary police officer” means any person having no law enforcement authority except as a private citizen;
(5) “Law enforcement agency” means any police force or organization whose primary responsibility as established by statute or ordinance is the enforcement of the criminal, traffic, or highway laws of this state;
(6) “Law enforcement officer” means any appointed law enforcement officer or county sheriff who is responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement of the criminal, traffic, or highway laws of this state;
(7) “Part-time law enforcement officer” means, as applied to employment and training requirements, a law enforcement officer who works twenty-four (24) hou
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-9-301
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 12-9-301. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.