List of law enforcement agencies in Arkansas explained
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Arkansas.
According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 237 law enforcement agencies employing 6,779 sworn police officers, about 236 for each 100,000 residents.[1]
State agencies
County agencies
- Arkansas County Sheriff's Office
- Ashley County Sheriff's Office
- Baxter County Sheriff's Office
- Benton County Sheriff's Office
- Boone County Sheriff's Office
- Bradley County Sheriff's Office
- Calhoun County Sheriff's Office
- Carroll County Sheriff's Office
- Chicot County Sheriff's Office
- Clark County Sheriff's Office
- Clay County Sheriff's Office
- Cleburne County Sheriff's Office
- Cleveland County Sheriff's Office
- Columbia County Sheriff's Office
- Conway County Sheriff's Office
- Craighead County Sheriff's Office
- Crawford County Sheriff's Office
- Crittenden County Sheriff's Office
- Cross County Sheriff's Office
- Dallas County Sheriff's Office
- Desha County Sheriff's Office
- Drew County Sheriff's Office
- Faulkner County Sheriff's Office[3]
- Franklin County Sheriff's Office
- Fulton County Sheriff's Office
- Garland County Sheriff's Office
- Grant County Sheriff's Office
- Greene County Sheriff's Office
- Hempstead County Sheriff's Office
- Hot Spring County Sheriff's Office
- Howard County Sheriff's Office
- Independence County Sheriff's Office
- Izard County Sheriff's Office
- Jackson County Sheriff's Office
- Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
- Johnson County Sheriff's Office[4]
- Lafayette County Sheriff's Office
- Lawrence County Sheriff's Office
- Lee County Sheriff's Office
- Lincoln County Sheriff's Office
- Little River County Sheriff's Office
- Logan County Sheriff's Office
- Lonoke County Sheriff's Office
- Madison County Sheriff's Office
- Marion County Sheriff's Office
- Miller County Sheriff's Office
- Mississippi County Sheriff's Office
- Monroe County Sheriff's Office
- Montgomery County Sheriff's Office
- Nevada County Sheriff's Office
- Newton County Sheriff's Office
- Ouachita County Sheriff's Office
- Perry County Sheriff's Office
- Phillips County Sheriff's Office
- Pike County Sheriff's Office
- Poinsett County Sheriff's Office
- Polk County Sheriff's Office
- Pope County Sheriff's Office
- Prairie County Sheriff's Office
- Pulaski County Sheriff's Office
- Randolph County Sheriff's Office
- Saint Francis County Sheriff's Office
- Saline County Sheriff's Office
- Scott County Sheriff's Office
- Searcy County Sheriff's Office
- Sebastian County Sheriff's Office
- Sevier County Sheriff's Office
- Sharp County Sheriff's Office
- Stone County Sheriff's Office
- Union County Sheriff's Office
- Van Buren County Sheriff's Office
- Washington County Sheriff's Office
- White County Sheriff's Office
- Woodruff County Sheriff's Office
- Yell County Sheriff's Office
City agencies
- Alexander Police Department[5]
- Alma Police Department[6]
- Altheimer Police Department Altus Police Department Amity Police Department Arkadelphia Police Department[7]
- Ash Flat Police Department[8]
- Ashdown Police Department Atkins Police Department Augusta Police Department
- Austin Police Department
- Bald Knob Police Department
- Barling Police Department Bauxite Police Department
- Bay Police Department
- Bearden Police Department
- Beebe Police Department
- Bella Vista Police Department
- Benton Police Department
- Bentonville Police Department
- Black Rock Police Department
- Blytheville Police Department
- Bono Police Department
- Booneville Police Department
- Bradford Police Department
- Bradley Police Department
- Brinkley Police Department
- Bryant Police Department[9]
- Bull Shoals Police Department
- Cabot Police Department
- Calion Police Department
- Camden Police Department
- Cammack Village Police Department
- Camp Robinson Police Department
- Caraway Police Department
- Carlisle Police Department
- Cave City Police Department
- Cave Springs Police Department
- Cedarville Police Department
- Centerton Police Department
- Charleston Police Department
- Cherokee Village Police Department
- Cherry Valley Police Department
- Chidester Police Department
- Clarendon Police Department
- Clarksville Police Department
- Clinton Police Department
- Coal Hill Police Department
- Concord Police Department
- Conway Police Department
- Corning Police Department
- Cotter Police Department
- Cotton Plant Police Department
- Crossett Police Department
- Damascus Police Department
- Danville Police Department
- Dardanelle Police Department
- De Queen Police Department
- De Witt Police Department
- Decatur Police Department
- Dell Police Department
- Dermott Police Department
- Des Arc Police Department
- Diamond City Police Department
- Diamondhead Police Department
- Diaz Police Department
- Dierks Police Department
- Dover Marshal's Office
- Dumas Police Department
- Earle Police Department[10]
- East Camden Police Department
- El Dorado Police Department
- Elaine Police Department
- Elkins Police Department
- England Police Department
- Eudora Police Department
- Eureka Springs Police Department
- Fairfield Bay Police Department
- Farmington Police Department
- Fayetteville Police Department[11]
- Flippin Police Department
- Fordyce Police Department
- Forrest City Police Department
- Fort Smith Police Department[12]
- Fouke Police Department
- Gassville Police Department
- Gentry Police Department
- Gillett Police Department
- Glenwood Police Department
- Gosnell Police Department
- Gould Police Department
- Grady Police Department
- Grannis Police Department
- Gravette Police Department
- Green Forest Police Department
- Greenbrier Police Department
- Greenland Police Department
- Greenwood Police Department
- Greers Ferry Police Department
- Gurdon Police Department
- Guy Police Department
- Hackett Police Department
- Hamburg Police Department
- Hampton Police Department
- Hardy Police Department
- Harrisburg Police Department
- Harrison Police Department
- Haskell Police Department
- Hazen Police Department
- Heber Springs Police Department
- Helena-West Helena Police Department
- Hermitage Police Department
- Higginson Police Department
- Highfill Police Department
- Highland Police Department
- Holly Grove Police Department
- Hope Police Department
- Horseshoe Bend Police Department
- Hot Springs Police Department
- Hot Springs Village Police Department
- Hoxie Police Department
- Hughes Police Department
- Humphrey Police Department
- Huntington Police Department
- Huntsville Police Department
- Huttig Police Department
- Jacksonville Police Department
- Jasper Police Department
- Johnson Police Department
- Jonesboro Police Department
- Judsonia Police Department
- Junction City Police Department
- Keiser Police Department
- Kensett Police Department
- Kibler Police Department
- Lake City Police Department
- Lake Village Police Department
- Lakeview Police Department
- Lamar Police Department
- Lavaca Police Department
- Leachville Police Department
- Lepanto Police Department
- Lincoln Police Department
- Little Flock Police Department
- Little Rock Police Department[13]
- London Police Department Lonoke Police Department[14]
- Lowell Police Department[15]
- Luxora Police Department Madison Police Department Magazine Police Department Magnolia Police Department
- Malvern Police Department
- Manila Police Department
- Mansfield Police Department
- Marianna Police Department
- Marion Police Department
- Marked Tree Police Department
- Marmaduke Police Department
- Marshall Police Department
- Marvell Police Department
- Maumelle Police Department
- Mayflower Police Department
- McCrory Police Department
- McGehee Police Department
- McRae Police Department
- Mena Police Department
- Menifee Police Department
- Mineral Springs Police Department
- Monette Police Department
- Monticello Police Department
- Morrilton Police Department
- Mountain Home Police Department
- Mountain View Police Department
- Mountainburg Police Department
- Mulberry Police Department
- Murfreesboro Police Department
- Nashville Police Department
- Newport Police Department
- Norphlet Police Department
- North Little Rock Police Department
- Oak Grove Heights Police Department
- Ola Police Department
- Oppelo Police Department
- Osceola Police Department
- Ozark Police Department
- Palestine Police Department
- Pangburn Police Department
- Paragould Police Department
- Paris Police Department
- Patterson Police Department
- Pea Ridge Police Department
- Perryville Police Department
- Piggott Police Department
- Pine Bluff Police Department
- Plainview Police Department
- Plumerville Police Department
- Pocahontas Police Department
- Portland Police Department
- Pottsville Police Department[16]
- Prairie Grove Police Department
- Prescott Police Department
- Quitman Police Department
- Rector Police Department
- Redfield Police Department
- Rison Police Department
- Rockport Police Department
- Rogers Police Department
- Rose Bud Police Department
- Russellville Police Department
- Salem Police Department
- Searcy Police Department
- Shannon Hills Police Department
- Sheridan Police Department
- Sherwood Police Department
- Siloam Springs Police Department
- Smackover Police Department
- Springdale Police Department
- Stamps Police Department
- Star City Police Department
- Stephens Police Department
- Strong Police Department
- Stuttgart Police Department
- Sulphur Springs Police Department
- Swifton Police Department
- Taylor Police Department
- Texarkana Police Department
- Tontitown Police Department
- Trumann Police Department
- Tuckerman Police Department
- Turrell Police Department
- Tyronza Police Department
- Van Buren Police Department
- Vilonia Police Department
- Waldo Police Department
- Waldron Police Department
- Walnut Ridge Police Department
- Ward Police Department
- Warren Police Department
- Weiner Police Department
- West Fork Police Department
- West Memphis Police Department
- Wheatley City Marshal's Office
- White Hall Police Department
- Widener Police Department
- Wilmot Police Department
- Winchester Marshal's Office
- Wynne Police Department
College and university agencies
- Arkansas State University Police
- Arkansas Tech University Department of Public Safety
- Black River Technical College Police
- Henderson State University Police
- Northwest Arkansas Community College Police
- North Arkansas College Police
- Southern Arkansas University Police Department
- University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Police Department
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock Police Department
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Police Department
- University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Police Department
- University of Arkansas at Morrilton Police Department
- University of Arkansas at Monticello Department of Public Safety
- University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Police Department
- University of Central Arkansas Police Department
Other agencies
Defunct Agencies
- Alicia Police Department
- Amagon Police Department
- Belleville City Marshal's Office
- Bethel Heights Police Department[17]
- Biggers Police Department
- Caldwell Marshal's Office
- College City Marshal's Office
- Colt Police Department
- Edmondson Police Department
- Fisher Police Department
- Foreman Marshal's Office
- Grubbs Police Department
- Haynes Police Department
- Hickory Ridge Police Department[18]
- Jacksonport Police Department
- Joiner Police Department
- Kingsland Marshal's Office
- Maynard Police Department
- Mt. Ida Police Department
- Newark Police Department
- Parkin Police Department[19]
- Portia Police Department
- Reyno Police Department
- Sulphur Rock Marshal's Office
- Summit Police Department
- Waldenburg Police Department
- Yellville Police Department
Notes and References
- 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, by Brian A Reaves, US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, July 2011
- Web site: Flaherty . Joseph . Applicants for Little Rock police chief include current, former law enforcement personnel from around the country . Arkansas Democrat Gazette . October 15, 2022 . June 16, 2022 . Murry is a patrolman with the Arkansas Supreme Court Police Department in Little Rock, where he has worked since 2019, his application says..
- Web site: Faulkner County Sheriff's Office . Faulkner County Sheriff's Office . 6 January 2019.
- News: Hughes. Dave. Clarksville turns out to lay deputy to rest. 29 May 2015. Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. 28 May 2015.
- Official web site accessed 28 December 2014
- Official web site accessed 28 December 2014
- Official web site accessed 28 December 2014
- Official web site accessed 28 December 2014
- News: Merschon. Matt. Bryant Police use #CELLfies to publicly humiliate criminals. 29 May 2015. KATV. 4 June 2014.
- News: Earle Police Officer Arrested for Possession of Drugs. 23 March 2015. Fox 16. 23 March 2015.
- Fired Fayetteville Officer Gets 5 Years Probation For Sexual Assault; by Shain Bergan, KFSM, 15 August 2014
- Lawsuit Filed Against Fort Smith Police Department; by Stacy Ryburn, 28 December 2013, Times-Record
- Charges against Hastings dismissed before third trial; by Gavin Lesnick, 7 April 2014, Arkansas Online
- Official web site accessed 28 December 2014
- Official web site accessed 28 December 2014
- Web site: Police Department . City of Pottsville . 6 June 2021.
- Web site: Laurinda . Joenks . August 23, 2020 . Bethel Heights ceases to exist Friday afternoon . . Little Rock . WEHCO Media . 1060-4332 . December 13, 2020 .
- Web site: Hickory Ridge residents search for way to hire police officer . Stephen . Hankins . January 16, 2003 . The Jonesboro Sun . Jonesboro . December 13, 2020 . .
- Web site: Parkin mayor disbands police, cites cost . Kenneth . Heard . Arkansas Democrat-Gazette . Little Rock . WEHCO Media . April 9, 2016 . 9 . 1060-4332 . December 13, 2020 .