2016 Arkansas Code
Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs
Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs
Chapter 8 - Department of Arkansas State Police
Subchapter 4 - -- Arkansas Speed Trap Law
§ 12-8-404. Sanctions
(a) (1) Upon the completion of an inquiry, the Director of the Department of Arkansas State Police shall forward all information to the prosecuting attorney of the affected municipality, who will make the determination as to whether the municipality has abused its police power.
(2) The prosecuting attorney shall have the power to issue the following sanctions:
(A) Order that a municipality abusing police power cease patrolling any or all affected highways; or
(B) Order that all or any part of future fines and court costs received from traffic law violations or misdemeanor cases where the location of the offense is an affected highway be paid over to a county fund for the maintenance and operation of the public schools located in the county in which the municipality is located.
(b) Any violation of the sanction ordered under subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section by any police officer shall constitute a Class A misdemeanor for each citation or summons issued or misdemeanor arrest made in violation of the prosecuting attorney's order.
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