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2017 Arkansas Code
Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs
Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs
Chapter 6 - General Provisions
Subchapter 5 - State Law Enforcement Agencies
§ 12-6-501. Award of flags -- Definitions
Universal Citation: AR Code § 12-6-501 (2017)
- (a) As used in this section:
- (1) "In the course of employment" means at any time when a law enforcement officer is on duty as a law enforcement officer or is performing an act ordinarily performed by a law enforcement officer although the law enforcement officer is not actually on duty at the time;
- (2) "Law enforcement officer" means a public servant employed by a state law enforcement agency and vested by law with a duty to maintain order or to make arrests for offenses; and
- (3) "State law enforcement agency" means a state agency that is responsible for enforcing the criminal laws, traffic laws, highway laws, or game and fish laws of this state.
- (b)
- (1) A state law enforcement agency may award one (1) United States flag to the family of a law enforcement officer who lost his or her life in the course of employment with the state law enforcement agency.
- (2) As used in this subsection, "family" means "family" as defined in the rules or procedures of the state law enforcement agency.
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