Arkansas Code of 1987 (2024)
Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109)
Subtitle 2 - LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-6-101 — 12-20-301)
Chapter 10 - COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS (§§ 12-10-201 — 12-10-330)
Subchapter 3 - ARKANSAS PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS AND NEXT GENERATION 911 ACT OF 1985 (§§ 12-10-301 — 12-10-330)
Section 12-10-316 - Public safety answering points - Access to information

• (a) A public safety answering point and dispatch center designated by the chief executive of the political subdivision may be considered an element in the communications network connecting state, county, and local authorities to a centralized state depository of information in order to serve the public safety and criminal justice community.

• (b) A public safety answering point and dispatch center is restricted in that it may access files in the centralized state depository of information only for the purpose of providing information to:
  • (1) An end user as authorized by state law; and
  • (2) An authorized recipient of the contents of those files, in the absence of serving as an information service agency.

• (c) The designation of the public safety answering point as an information provider to an authorized recipient and an agency of a political subdivision shall be made by the chief executive of each political subdivision.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 660,§ 3, eff. 7/24/2019.

Acts 1985, No. 683, § 7; A.S.A. 1947, § 73-1828; Acts 2005, No. 1962, § 32.