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§ 12-10-201. Definitions

As used in this subchapter: (1) “Assigned county frequency” means a frequency assigned to a specific county sheriff’s office for carrying on day-to-day operations within the county. This frequency is allocated for use by the specific county-based stations and mobile units which are participating in the statewide communications system; (2) “High band communication system” means […]

§ 12-10-202. Transmissions by unauthorized persons — Penalty

(a) It shall be unlawful to transmit over a frequency assigned to a law enforcement agency or department unless it has been approved by the agency or department head or his or her designee. (b) Violation of this or any other portion of this subchapter shall constitute a Class A misdemeanor.

§ 12-10-203. Policy committee

(a) A seven-member policy committee composed of two (2) representatives each from the Arkansas Sheriffs’ Association, the Arkansas Association of Chiefs of Police, and the Arkansas Law Enforcement Officers Association and one (1) representative from the Division of Arkansas State Police will be responsible for policy making and for policing a statewide communication system. (b) […]

§ 12-10-204. Special conditions for use of statewide emergency frequency

The following constitute conditions whereby the emergency frequency can be used if assistance from other counties or the Department of Arkansas State Police is needed: (1) A potential life or death situation such as: (A) A serious traffic accident involving personal injury; (B) Major danger to life from chemicals, explosives, gas, or nuclear or other […]

§ 12-10-205. Frequency allocation

(a) The assigned county operating frequency will be used for: (1) Base-to-mobile and mobile-to-mobile unit transmissions within each county; (2) Base-to-base radio transmissions within those counties which have more than one (1) base station operating on the county frequency; (3) Emergency transmission using a 10-33 code within each county when assistance from other counties or […]

§ 12-10-206. Assigned county operating frequency

The following counties shall be assigned the following frequencies: (1) Thirty-seven and four hundredths megahertz (37.04 MHz): Calhoun, Chicot, Clark, Faulkner, Fulton, Little River, Monroe, Newton, Poinsett, and Scott; (2) Thirty-seven and six hundredths megahertz (37.06 MHz): Ashley, Benton, Cleburne, Columbia, Cross, Jefferson, Howard, Logan, Marion, and Randolph; (3) Thirty-seven and eight hundredths megahertz (37.08 […]

§ 12-10-207. Interfacing the Department of Arkansas State Police Communications System

In order to interface the separate Department of Arkansas State Police communications system with that of the statewide law enforcement communications system: (1) All municipal and county law enforcement agencies should install receivers on the frequency of the district of the Department of Arkansas State Police in which their county or city is located, at […]

§ 12-10-208. Official transmissions only

(a) All radio transmissions should be used for conducting official law enforcement business only and should be as clear and concise as possible. (b) Standard “ten signals” and the phonetic alphabet are recommended for use by all participating agencies.