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State police tell Joint Budget Committee taxpayer funds can cover governor protection, confirm 40 troopers sent to D.C. inauguration
Summary
Arkansas State Police officials told the Joint Budget Committee the state pays for executive protection details in some cases and confirmed the agency sent 40 troopers to Washington, D.C., last year for the presidential inauguration; the department said most costs for that deployment will be reimbursed by the federal government.
Arkansas State Police officials told the Joint Budget Committee that state taxpayer dollars do pay for the governor’s executive protection detail in certain circumstances and that the agency sent 40 troopers to Washington, D.C., last year for the presidential inauguration.
The committee heard the Department of Public Safety’s executive protection report as item B3. Mike Hager, secretary of the Department of Public Safety and director of state police, and Karen Perry, the department’s chief financial officer, answered questions…
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