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Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training details statutory cleanups in HB12‑48 (ELITA package)
Summary
Director Jamie Cook presented HB 12‑48, a multi‑statute package to clarify training, certification and decertification rules for Arkansas law enforcement; the committee discussed certification levels, auxiliary officer records, radar certification, sealed‑record access, and passed the bill by voice vote.
House Bill 12‑48, the ELITA package for the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training (CLEST), was presented in detail by Director Jamie Cook and approved by the committee by voice vote.
Cook said the bill would adjust 12 statutes to reduce ambiguity: add state agencies to statutory lists to ensure uniformity across agencies; eliminate a two‑tier part‑time certification scheme (removing 'part time 1' and 'part time 2'…
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