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Arkansas State Police outline Child Abuse Hotline procedures to joint legislative subcommittee
Summary
Major Jeff Drew and Lt. Colonel Jason Aaron of the Arkansas State Police briefed a joint legislative subcommittee on the daily steps hotline agents take when handling child abuse calls and on procedures for referring cases to the Division of Children and Family Services. The panel approved its prior minutes and adjourned after the presentation.
LITTLE ROCK — Major Jeff Drew, commander of the Crimes Against Children Division at the Arkansas State Police, and Lt. Colonel Jason Aaron, deputy director of the Arkansas State Police, presented the agency’s daily procedures for handling Child Abuse Hotline calls to a joint subcommittee of the Arkansas Legislative Council on Sept. 19, 2025.
The presentation to the Hospital, Medicaid, and Developmental Disabilities Study Subcommittee — meeting jointly as the Senate Committee on Children and Youth and the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, and Legislative Affairs — summarized what an agent does when a report comes in and described the next steps for referring reports to the Division of Children and Family Services (DCFS). The briefing focused on the sequence of hotline intake, initial assessment, and formal reporting channels to DCFS for case handling and follow-up.
The briefing was the meeting’s primary agenda item after Representative Mary Bentley called the session to order at 10:00 a.m. Major Drew and Lt. Colonel Aaron outlined how hotline calls are processed internally by Arkansas State Police personnel and emphasized the procedural link to DCFS for subsequent child-welfare action. The presenters did not provide direct quotes in the record distributed with the meeting minutes; their summary was described in the transcript as an overview of daily procedures and reporting steps.
Before the presentation, the committee completed routine business: Representative Tony Furman moved to approve the committee’s June 23, 2025 minutes; Representative Keith Brooks seconded the motion, and the motion carried. The transcript does not record a roll-call vote or a tally.
The meeting took place at the Arkansas State Police Headquarters Commission Room in Little Rock and adjourned at 11:00 a.m. There were no recorded votes or formal committee actions related to policy changes or funding following the ASP presentation.
