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FBI combatting cyber attacks on private businesses

Credit FBI 6.30.22 – KNWA/KFTA – LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Local businesses can prevent cyberattacks with help from the FBI. – A new cyber workforce at the Federal Bureau of Investigation Little Rock is combatting cyberattacks on Arkansas’ businesses,...

Counties slow to tell plans for 911 merger

Telecommunicator Kristy Smuck monitors a series of computer screens at the Conway Emergency Operations Center on June 17. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Colin Murphey) 6.26.22 – NWA Online  The Arkansas 911 Board has not received the required plans from any of the...

Arkansas crime stats will be apples to oranges

6.14.22 – AXIOS  About 87% of Arkansas law enforcement agencies reported 2021 crime data to the FBI, outpacing the national average of about 60%. About 87% of Arkansas law enforcement agencies reported 2021 crime data to the FBI, outpacing the national average...

Gov. Hutchinson announces reinstatement of school safety commission

The Commission’s first meeting will be Tuesday, June 14, with the initial report being due to Gov. Hutchinson on Aug. 1. ((Source: KAIT-TV)) 6.10. 22 – LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT) Gov. Hutchinson announces reinstatement of school safety commission.– With concerns...

5 Arkansas lawmakers lose to GOP primary foes

‘Progressive socialist’ votes ascribed to one of defeated by Michael R. Wickline, Rachel Herzog | May 26, 2022 at 7:17 a.m. “I Voted” stickers sit on a table, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, at the Cambridge City Hall annex, on the first morning...