ACTION ALERT!! – HB1349 Must Be KILLED!
ACTION ALERT in ARKANSAS!
This bill will be heard in committee Thursday,
Feb. 21, 2013 at 10:00 a.m!!
Secure Arkansas and Secure The Republic have discovered another bill that MUST be killed because it will expand the Federal arrest powers to ALL Federal law enforcement officers:
HB1349: An
Under current law, the Sheriff is the only Chief Law Enforcement Officer in the County and has ultimate authority, even over all Federal agencies.
This is and should remain a balance of powers between the federal government and local law enforcement. The Sheriff has the power to ward against the encroachment of the federal government in his/her own county!
However, HB1349 (if enacted) will expand the Federal arrest powers to ALL Federal law enforcement officers. This will bring Arkansas one step closer to a complete police state.
“Federal law enforcement officer” means any officer, agent, or employee of the United States authorized by law or by a Government agency to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of any violation of Federal criminal law;
For a list of the Federal law enforcement in the United States, click here or here
. The list may surprise you!
HB1349 is
scheduled to be heard in the House Committee on Judiciary on Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in room 149, State Capitol.
That’s TOMORROW!
Please call and/or email the sponsors of this bill TODAY and ask them to reconsider their sponsorship. You may leave a message for them. Their contact information is below.
Then, please call and/or email the members of the House Committee on Judiciary (contact info below).
#1 Priority:
Rep. John Baine (D) Co-sponsor
870-862-2002
AND
Rep. Jeff Wardlaw (D) Co-sponsor
870-226-9501
#2 Priority:
Members of the House Committee on Judiciary
Please stop forward action on HB1349 (an act concerning who has an authority to make an arrest in this state) and please don’t let it get out of committee. HB1349 expands the Federal arrest powers to allow ALL Federal law enforcement officers to make arrests in Arkansas. The Sheriff is the supreme law enforcement officer of the county and serves as a necessary balance of power between federal and local government.
Committee Chair:
Rep. Marshall Wright (D) 870-633-3141
Committee Vice Chair:
Rep. John T. Vines (D) 501-624-1252
Email: jtvines13@sbcglobal.net
Rep. Darrin Williams (D) 501-312-8500
Email: dwilliams@carneywilliams.com
Rep. Jim Nickels (D) 501-833-2424
Rep. Mary Slinkard (R) 479-616-2010
Rep. Nate Steel (D) 870-845-1870
Rep. Matthew J. Shepherd (R) 870-862-2087
Rep. Jeremy Gillam (R) 501-729-0042
Rep. John W. Walker (D) 501-614-9772
Email: johnwalkeratty@aol.com
Rep. Sue Scott (R) 479-621-1265
Rep. Mark D. McElroy (D) 870-644-3822
Rep. David Kizzia (D) 501-337-9959
Rep. Stephen Magie (D) 501-327-4444
Rep. Charlene Fite (R) 479-414-1818
Rep. Bob Ballinger (R) 870-423-1035
Email: bob@bobballinger.com
Rep. Wes Wagner (D) 870-561-4600
Email: wes.wagner@arkansashouse.org
Rep. Micah S. Neal (R) 479-935-5550
Rep. Mary Broadaway (D) 870-236-9800
Rep. Monte Hodges (D) 870-763-1322
Again, the Sheriff is the only Chief Law Enforcement Officer in the County and has ultimate authority, even over all Federal agencies.
Video of an Interview
with Sheriff Richard Mack:
Power of the County Sheriff (Part 1)
Power of the County Sheriff (Part 2)
Power of the County Sheriff (Part 3)
HB1349
State of Arkansas 89th General Assembly Regular Session, 2013
By: Representatives Baine, Wardlaw
A Bill
The text in RED below would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
For An Act To Be Entitled
AN ACT CONCERNING WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE AN ARREST IN THIS STATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Subtitle
CONCERNING WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE AN ARREST IN THIS STATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 16-81-106(g), concerning which full-time law enforcement officers employed by the federal, state, county, or municipal government, have the authority to make an arrest, is amended to read as follows:
(g) The following persons employed as full-time law enforcement officers by the federal, state, county, or municipal government, who are empowered to effect an arrest with or without warrant for violations of the United States Code and who are authorized to carry firearms in the performance of their duties, shall be empowered to act as officers for the arrest of offenders against the laws of this state and shall enjoy the same immunity, if any, to the same extent and under the same circumstances as certified state law enforcement officers:
(1) Federal Bureau of Investigation special agents Any federal law enforcement officer; and
(2) United States Secret Service special agents;
(3) United States Citizenship and Immigration Services special agents, investigators, and patrol officers;
(4) United States Marshals Service deputies;
1 (5) Drug Enforcement Administration special agents;
2 (6) United States Postal Inspection Service postal inspectors;
3 (7) United States Customs and Border Protection special agents,
4 inspectors, and patrol officers;
5 (8) United States General Services Administration special
6 agents
7 (9) United States Department of Agriculture special
9 agents;
8 (10) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives special
9 agents;
10 (11) Internal Revenue Service special agents and inspectors;
11 (12) Certified law enforcement officers of the United States
12 Department of the Interior, National Park Service, and the United States Fish
13and Wildlife Service;
14 (13) (2) Members of federal, state, county, municipal, and
15 prosecuting attorneys’ drug task forces; and.
16 (14) Certified law enforcement officers of the United States
17 Department of Agriculture, Forest Service.
We appreciate your help with this dangerous bill!
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