Arkansas 2025 Regular Session

Arkansas House Bill HR1113 Compare Versions

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3	3	State of Arkansas 1
4	4	95th General Assembly 2
5	5	Regular Session, 2025 HR 1113 3
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7	7	By: Representatives McGrew, Cozart, Warren 5
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10	10	HOUSE RESOLUTION 8
11	11	TO RECOGNIZE THE DIVISION OF ARKANSAS STATE POLICE'S 9
12	12	INTERSTATE CRIMINAL PATROL FOR WINNING TOP HONORS AT 10
13	13	THE GULF COAST HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREA 11
14	14	AWARDS. 12
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17	17	Subtitle 15
18	18	TO RECOGNIZE THE DIVISION OF ARKANSAS 16
19	19	STATE POLICE'S INTERSTATE CRIMINAL 17
20	20	PATROL FOR WINNING TOP HONORS AT THE 18
21	21	GULF COAST HIGH INTENSITY DRUG 19
22	22	TRAFFICKING AREA AWARDS. 20
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24	24	WHEREAS, the Division of Arkansas State Police's Interstate Criminal 22
25	25	Patrol team received multiple accolades at the Gulf Coast High Intensity Drug 23
26	26	Trafficking Area Awards held on April 1, 2025, in Biloxi, Mississippi; and 24
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28	28	WHEREAS, the Division of Arkansas State Police's Interstate Criminal 26
29	29	Patrol team was recognized as the 2024 Agency of the Year because of 27
30	30	successful seizure of illegal narcotics with a street value of thirty -two 28
31	31	million, two hundred fifty thousand, four hundred seventy -six dollars 29
32	32	($32,250,476), confiscation of twenty -five (25) vehicles, and recovery of 30
33	33	four million, one hundred thousand dollars ($4,100,000) in cash; and 31
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35	35	WHEREAS, Trooper Ana Escamilla of the Division of Arkansas State 33
36	36	Police's Interstate Criminal Patrol team was named 2024 Officer of the Year 34
37	37	for netting twenty-one (21) drug seizures and seven (7) currency seizures 35
38	38	amounting to a combined street value of four million, nine hundred eighty -36 HR1113
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41	41	four thousand, eight hundred eighty -four dollars ($4,984,884) and for making 1
42	42	twenty-seven (27) arrests, seizing seven (7) vehicles, and confiscating two 2
43	43	(2) weapons; and 3
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45	45	WHEREAS, Corporal Chris Short of the Division of Arkansas State 5
46	46	Police's Interstate Criminal Patrol team was recognized for the 2024 Largest 6
47	47	Cash Seizure, which totaled eight hundred thirteen thousand, four hundred 7
48	48	ninety dollars ($813,490) and was made during a single traffic stop in 8
49	49	Crawford County, Arkansas; and 9
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51	51	WHEREAS, the Division of Arkansas State Police's Interstate Criminal 11
52	52	Patrol team was also recognized in 2022 and 2023 as the Team of the Year, and 12
53	53	this was the third consecutive year a team member was named Officer of the 13
54	54	Year; and 14
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56	56	WHEREAS, Director of the Division of Arkansas State Police Colonel Mike 16
57	57	Hagar said of the wins, "I am extremely proud of the exemplary work our 17
58	58	troopers assigned to the ICP teams perform every day to safeguard the public 18
59	59	from those who traffic illegal narcotics in our state. These awards emphasize 19
60	60	the ICP's commitment to aggressively combat drug trafficking and criminal 20
61	61	activities on Arkansas's interstates and highways", 21
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63	63	NOW THEREFORE, 23
64	64	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY -FIFTH GENERAL 24
65	65	ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 25
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67	67	THAT the House of Representatives recognize the Division of Arkansas 27
68	68	State Police's Interstate Criminal Patrol for winning top honors at the Gulf 28
69	69	Coast High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Awards. 29
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71	71	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT upon adoption, a copy of this resolution be 31
72	72	presented to Colonel Mike Hagar by the Chief Clerk of the House of 32
73	73	Representatives. 33
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