Col. Mike Hagar (right) Secretary of Public Safety and Director of Arkansas State Police, answers questions about Sen. Bart Hester’s Freedom of Information Act bill during a Senate committee hearing in September 2023. At left is Allison Bragg, Secretary of the Department of Inspector General. (Photo courtesy of John Sykes Jr./Arkansas Advocate)
Days after Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders named public safety as one of her priorities for the 95th General Assembly, the Arkansas State Police announced a new webpage that provides human trafficking victims with county-level resources.
The website provides a searchable, county-by-county map that victims can use to locate resources closest to them, including legal services, adult restorative care facility and child advocacy centers. It also implements a reporting system for the public…