JONESBORO, Ark. – As Jonesboro officers will soon begin wearing body cameras, the department is asking for help from the public in setting policy on body worn cameras. A public hearing will take place on Thursday, September 21st, at 5:30 p.m., in the Jonesboro City Council Chambers at 300 S. [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – If you want a close-up look at how a police department functions, what police officers do and how and why they do it, JPD has a fun and interactive way for you to do that! The sixth class of the JPD Citizen Police Academy that begins Aug. [read more…]
WYNNE, Ark. – When police give a warning to come out or get bit, it means there’s a K9 officer involved and the time for playing is over. At 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Wynne, a fugitive learned this the hard way. Jonesboro Police Department Officer Erik Johnson and his K9 [read more…]
Jonesboro cyber crimes detective hunts pedophiles for entire region through advanced technology JONESBORO, Ark. – If your job was to interact with the most despised members of our society – adults who sexually prey on children – could you do it? On Wednesday, Officer Brandon King with Jonesboro Police Department [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – A violent attack on a Craighead County jailer caught on video Friday, June 9, was not the first time the same suspect had physically injured a law enforcement officer in Jonesboro. Kendrick L. Morris, 27, of Forrest City, was in Craighead County Detention Center at 1 p.m. [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – Hundreds showed up to the 10th Annual Jonesboro FOP Fishing Derby Saturday, June 17, 2017. NEA Report stopped by and took photos of some of the families having fun! Follow NEA Report on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news developments from across Northeast Arkansas. Subscribe to [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – The men and women in blue across Northeast Arkansas joined together for a very worthy cause Tuesday. The Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics in Arkansas happened at several locations in NEA, including in Jonesboro and also in Piggott.
JONESBORO, Ark. – In an “abundance of caution,” a parking lot of a local business was sealed off while the bomb squad responded and detonated a briefcase Tuesday afternoon, May 16, in Jonesboro. At approximately 2:26pm, Jonesboro officers responded to a call of a suspicious item in the parking lot [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – A small red car ran a man off the road and then the driver pulled a gun on the him, the alleged victim’s 911 call said. The driver, and suspect, was Garrett N. Thomason, 25, of Jonesboro – a Jonesboro police officer, at the time, who reportedly began his law [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – Garrett Thomason resigned from Friday night from the Jonesboro Police Department, effective immediately. Thomason was arrested on an aggravated assault complaint Thursday in Randolph County. Thomason had been placed on paid administrative leave by the Jonesboro Police Department, pending both the outcome of an investigation by Arkansas [read more…]
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