By Ray King
The Pine Bluff Police Department has reached Tier 1 Accreditation from the Arkansas Law Enforcement Accreditation Program and has a certificate to prove it.
Under former Chief Denise Richardson, the department earned a Tier 2 Accreditation in February 2024 and continued to work to reach the higher level.
Jackie Davis and Gary Sipes representing the Arkansas Law Enforcement Accreditation Program presented the award to Assistant Police Chief Kelvin Hadley following a meeting of the Pine Bluff City Council Monday.
Hadley talked to Deltaplex News about the accreditation.
Hadley was asked what the accreditation means to the department and the city and he answered this way.
In other business, an ordinance authorizing the city to make electronic payments that has been hanging around for several months while council members bickered over language and definitions was adopted 6-1 with Council Member Steven Mays voting no and council member Yvonne Denton absent.
Six resolutions authorizing the city to sell property at various locations were pulled By Council member William Fells, who sponsored them. Fells explained why to Deltaplex News.
He said Locket questioned the prices being offered for some of the properties compared to their market value. For example, the Jefferson County Assessor’s Office says two lots located on the east side of the 3200 block of Nebraska Street are valued at approximately $1,500 per lot. The bidder, who said they planned to build a home on the lot, bid $600 in total.
Fells then said this.
