§ 17-40-339 - Commission -- Processing of applications. - Arkansas Statutes

17-40-339. Commission -- Processing of applications.

(a) The Arkansas Board of Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies shall send a copy of each application for a security officer commission to the sheriff of the county and the chief of police of the principal city of the county in which the applicant resides.

(b) A sheriff or chief of police who wishes to object to the issuance of a security officer commission to a particular applicant may do so by mailing or otherwise delivering, within twenty (20) days after the date the notice was mailed to him or her, a written statement of his or her objection and his or her reasons to the board.

(c) In its discretion, the board may set the matter for a hearing if an objection is timely filed.