Anyways, Arkansas Constitution says there must be one per township, and we will have to do a Constitutional Amendment at the state level to abolish the office of Constable.
Unfortunately, it is needed in many rural areas, and there are some really good guys out there serving with no pay, mostly retired LEO/MIL.
Also, AR legislature has neutered the office of constable to include:
1) MUST BE IN UNIFORM
2) Vehicle must be marked clearly "ARKANSAS CONSTABLE"
3) Must have CLEO Part Time 2 certification to run radar, write tickets, make misdemeanor arrests, and use NCIC/ACIC.
4) ......this guy broke all the rules. He was an unidentified cop with a bad attitude, and the victim felt that he was going to die....and justified in the use of lawful deadly physical force IMHO.
I don’t understand why the office is “neutered” by requiring the vehicle be marked or the constable in uniform.It should be possible to have a couple of clean ,neat ,rather plain uniforms at little costs for one’s constabulary duties and likewise decals or magnetic signs ,if permissible, for the vehicle.It depends on how detailed are the Arkansas requirement for uniform and vehicle markings.
The deceased constable would seem to have used poor judgment that day from the very beginning.