Hughes Police Department to be reactivated

HUGHES, Ark. - The Hughes Police Department will be reactivated less than one month after it was removed from service, the Arkansas Department of Public Safety says.

According to the department, the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training (CLEST) voted to reactivate the Hughes Police Department during their regular May meeting.

CLEST deactivated the department in April, stating it was "out of compliance with Arkansas law enforcement standards."

“My administration has been working with 'standards' to have our department returned to active status as soon as possible," Mayor Lincoln Barnett said in a video shared to Facebook in April. "Of course, that does take some time."

CLEST agents reportedly met with Barnett on April 19 to discuss bringing the department back into compliance. Details regarding the meeting were not publicly released.

The Arkansas Department of Public Safety says Barnett "detailed actions taken to resolve non-compliance" during Thursday's meeting.

The Commission reportedly unanimously voted to reinstate the police department.

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