1. (a) Terminal Agency Coordinators.

   1. (1) The chief official of each interface agency will designate a Terminal Agency Coordinator (TAC) to act as the primary contact person for that agency.

   2. (2) The TAC should have completed Arkansas Crime Information Center (ACIC) training requirements and shall:

      1. (A) Serve as liaison between the interface agency and ACIC, actively participating in meetings and providing input on system functions;
      2. (B) Receive documents and materials from ACIC and distribute them to all appropriate personnel, including briefing the chief official when appropriate;
      3. (C) Inform ACIC on personnel matters, including:

2. (i) The names of individuals attending ACIC training classes;

   1. (ii) Changes in operator assignments; and

      1. (iii) Changes in TAC designation; and
      2. (D) Assist ACIC personnel in record audits, security checks, and other matters within the interface agency.

3. (b) Local Agency Security Officers. The chief official of each interface agency will designate a Local Agency Security Officer to:

   1. (1) Act as the point of contact for information security matters;
   2. (2) Receive basic and ongoing security training from ACIC;
   3. (3) Distribute security alerts to employees of the interface agency;
   4. (4) Assist the ACIC Information Security Officer with security awareness training; and

   5. (5) Assist state and federal auditors with technical audits in the interface agency.

      1. (c) Assignment of operators.
   6. (1) Operators are a critical link in any telecommunications system.
   7. (2) The integrity, skill, and knowledge of operators is vitally important to effective law enforcement communications.

   8. (3) ACIC strongly endorses the principle that permanently assigned professional communications operators should be employed in all dispatch and communication centers.

      1. (d) Security clearances.
   9. (1) Personnel assigned to operate ACIC access devices, including mobile devices, shall be identified on forms furnished by and returned to ACIC.
   10. (2) These forms shall be signed by the chief official of the agency and will include a statement acknowledging that a state and national fingerprint-based background check has been conducted on each operator.

   11. (3)

       1. (A) To be eligible to operate an ACIC access device, or to receive information directly from the ACIC system, operators and other criminal justice personnel in both interface agencies and noninterface agencies shall not have entered a plea of guilty, been found guilty, or been convicted of a crime which is a felony.
       2. (B) This requirement will be interpreted consistent with Arkansas Code § 16-90-902 [repealed].
4. (e) Minimum age. The minimum authorized age for an individual operating an ACIC access device is eighteen (18).

5. (f) Volunteer operators.

   1. (1) Officially designated volunteer and auxiliary personnel may be used as access device operators, provided they meet the same requirements and training standards as regular operators.
   2. (2) Interface agencies shall be responsible for all actions of these volunteer or auxiliary operators.
6. (g) Citizenship. Any person operating an ACIC access device must be a United States citizen or a legal alien specifically approved by ACIC.

Codification Notes: Arkansas Code § 16-90-902 was repealed by Acts 2013, No. 1460, § 7.