Review process for requirement to repay the stipend after receiving payment
Acts 2022, No. 224, § 2(k)
- (a) If an officer is notified by the law enforcement agency that issued the stipend payment, the Division of Law Enforcement Standards and Training, or the Department of Finance and Administration that the officer is required to return the salary stipend after receiving it, the officer may make a request for reconsideration to the division.
- (b) Requests for reconsideration for repayment of the stipend must be submitted on a form provided by the division.
- (c) Requests for reconsideration for repayment of the stipend must be submitted in writing to the Division of Law Enforcement Standards and Training, #4 State Police Plaza Drive, Little Rock, Arkansas 72209, within ten (10) calendar days of receiving notice in order to be considered.
- (d) If the division receives a request for reconsideration for repayment of the stipend, the division will prepare all relevant documents and information related to the repayment requirement and submit it, with the officer’s request, to the Secretary of the Department of Public Safety.
(e)
- (1) The secretary will review the request for reconsideration and all documents provided by the division and make a determination.
- (2) Officers are not entitled to a hearing or to present oral testimony related to their request for reconsideration.
- (f) The secretary, or their designee, will provide a final determination to the officer in writing.
- (g) Determinations by the secretary are final.