Arkansas Code Title 12. Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs § 12-20-202. Private school or private college or university law enforcement officer's duties and powers--Definition

(1) Protect property;

(2) Preserve and maintain proper order and decorum;

(3) Prevent unlawful assemblies, disorderly conduct, and trespass;

(4) Exclude and eject persons detrimental to the well-being of the private school or private college or university; and

(5) Regulate the operation and parking of motor vehicles upon property of the private school or private college or university.

(b)(1) A private school or private college or university law enforcement officer shall exercise police supervision on behalf of the private school or private college or university and may arrest any person in the private school or private college or university law enforcement officer's primary jurisdiction who is committing an offense against any law of the State of Arkansas or against the ordinances of the city or county in which the private school or private college or university is located.

(2) A private school or private college or university law enforcement officer may summon a posse comitatus if necessary to complete an arrest under subdivision (b)(1) of this section.

(1) Summoned by another law enforcement agency to provide assistance;

(2) Assisting another law enforcement agency;

(3) Exercising his or her police powers in accordance with a written mutual aid agreement or memorandum of understanding between the private school or private college or university and the municipality or county within which the private school or private college or university is located; or

(d)(1) When a private school or private college or university law enforcement officer makes an arrest outside his or her primary jurisdiction, the private school or private college or university law enforcement officer shall promptly notify the law enforcement agency with jurisdiction and forward a written report to the law enforcement agency with jurisdiction no later than the next working day.

(2) The law enforcement agency having jurisdiction may choose to conduct the investigation or allow the private school or private college or university law enforcement officer to conduct the investigation.