Columbia County Sheriff's Office

Brady List

Mark V Benson	Decertification No. 1633982101 - 639379063 No Date Provided Criminal Charges and/or Conviction Authority: Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards & Training [CLEST]
Mark V Benson	Mark V Benson	Brady Offense No. 1632170371 - 467080085 No Date Provided Criminal Charges and/or Conviction
Robert L Bledsoe	Brady Offense No. 1632170576 - 789903261 January 1, 2010 Criminal Charges and/or Conviction
Robert L Bledsoe	Robert L Bledsoe	Decertification No. 1633982115 - 176656734 January 1, 2010 Criminal Charges and/or Conviction Authority: Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards & Training [CLEST]
Wadis Boxton	Decertification No. 1633982063 - 590215215 January 2, 2003 Criminal Charges and/or Conviction Authority: Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards & Training [CLEST]
Wadis Boxton	Wadis Boxton	Brady Offense No. 1632169948 - 124016244 January 2, 2003 Criminal Charges and/or Conviction
William H Briley	Brady Offense No. 1632168593 - 336562533 May 8, 2001 Criminal Charges and/or Conviction
William H Briley	William H Briley	Decertification No. 1633981804 - 257706663 May 8, 2001 Criminal Charges and/or Conviction Authority: Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards & Training [CLEST]
Brian V Brown	Decertification No. 1633982087 - 1043164181 October 16, 1997 Authority: Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards & Training [CLEST]
Brian V Brown	Brian V Brown	Brady Offense No. 1632170184 - 507635979 October 16, 1997

Columbia County Sheriff's Office is not in compliance with the nationwide, public-facing, platform of record: The Brady List; or:

Supreme Court of the United States [SCOTUS] Brady doctrine (1963);
US Freedom of Information Act (1967);
State Sunshine Law (see, below);
Open Government Act (2007);
Open Government Initiative (2009); and,
Open Government Directives (2009) issued by the United States Department of Justice.

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Act Ark. Code Ann. §25-19-101 et seq.

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Peace Officer Standards & Training [POST] Departments

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