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According to a reliable source, ABC Enforcement Rickey Carrol Endsley had a medical/psychological issue that prevented him from carrying a weapon when he joined the ABC.  This issue happened when Endsley was employed by the Texarkana Arkansas Police Department and preceded his sudden retirement from that department on September 18, 2010.  Endsley started at the ABC on September 19, 2010.   For some reason the ABC decided that they did not have to follow a state law that requires them to file documents with the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training ("CLEST")...        and that form would be a CLEST Form F-1, Initial Employment Report indicating that they had hired Endsley.  Perhaps this was because Endsley was not cleared by his doctor to carry or possess a weapon. If that is the case then Endsley should not have been hired and his continued employment should be questioned, especially if the ABC is going to be the best law enforcement agency in the stat

A page was missing from the documents that Hamlet and fellow Republican, Leslie Rutledge, did not want anybody to see.  The missing page has since been located. The page has Hamlet's admission that after one of the two trips he made to the restroom during an exam, where he discussed test questions and then upon returning to the room, he changed his answers to questions. Hamlet admits to changing an answer about the 17 digit VIN (vehicle identification number). Hamlet and other troopers in training, were cautioned before each weekly examination that when they were finished with the exam they were to place their paper face down on their desk and to not turn it over until it was to be graded. In the missing page, Hamlet admits to changing the question about the 17 digit VIN number after returning from the restroom. As part of the internal investigation Hamlet took a polygraph test.  In that test Hamlet was asked if he changed the answer to the question about the 17 digit VIN number a

The Arkansas State Police investigation file that Boyce Hamlet and Leslie Rutledge did not want anyone to see is unbelievable. No wonder Judge Pierce looked so disgusted when reading it in the hearing that sought and obtained it's release on September 24, 2015. The file clearly demonstrates the character, or lack thereof, of Boyce Hamlet. There is no way possible that Hamlet will be able to hang on to the position he was only able to obtain as a political appointee after the entire state of Arkansas takes a look at it. CLICK TO VIEW THE ASP INVESTIGATION FILE OF HAMLET The story starts when Hamlet was selected to be an Arkansas State Trooper back in 2000. Hamlet is taking a weekly test, ironically the test covered in part the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act, and is instructed that when the test is completed to turn if face down and not touch it again until it is ready to be graded. Hamlet gets up to take one of his eight or nine daily restroom visits (from his own word

JUDGE PIERCE SAID RUTLEDGE MADE INCORRECT DECISION In an unexpected turn of events for Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Mackie Pierce found that she made an incorrect decision when she recommended that the Arkansas State Police not release an investigative file from August 2000 on Boyce Hamlet, a trooper recruit at the time. Hamlet was the subject of an internal investigation that led to his dismissal from employment with the Arkansas State Police. The investigation centered on allegations of cheating on an examination and multiple admitted incidents of lying to internal investigators.  Hamlet currently holds the position of Enforcement Director of  Alcoholic Beverage Control, a division of the Department of Finance and Administration, which is a political appointment. Evidence was introduced in the case that Hamlet had carried out a 15 year scheme to hide his Arkansas State Police employment and termination. Hamlet obtained jobs in law enfo

CLICK TO READ TB&P ARTICLE   COOK Michael Cook,  a political writer for Cook's Outlook and content partner for Talk Business & Politics (produced by KATV), first thought after reading Arkansas Attorney's General Leslie Rutledge's argument in her opinion that decided that  the Arkansas State Police should not release Hamlet's records was "is this a joke?" Cook states that he believes that Rutledge is simply covering up for Hutchinson's appointment of Hamlet to avoid embarrassing the Arkansas governor. Cook goes on to say that "the public has a right to know for certain if the head of the ABC enforcement is someone who can be trusted, and his past firing from the Arkansas State Police raises serious doubts."

Representative Julie Mayberry , her husband and a daycare center owner filed a lawsuit in Saline County on September 18th against the ABC.  The lawsuit seeks a judicial review of a decision made by the ABC to issue a permit to Dr. Harry Bryant (who happens to be the Mayberry's vet) to open a liquor store in a strip mall on Arch Street in Saline County. PROPOSED SITE OF LIQUOR STORE Dr. Bryant, according to a Yelp  review, is a horrible veterinarian. Perhaps that is why he is wanting to open a liquor store. There are two daycare centers that fall within 900 feet (one is 350 feet) of the proposed liquor store. As Mayberry pointed out to the ABC Board when they held a hearing on the proposed site and in her lawsuit, Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge issued an opinion on June 15, 2015  to Rep. Kim Hammer of Benton, in which she stated that a daycare center is indeed a schoolhouse. Mayberry also included in her lawsuit an Arkansas Supreme Court Case that referenced the Arizona C

The Arkansas Ethics Commission held a hearing on a  complaint regarding former ABC Deputy Director Rick Crisman  last Friday. Crisman did not make an appearance in his own behalf. The complaint  and an investigative report prepared by Ethics Commission staff was presented by Drew Blankenship, a staff attorney for the Ethics Commission.  After presenting the complaint, Blankenship read into the record statements obtained by Ethics Commission investigators from Crisman, Michael Langley , former ABC Administration Director and Bud Roberts, the current ABC Administration Director. Crisman's statement attempted to deflect responsibility to former ABC Administrative Director Michael Langley , who Crisman stated gave approval to use material Crisman obtained in the course of his employment in connection with his smartphone application.  Crisman's statement also included an odd remark about him not having deleted emails prior to his departure from the ABC. Crisman also whined a little

An email sent to us by a reader pointed out that tainted Alcoholic Beverage Control Enforcement Director Boyce Hamlet thinks his agency is the Alcohol Beverage Control.  The observant reader noticed this fact when reading our post that revealed that Hamlet believes that ABC Enforcement is a better law enforcement agency than the Arkansas State Police. BLOG READER'S COMMENTS ON HAMLET"S THROW DOWN TO ARK. STATE POLICE We suspect that the email was sent from an employee of the Arkansas State Police that is familiar with Hamlet's history. One would think that an individual would know the name of the place where they are employed. Poor Boyce is having a hard time it seems. ABC employees tell us that Hamlet is stressed and worried that he might be forced to "resign" himself.   Readers of this blog are familiar  Hamlet's hiring and firing by the state police for cheating on an exam and lying multiple times to investigators about the matter and his failed illegal

Records obtained from the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards & Training (CLEST) indicate that ABC Enforcement agent Ken Coon, Jr. does not possess the law enforcement credentials for the position he currently holds. Coon's only certification is specialized:parole.  Like his boss Hamlet, this only permits the holder to work in the area of parole.     The class specification for ABC Enforcement agents states that an individual must have basic, general, intermediate, advanced or senior certification as a law enforcement officer by the Arkansas Commission of Law Enforcement Standards and Training. This is because another requirement for this position is the the individual must have the ability to make arrests.  Coon could arrest as many parole violators and absconders as he liked when he was a parole officer for the Department of Community Correction, but as an enforcement agent he is SOL .  He has no statutory authority to act as a law enforcement office outside of