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DFA & ABC FAILED TO FOLLOW ARKANSAS LAWS IN HIRING

The Department of Finance and Administration and the Alcoholic Beverage Control have failed to follow an Arkansas statue in the hiring of employees at the ABC.

Arkansas Code Annotated § 12-9-602 requires a hiring agency to make an inquiry to the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training ("CLEST") to find out if/why that employee left a previous job in law enforcement.
 


Documents obtained via a Freedom of Information request indicate that the DFA and the ABC have not made the required inquires and refuse to answer questions posed to them about their failure to adhere to Arkansas laws.

According to Brian Marshall, a Deputy Director at CLEST, their records indicate that the DFA and the ABC have not made the required inquires prior to hiring agents, including tainted ABC Enforcement Director Boyce Hamlet.

Apparently the DFA and ABC feel that they are above the law and finding out why someone was fired from or left employment with a law enforcement is not important.

DFA DIRECTOR LARRY WALTHER REFUSES TO ANSWER QUESTIONS PUT TO HIM

This is another way Boyce Hamlet, besides lying about his employment history and making up dates of employment at agencies where he worked, was able to hold positions he might not have otherwise obtained had he told the truth about his hiring by the Arkansas State Police and subsequent firing for cheating and lying multiple times to internal investigators.

What other laws are the DFA and the ABC refusing to follow? 

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