Pulaski County Prosecuting Attorney's Office caught in a lie about violation of law concerning AFOI response

Retired LRPD cop Casey Clark was hired by the PA's Office in June 2025

On October 26, 2026, we made an Arkansas Freedom of Information Act request to the Pulaski County Prosecuting Attorney's Office.

We made the same request to the Little Rock Police Department.

LRPD provided a response on November 3rd.

We sent an email back to the PA's office this morning about our October 26th AFOIA request.

We received this response to our demand for the requested public records.

The AFOIA gives extra time if an opinion is requested from the Arkansas Attorney General about a records request.

The is no extension for an informal inquiry. The statute is crystal clear.

We went to the Arkansas Attorney General's website and looked for an opinion from the Pulaski County Prosecuting Attorney's Office.

We did not find one in the last week.

We sent an email to the AG's Office Opinion Division.

And this was the response from the AG's Office.

The response from the PA's Office to our AFOIA request was due last week.

The failure of the PA's Office to respond to our request in the statutory time frame is to be considered a denial of our request.

That is pointed out in the well-know and often referenced treatise on the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act by Robert Steinbuch.

Clark retired from LRPD in May 2025.

He was hired by the PA's Office in June 2025.

When our Russ Racop made an in-person AFOIA request at the PA's Office on October 16, 2026, Clark was wearing his old LRPD ID.

Why would a retired LRPD cop currently working as Chief of Investigators for the 6th Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney wear an identification card from a former employer?

It's actually a criminal offense. A felony to be exact.

LRPD was required to notify the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards & Training ("CLEST") s within 10 days of Clark's retirement of his change in status.

If Clark is working as a sworn law enforcement officer for the PA's Office, then records from CLEST should reflect that.

At the time of publication, we have not received a copy of Clark's records from CLEST.

Back in October, Clark noticed that Racop was looking at his old LRPD ID and when he went back to his office and came out again, he had his PA ID showing.

The Pulaski County Prosecuting Attorney is in violation of the AFOIA and Racop will be filing a denial of Right Appeal on Monday morning.

Prosecuting Attorney Will Jones and Clark will be named as Defendants.

Since the PA's Office is a state office, the Attorney General will be representing them.

This should prove interesting as an employee of the AG's Office will be subpoenaed as a witness.

Stay tuned for updates.

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