Statutes > Arkansas Statutes > Title 14 - Local Government > Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government > Chapter 42 - Government Of Municipalities Generally > Subchapter 4 - Departments of Public Safety > § 14-42-422 - Cities of the second class and towns -- Director -- Transfer of existing departments.

§ 14-42-422 - Cities of the second class and towns -- Director -- Transfer of existing departments.

14-42-422. Cities of the second class and towns -- Director -- Transfer of existing departments.

(a) Once the department is formed, the mayors in cities of the second class and incorporated towns shall have the power to appoint and remove the director of the department of public safety, unless the city or town council shall, by a two-thirds (2/3) majority of the total membership of the council, vote to override the mayor's action.

(b) Upon the creation of the department, the existing police department or the city or town marshal's office and the existing fire department shall be abolished and transferred to the department of public safety.