The Benton Police Department recently conducted a week of department-wide firearms training in a continued effort to maintain and hone firearms proficiency. Skills practiced during the intensive course are paramount for response to active intruders. It also served as preparation for the multi-agency active shooter course that will take place at local schools this summer.
The area of West Sevier Street from Market Street to Ashby Street in downtown Benton will be closed from 3-9 p.m. Saturday, March 12 for the Wild Game Dinner at First United Methodist Church.
BNPD and agencies across Arkansas are teaming up with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration March 17-20 to spread the message about the dangers of buzzed or drunk driving as St. Patrick’s Day approaches. Citizens should expect to see increased enforcement on the roads and zero tolerance for impaired driving.
Benton Police Department officers responded to Chapel Ridge Apartments around 11:30 a.m. Saturday in reference to an unresponsive juvenile. Upon arrival, officers discovered a three-year-old unresponsive male. He was transported to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
An investigation is underway following the discovery of two deceased individualsat a Benton residence on the evening of New Year’s Day. Benton Police Department officers responded to the 800 block of PearlStreet around 5:40 p.m. Saturday in reference to a welfare concern. Upon arrival, officers found 26-year-old Brook Nix and 29-year-old Michael Patton deceased from apparent gunshot wounds.
Benton Police Department officers responded to the intersection of Boone and the South Service Road around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in reference to a disturbance involving a Bryant School District bus driver following reports that the driver was driving recklessly and not allowing children off the bus.
Brandis Brown (left)/ Malachi Carey (right)
BNPD responded to the area of Tyndall Park near Benton High School around 1 p.m. Thursday following reports of multiple shots fired. Surrounding schools were placed on a brief lockdown as a precaution.
Citizens may notice the addition of beards and goatees among officers of the Benton Police Department throughout November. The No-Shave November movement, popular for raising funds and awareness for cancer, is being borrowed for the cause of the annual Shop with Our Cops program overseen by Chaplain Tamara Gore each holiday season.
