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A memorial honoring fallen law enforcement officers will be held at the Benton Municipal Complex on Wednesday. The program will begin at 7:30 p.m.

A memorial honoring fallen law enforcement officers will be held at the Benton Municipal Complex on Wednesday. The program will begin at 7:30 p.m.

On 5/6/16, at approximately 4:30 a.m., officers with the Benton Police Department responded to a vehicle accident involving a train at the Sidell Road train crossing off Benton Parkway. The driver of the vehicle, 28-year-old Laura E.

On 5/6/16, at approximately 4:30 a.m., officers with the Benton Police Department responded to a vehicle accident involving a train at the Sidell Road train crossing off Benton Parkway. The driver of the vehicle, 28-year-old Laura E.

Officers with the Benton Police Department are searching for a man accused of robbing a juvenile at gunpoint in a business parking lot Thursday night. Officers are searching for 18-year-old Christopher Marquese Henson of Benton. He is described as 6-feet tall, black male with black hair and brown eyes.

As a result of a 6-month narcotic investigation conducted by officers with the Saline County Sheriff’s Office, Benton Police Department, and Arkansas State Police, with cooperation from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Little Rock District Office, two people have been arrested and face multiple drug related charges.

As a result of a 6-month narcotic investigation conducted by officers with the Saline County Sheriff’s Office, Benton Police Department, and Arkansas State Police, with cooperation from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Little Rock District Office, two people have been arrested and face multiple drug related charges.

Officers with the Benton Police Department are searching for a man accused of robbing a juvenile at gunpoint in a business parking lot Thursday night. Officers are searching for 18-year-old Christopher Marquese Henson of Benton. He is described as 6-feet tall, black male with black hair and brown eyes.

A record amount of prescription medications were collected at the Benton Police Department booths during Operation Medicine Cabinet XII on Saturday, April 30. The event was part of the 12th Statewide Drug Take Back day, which is now a nationwide on-going DEA prescription medicine take back initiative.

The duties of Benton Police Department officers and civilian staff are expansive with much of the focus on protecting citizens, but we are also here to serve the public. This month the BNPD initiative is “May We Help You?” to provide the public with multiple resourceful programs.