Arkansas National Guardsmen and central Arkansas law enforcement officers completed required training on Aug. 2, 2025 at Burns Park. (Courtesy of the Arkansas National Guard)
More than 230 Arkansas National Guardsmen and law enforcement officers completed biennial civil disturbance training Saturday at North Little Rock’s Burns Park, according to a press release.
Arkansas State Police, North Little Rock, Little Rock, and Conway police department officers joined guardsmen from the 189th Airlift Wing, 188th Security Forces Squadron and the 216th Military Police Company to train on de-escalation, limited visibility, gas masks, infrastructure protection, tear gas and other non-lethal systems, according to the release…