Program operation. — Arkansas Code § 5-4-908

§ 5-4-908. Program operation.

A pre-adjudication probation program may require a separate judicial processing system differing in practice and design from the traditional adversarial criminal prosecution and trial systems. A pre-adjudication probation program team shall be designated by a circuit judge assigned to manage the pre-adjudication probation program docket and may include a circuit judge, a prosecuting attorney, a public defender or private defense attorney, one (1) or more probation officers, and any other individual or individuals determined necessary by the pre-adjudication probation program judge. The administrative judge of the judicial district shall designate one (1) or more circuit judges to administer the pre-adjudication probation program. If a county is in a judicial district that does not have a circuit judge who is able to administer the pre-adjudication probation program on a consistent basis, the administrative plan for the judicial circuit required by Supreme Court Administrative Order No. 14 may designate a state district court judge to administer the pre-adjudication probation program. Each judicial district may develop a training and implementation manual for a pre-adjudication probation program with the assistance of: The Department of Human Services; The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education; The Adult Education Section; The Division of Community Correction; The Administrative Office of the Courts; and Any vocational school, technical school, community college, or two-year and four-year public university that has volunteered to be part of the pre-adjudication program in the judicial district.