Opinion No.

The Honorable Louis McJunkin State Representative Post Office Box 223 Springdale, Arkansas 72765-0223

Dear Representative McJunkin:

This is in response to your request for an opinion, on behalf of the Springdale City Attorney, regarding the authority of a law enforcement officer to issue a citation. The correspondence attached to your request poses the following three questions:(1) When a certified law enforcement officer acting within his jurisdiction has reasonable cause to believe that a person has committed the offense of reckless driving (A.C.A. § 27-50-308), a Class B misdemeanor, can the…