Editing Miller County, Arkansas (section)

===Public safety===
[[File:Texarkana April 2016 118 (Bi-State Justice Building).jpg|thumb|right|The Texarkana Department of district court is held at the Bi-State Justice Building at 100 State Line Avenue]]
The Miller County Sheriff's Office is the primary law enforcement agency in the county. The agency is led by the Miller County Sheriff, an official elected by countywide vote every four years.

The county is under the jurisdiction of the 37th District Court, a [[Arkansas District Court|state district court]].<ref name="harvp|Directory|2017|p= 61">{{harvp|"Directory"|2017|p= 61}}.</ref> State district courts in Arkansas are courts of [[original jurisdiction]] for criminal, civil (up to $25,000), small claims, and traffic matters.<ref name="jd" >{{cite web |author= Staff of the Arkansas Judiciary |title= Arkansas Court Structure |url= https://courts.arkansas.gov/sites/default/files/Arkansas%20Court%20Structure.pdf |date= September 2, 2014 |publisher= Arkansas Judiciary |access-date= December 28, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161223021248/https://courts.arkansas.gov/sites/default/files/Arkansas%20Court%20Structure.pdf |archive-date= December 23, 2016 |url-status= dead }}</ref> State district courts are presided over by a full-time District Judge elected to a four-year term by a districtwide election. The judge presides over both the Texarkana Department at 100 North [[State Line Avenue]] in Texarkana<ref name="harvp|Directory|2017|p= 61"/> and the Miller County Department at the Miller County Correctional Facility at 2300 [[U.S. Route 71 in Arkansas|East Street]].<ref>{{cite web |last= Autrey |first= Wren |title= State District 37 Court Administrative Plan |url= https://courts.arkansas.gov/sites/default/files/dcadministrativeplans/MillerCounty2014.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222055503/https://courts.arkansas.gov/sites/default/files/dcadministrativeplans/MillerCounty2014.pdf |archive-date=December 22, 2016 |url-status=live |date= May 30, 2013 |publisher= Arkansas Judiciary |access-date= December 28, 2017 }}</ref>

Superseding district court jurisdiction is the [[Arkansas Circuit Courts|8th Judicial Circuit Court South]], which covers Miller and Lafayette counties. The 8th Circuit South contains three circuit judges, elected to six-year terms circuitwide.<ref name="Directory p15">{{harvp|"Directory"|2017|p= 15}}.</ref> Circuit court is held at the [[Miller County Courthouse (Arkansas)|Miller County Courthouse]] at 400 Laurel Street in Texarkana.<ref name="Directory p15" />