Editing Paragould, Arkansas (section)

===Law enforcement===
On December 15, 2012, it was announced that "beginning in 2013, the department would deploy a new street crimes unit to high crime areas on foot to take back the streets."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.paragoulddailypress.com/articles/2012/12/15/top_story/doc50cbbb312e241511092932.txt|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131054735/http://www.paragoulddailypress.com/articles/2012/12/15/top_story/doc50cbbb312e241511092932.txt|url-status=dead|title=Armed task force to patrol streets|archive-date=January 31, 2013}}</ref> The remaining town hall meetings to inform the public of the new plan were cancelled due to the volume of threats received as a result of national media exposure. This was done for public safety, as continuing to hold the meetings may have posed a danger to attendees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.paragoulddailypress.com/articles/2012/12/18/top_story/doc50d08e9fb2588217300183.txt|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131112527/http://www.paragoulddailypress.com/articles/2012/12/18/top_story/doc50d08e9fb2588217300183.txt|url-status=dead|title=PPD cancels town hall events|archive-date=January 31, 2013}}</ref>{{Update inline|date=June 2017}} The planned unit was not deployed.