Hot Spring County Sheriff's Office works to tackle expected rise in Summer crime

HOT SPRING COUNTY, Ark.- With Summer weather creeping up in Arkansas, the Hot Spring County Sheriff's Office said so will the crime. The sheriff said they're working to overcome an expected increase in criminal activity while not putting more pressure on their jail.

Hot Spring County Sheriff Scott Finkbeiner said the county is in a situation right now where they’re trying to get control back because of crime and he said he expects to see it intensify in the Summer through September.

“We see an increase in domestic violence cases and we see an increase in thefts and narcotics,” Finkbeiner said. 

He said the sheriff’s office is hoping to alleviate those crimes through increased policing.

“We’re trying to combat that by increasing patrols and making more traffic stops and working more crime areas,” Finkbeiner said. 

Finkbeiner said they bought updated software for the computers inside their police units.

“Things like Atlas which allows us to run peoples drivers licenses. We have a barcode scanner. We can scan it and it will tell you their criminal history,” Finkbeiner said.