(a) There is created the office of field investigator for the Pulaski County Circuit Court, Sixth Judicial District.(b) The field investigator shall be appointed by the judge of the Pulaski County Circuit Court, Sixth Judicial District, and shall serve at the will of the judge.(c)(1) The duties of the field investigator shall be to investigate all matters referred to him or her by the Pulaski County Circuit Court, Sixth Judicial District, including presentence reports and follow-up reports on persons placed on probation by the court.(2) The field investigator shall perform outside investigative duties as may be requested of him or her from time to time by the probation officer of the court.(3) The field investigator may exercise all the powers of a deputy sheriff.(d) The field investigator shall receive an annual salary of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to be paid by Pulaski County.Acts 1979, No. 248, §§ 1-4; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 22-363.5 -- 22-363.8.
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