Jefferson County Auxiliary Deputy Sheriff Harvey Jones died Saturday, Sheriff Lafayette Woods announced in a news release. Jones was 74.
Woods said Jones left behind “a legacy of dedication, service and honor.”
According to the release, Jones joined the sheriff’s office on Dec. 22, 2014, as an auxiliary deputy assigned to the Reserve/Marine Unit. He “contributed” to the Arkansas Department of Corrections from 1972-74 and worked as a full-time police officer at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, rising to the rank of captain.
Jones also worked in the Wabbaseka Police Department from Sept. 3, 2013, to Jan. 19, 2014.
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“His dedication to professional development was evident as he accumulated hundreds of hours of law enforcement training, culminating in the award of his Senior Law Enforcement Training Certificate on April 2, 1992, by Arkansas’ Commission on Law Standards and Training (CLEST),” according to Woods. “This prestigious certificate is issued to qualifying law enforcement officers who have previously been issued their Advanced Certificate and have acquired a combination of postsecondary education, including a bachelor’s degree, along with at least 560 training hours and nine years of service.”
Jones graduated from Fields High School in Gould in 1968 and earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from UAPB.
“Harvey Jones served faithfully, embodying the principles of integrity, courage and selflessness,” Woods wrote. “His contributions to our community will forever be etched in the annals of the Jefferson County sheriff’s office. We extend our deepest condolences to the Jones family during this difficult time, and our thoughts and prayers are with them as they mourn the loss of a beloved member of our law enforcement family.”
Funeral arrangements have yet to be announced.