The Benton Police Department, in keeping with community expectations for professional police service, has established the Field Training Officer Program.  The mission of the FTO Program is to prepare new recruits to perform the essential duties of a police officer and to enhance the professionalism through continuous quality improvement.  Each new recruit will receive 584 hours of training through the FTO Program, unless specified otherwise by the Chief of Police.

Vehicular accident reconstructions are conducted by specialy trained officers at the Benton Police Dept., to answer questions about automobile accidents, such as if the accident could have been avoided, who was driving, who was breaking the law, where were the victims seated, were they using seat belts? Through accident reconstruction, rigorous analysis is done, that yields valuable information at trial. Accident reconstructions are done in cases involving fatalities, and often when personal injury is involved. They are often used to assist agencies to assess legal liability in civil and criminal lawsuits.

Any time that you are invovled in an automobile accident in the City of Benton you should report it to the police.  You should contact the police at the time of the incident.  The Benton Police Dpt. offers assistance with accidents that occur on the roadway as well as incidents that occur on private property.  Officers will not find fault in a private property incident but they will assist you with exchanging information with the other driver, and documenting the incident for your insurance company.