Griffin: ‘This effort will provide a structure for collaboration and cooperation among key law enforcement agencies, so that we can better address the problem’

LITTLE ROCK – Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after kicking off his office’s inaugural Human Trafficking Summit:

“Today I have announced the creation of the Statewide Tactical Operations Partnership (STOP) to combat human trafficking in Arkansas. This effort will provide a structure for collaboration and cooperation among key law enforcement agencies, so that we can better address the problem.

“Over the next two days we’ll see 1,500 people here at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock learning how to recognize signs of human trafficking, hearing from experts and building connections so that we can have a more intentional and cohesive approach to this issue.

“It’s easy to think of human trafficking as something that only happens in big cities or in other countries. But human trafficking impacts communities large and small, all over the world, including here in Arkansas. I’m proud to utilize the position and visibility of my office to shed light on this issue and bring people together to collaborate, raise awareness, prosecute perpetrators and provide support to victims.”

About Attorney General Tim Griffin

Tim Griffin was sworn in as the 57th Attorney General of Arkansas on January 10, 2023, having previously served as the state’s 20th Lieutenant Governor from 2015-2023. From 2011-2015, Griffin served as the 24th representative of Arkansas’s Second Congressional District, where he served on the House Committee on Ways and Means, House Armed Services Committee, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, House Committee on Ethics and House Committee on the Judiciary while also serving as a Deputy Whip for the Majority.

Griffin has served as an officer in the U.S. Army Reserve Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps for more than 27 years and currently holds the rank of colonel. In 2005, Griffin was mobilized to active duty as an Army prosecutor at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and served with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) in Mosul, Iraq.

He is currently serving as the Commander of the 2d Legal Operations Detachment in New Orleans, Louisiana. His previous assignments include serving as the Commander of the 134th Legal Operations Detachment at Fort Liberty (née Bragg), North Carolina, and as a Senior Legislative Advisor to the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness at the Pentagon. Griffin earned a master’s degree in strategic studies as a Distinguished Honor Graduate from the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.

Griffin also served as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Political Affairs for President George W. Bush; Special Assistant to Assistant Attorney General Michael Chertoff, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice; Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Arkansas; Senior Investigative Counsel, Government Reform and Oversight Committee, U.S. House of Representatives; and Associate Independent Counsel, Office of Independent Counsel David M. Barrett, In re: HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros.

Griffin is a graduate of Magnolia High School, Hendrix College in Conway, and Tulane Law School in New Orleans. He attended graduate school at Oxford University. He is admitted to practice law in Arkansas (active) and Louisiana (inactive). Griffin attends Immanuel Baptist Church and lives in Little Rock with his wife, Elizabeth, a Camden native, and their three children.

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