## [Citizen Report No. 1647275851 - 1000645220](/citizen-report-no-1647275851-1000645220) [![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_500_x_500_/public/default_images/download%20%289%29%20%282%29_0.jpg?itok=5WstKkf1)](/individual/charles-%20byrd)Charles Byrd **[Helena-West Helena Police Department](/arkansas/helena-west-helena-police-department)** 98 Plaza Avenue West Helena, Arkansas 72390 [(870) 572-3441](tel:%28870%29572-3441) [https://www.hwh.ar…](https://www.hwh.ar.gov/helena-ar-police-department) [![Helena-West Helena Police Department](/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2022-03/download%20-%202022-03-14T154446.996.png?itok=TgSOuMW- "Helena-West Helena Police Department")](/arkansas/helena-west-helena-police-department) ## Date of Offense October 26, 2016 ## Offense(s) [False Statements](/duty/false-statements) [Misconduct](/duty/misconduct) [Criminal Charges and/or Conviction](/duty/criminal-charges-andor-conviction) [Use of Force](/duty/use-force) ## Supporting Document(s) [Local News Article ](/sites/default/files/2022-03/www-localmemphis-com-article-news-local-helena-west-helena-police-officer-charge.pdf "www-localmemphis-com-article-news-local-helena-west-helena-police-officer-charge.pdf") ## Statement False imprisonment and unnecessary use of force of a victim, by **Officer Charles Byrd**. **Chief Green:** “She posed no threat to the officer, she wasn’t interfering with the officer’s duties, she hadn’t committed any crimes, she wasn’t in any danger related to the nature of the call to officers”. Officer Byrd charged and arrested, and is now facing a “Class A” misdemeanor. charge of false imprisonment. --- [![United States Citizen Reporters](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2021-08/1186px-Scales_of_Justice_and_Wreath.svg_.png?itok=QQ8wLoSk "United States Citizen Reporters")](/united-states/us-citizen-reporters) The US Citizen Reporters are a group of public and private defense advocates that scour the internet for documented incidents of police misconduct that have eluded accountability. [Learn more >>>](/united-states/us-citizen-reporters)