WASHINGTON–Arkansas Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton on Sunday paid tribute to the service and sacrifice of Pine Bluff Police Department Detective Kevin Collins who was killed in the line of duty on October 5, 2020.

Detective Collins took his “heart for service and put his faith into action, taking the initiative to make his community better. We rely on law enforcement officers like Detective Collins to keep communities safe,” Boozman said in remarks on the Senate floor. His death is a tragic reminder of the risks law enforcement officers face each day.”

“Pine Bluff was blessed to have a guardian in Kevin Collins,” Cotton said on the Senate floor. “Now his watch on Earth is over. He’s looking down on us from above. May he rest in peace.”