Jail Enforcement Signed November 4, 2025 View agreement →
- Signed by ICE: ICE Field Office: New Orleans
- Public affairs contact: Sheriff Charley Melton, 300 Circle Drive, Melboune, AR 72556 · 870-368-4203 · cmelton@izardcountysheriff.org
- Agreement signed
- November 4, 2025
- Residential population
- 14,499FBI 2025
- Sworn officers
- 20FBI 2025
- Civilian staff
- 2FBI 2025
- Total personnel
- 22FBI 2025
- Memorandum of Agreement
- View agreement →
Elections
Sheriff
Sheriff election on November 3, 2026.
A candidate with no opponent is declared elected and does not appear on the ballot.
We haven't found an official candidate list for this county yet. Know who's running? Let us know
How Izard County voted for president in 2024
- Trump
- 81.9%
- 4,854
- Harris
- 16.0%
- 949
- Others
- 2.1%
- 122
Trump won the county by 65.9 points over Harris. 5,925 votes cast.
Sources: MIT Election Data and Science Lab · Bolts · Ark. Code § 7-5-207 (an unopposed candidate is declared elected and does not appear on the ballot)
Memorandum of Agreement
The full agreement between Izard County Sheriff's Office and ICE is available below.
View agreement →Agreements on file
MOAs are not available for every agreement.
Warrant Service Signed April 13, 2026 View agreement →
- Signed by Izard County Sheriff's Office: Charley Melton
- Public affairs contact: Public Information Officer, 300 Circle, Dr. · 870-368-4203
Named in the signed 287(g) agreement
Contact
Contact information for this agency is not yet available.
Agreement History
Dated by when each agreement was signed; where ICE's public data lagged more than two weeks behind, the first-seen date is noted too. Changes we can't tie to a signed document are dated by when they were detected.
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- − Jail Enforcement Model
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- + Warrant Service Officer
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- + Jail Enforcement Model
Data last updated October 16, 2026. ORI: AR0330000.
Dive deeper
The 287(g) participation data doesn't tell us anything about what happened after the agreement was signed. To learn more, the public will need to ask or formally request information. MuckRock is organizing public records requests about immigration enforcement nationwide: