According to KFSM, officers with the Fort Smith Police Department are receiving death threats after a 911 call from a woman who died during flash flooding was released.
Aric Mitchell, with the Fort Smith Police Department, told 5NEWS the department has received death threats across all platforms, including written messages and phone calls.
“There isn’t anything that would rise to a threat level of concern as most appear to be from out-of-state and include no specificity,” Mitchell said.
911 audio recordings and body camera footage from Fort Smith police officers during their efforts to try and save a Debra Stevens from flash flooding were released last week.
The audio files released are those of Stevens’ last dying moments.
Stevens died around 6 a.m. Saturday, August 24 on Kinkead Avenue while delivering papers.
The 911 dispatcher, Donna Reneau, can be heard telling Stevens “this will teach you next time don’t drive in the water…how you didn’t see it, you had to go right over it.”