“Gary Grimes is a devoted public servant with a lifetime of dedication to safety and law enforcement. I am confident he will continue to build on his distinguished record serving Arkansas as a U.S. Marshal. I look forward to supporting him on the Senate floor,” Boozman said.

“Gary Grimes has faithfully served the people of Arkansas for decades as a law enforcement officer, a sheriff, and in the Governor’s office. I expect that he will do the same as U.S. Marshal for the state’s Western District. I support his nomination and I look forward to his confirmation in the Senate,” Cotton said.

Grimes is the principal owner of Grimes & Associates, LLC, a law enforcement, security and government affairs consultancy, since 2011. Grimes has a served in a number of law enforcement capacities including as Liaison to Law Enforcement and Emergency Management for Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe from 2007 to 2011. Prior to that role Grimes served as a law enforcement officer in Missouri, Oklahoma and Arkansas including as the Sheriff of Sebastian County from 1989 to 1999.