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S3 Ep306: Crime Weekly News: Ex-Police Chief Escapes Prison in Cop Disguise

Crime Weekly

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True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.89.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Former Gateway, Arkansas, police chief, Grant Hardin, fled from the North Central Unit prison in Calico Rock on May 25, 2025. Hardin, convicted of the 2017 murder of James Appleton and a 1997 rape, managed to escape by wearing a makeshift law enforcement uniform, raising serious concerns about prison security protocols.

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1:09.7

Hey, everyone. Welcome back to Crime Weekly News. I'm Derek Levasseur.

1:13.3

And I'm Stephanie Harlow.

1:14.9

So today, as you can probably tell from the title, this is not something we hear about every day.

1:20.8

Prison escapes and then it being a former police officer. As a former officer myself, I can tell you that this is a scary situation because this person

1:29.8

knows our tactics and techniques. They know our policies and procedures. They know how we operate.

1:35.1

They know how we think. And this is not just a police officer. This is a former police chief.

1:39.4

So what am I talking about? Well, Grant Hardin, a disgraced former chief, convicted of murder and rape,

1:45.6

just escaped from an Arkansas prison. He allegedly dressed up like a cop and rolled a cart

1:50.3

right out the front of the facility. There's actually a picture of it. You can see it. I don't know

1:54.2

how this happens. So, Stephanie, I wanted to ask you, you see the situation, you know about law

2:00.5

enforcement. Obviously, there's some bad actors in law enforcement already, you see the situation, you know about law enforcement.

2:01.0

Obviously, there's some bad actors in law enforcement already.

2:04.6

But as a, as a civilian, when you see something like this, are you more concerned knowing

2:10.0

that this person is not only what they're capable of, but also their background?

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