Ark. Code Ann. § 12-11-101: Preventive measures

The commission of public offenses may be prevented by proceedings:

(1) For suppressing riots and resistance to lawful authority;

(2) For requiring security to keep the peace or for good behavior; and

(3) For arresting and confining insane, drunken, and disorderly persons.

Crim. Code, § 9; C. & M. Dig., § 3323; Pope's Dig., § 4171; A.S.A. 1947, § 42-201.