Meet Mosie BoydFounder of True Grit Law Firm and the River Valley Economic Development Council, Mosemarie Dora Boyd is a grateful tenth generation American committed to supporting our law enforcement teams and improving safety and fairness.
Boyd has experience handling criminal cases in Sebastian County district, circuit and federal courts, as well as the Arkansas Court of Appeals, and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. She is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. She graduated from University of Arkansas Little Rock Law School and earned a master's degree in National Security leadership from Georgetown University. Passionate about stopping terrorists and drugs coming across our borders, Boyd has supported law enforcement investigations right here in the River Valley. Boyd’s family served in WWI, WWII and the Cold War, and she is kin to a former Republican Congressman born in Cass County, Missouri. |
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Support for Law Enforcement
For over 10 years, Mosie has worked to support our law enforcement teams in implementing the Drug Market Intervention Strategies, successfully proven by High Point, North Carolina. By coordinating conference calls with three consecutive High Point Police Chiefs, she introduced these nationally recognized strategies to the following former law enforcement leaders: Arkansas State Drug Director & Policy Deputy; Police Chief for Texarkana; Mayor & Police Chief of Pine Bluff (who sent staff to train in High Point and started a successful local program in Pine Bluff); Task Force for Helena/West Helena (includes Sheriff & Police Chief); Sebastian County Sheriff, Acting Fort Smith Police Chief and Fort Smith Crisis Intervention Center leader. With assistance from a former Arkansas Governor & his Liaison to Law Enforcement, Mosie presented the "Don't Shoot" & Drug Market Intervention Strategies to the 2012 annual convention of the Arkansas Association of Chiefs of Police.
Hosted Town Hall Meetings on Safety
“Protecting Online Business Assets & Consumer Data” (July 2015) with Sebastian County Sheriff, Arvest
Bank Director of Information Security, Vice Chair Arkansas Economic Dev. Commission
“‘Don’t Shoot’ & Drug Market Intervention Strategies” (April 2016) with Sebastian County Sheriff, Acting Fort Smith Police Chief, Narcotics Detective, Sebastian County Drug Court Coordinator, Juvenile Services Coordinator
“How to Get Life-Saving Opioid Overdose Antidote” (October 2017) with Sebastian County Sheriff, Pharmacists, State Representatives, Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse (Ret.), Recovery Community Member
“School Safety, Investing in Education & Winning The Race to the Top” (April 2018) with Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce Leaders, UAFS Diversity Officer, Friends of Fort Smith Schools
“Solutions for Saving American Lives from Overdose Deaths & Getting to Yes on 211” (Oct 2018) with former Sebastian County Drug Court Coordinator, Twelfth District Drug Task Force Director, Hospital Representative, Medical Doctor, and United Way
“Protecting the Fort during COVID-19” (July 2020) with Fort Smith Police Chief, Fort Smith Schools Superintendent, University of Arkansas Fort Smith Chancellor, College of Osteopathic Medicine Leader, and Infections Disease Professor
Worked to Improve Fairness in Our Judicial System
Mosie served as a Steering Committee member for the UALR Law School's racial justice improvement project, which led to the new Center for Racial Justice and Criminal Justice Reform. With a diverse team of community leaders, she developed a proposal to recruit, train and mentor young people from diverse backgrounds to pursue careers on our local, state and federal prosecutorial teams. After coordinating a zoom call with former University of Arkansas Law School Dean Cynthia Nance, Mosie presented the proposal to the American Bar Association's Diversity and Inclusion Project. A member of the Sebastian County Bar Association, she attended Sebastian County Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee meetings and worked with a county consultant to improve fairness in our justice system. In 2017, Mosie served as a panel speaker for Building Relationships Between Law Enforcement & Community and received an award from the Arkansas Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission.
