Hunt for ex-police chief convicted of murder who escaped Arkansas prisonGrant Hardin has been incarcerated in the Arkansas prison since 2017. The search for a former Arkansas police chief convicted of rape and murder continues after he escaped from prison on Sunday. The department told the BBC that a "multitude of agencies" were involved in the search. Before becoming Gateway's police chief, Hardin served as an officer at the Eureka Springs Police Department (ESPD). "I was going to terminate him, but he resigned, and he was caught lying on a police report," Mr Hyatt reportedly said.