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Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-36: Civil and criminal immunity for private citizens aiding

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  2. Title 22

police officers - Federal law enforcement officers.

Private citizens aiding a peace officer, or other officers of

the law in the performance of their duties as peace officers or

officers of the law, shall have the same civil and criminal immunity

as a peace officer, as a result of any act or commission for aiding

or attempting to aid a peace officer or other officer of the law,

when such officer is in imminent danger of loss of life or grave

bodily injury or when such officer requests such assistance and when

such action was taken under emergency conditions and in good faith.

Every federal law enforcement officer, as defined in Section 99

of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, while engaged in the

performance of official duties as a federal law enforcement officer

or when serving as a peace officer for the State of Oklahoma shall

have the same immunity from civil and criminal actions as any other

peace officer performing official duties within this state. The

State of Oklahoma or any of its political subdivisions shall not

assume the liability for or provide the legal representation for any

federal law enforcement officer serving as peace officers of the

State of Oklahoma.

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