Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-981: Authority of officer while conveying prisoner - Assistance

of citizens - Penalty for refusing assistance.

The sheriff or his deputy while conveying the defendant to the

proper prison in execution of a judgment of imprisonment has the

same authority to require the assistance of any citizen of this

state in securing the defendant and in retaking him if he escape, as

if the sheriff were in his own county, and every person who refuses

or neglects to assist the sheriff, when so required, is punishable

as if the sheriff were in his own county.