Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-2-105.7: Capitol Patrol Section - Authority - Reclassification

- Salaries - Application.

A. There is hereby created within the Oklahoma Highway Patrol

Division of the Department of Public Safety a Capitol Patrol Section

which shall consist of such employees as may be necessary to provide

law enforcement services to all state buildings and properties,

including grounds appurtenant thereto, within Oklahoma County and

Tulsa County. All commissioned officers of the Capitol Patrol

Section as designated by the Commissioner shall have the authority

to enforce all parking, traffic, and criminal laws within Oklahoma

County and Tulsa County, and shall have the authority to perform

other law enforcement duties within the state as prescribed by the

Commissioner of Public Safety.

B. A Patrolman shall not be promoted to the position of Capitol

Patrol Sergeant.

C. Any officer of the Capitol Patrol Section of the Oklahoma

Highway Patrol Division may request reclassification to the

equivalent lateral position, rank, and salary within the Oklahoma

Highway Patrol Division and shall be reclassified to the position if

the officer:

1. Meets the requirements of paragraph 2 of subsection B of

Section 2-105 of this title. Provided, the officer shall be exempt

from the maximum age limitation;

2. Satisfactorily completes a course of training as prescribed

by the Commissioner; and

3. Serves a twelve-month probationary period which shall

commence upon entering the course of training required by paragraph

2 of this subsection.

Such reclassified officer shall be subject to reassignment as

determined by the Chief of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Division.

D. All commissioned officers of the Capitol Patrol Section of

the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Division of the Department of Public

Safety shall have, in addition to their primary duty as prescribed

in subsection A of this section, a secondary duty to enforce all

state statutes, to make arrests for violations and to perform other

duties as prescribed by the Commissioner of Public Safety in

accordance with Section 2-117 of this title.

E. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services and the

Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority shall provide office and

operations space for the Capitol Patrol Section of the Oklahoma

Highway Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety.

F. The annual salaries of personnel comprising this section

shall be in accordance and conformity with the findings for

Department of Public Safety law enforcement personnel of the State

of Oklahoma Total Remuneration Study of 2013.

G. The provisions of this section shall supersede all existing

laws covering the salaries for the commissioned officers in the

Capitol Patrol Section of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Division of

the Department of Public Safety.