Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3311.16: CLEET authority to conduct Basic Peace Officer

Certification Academies and other law enforcement related training.

A. 1. The Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training

(CLEET) is authorized to conduct full-time Basic Peace Officer

Certification Academies and other law enforcement related training

for individuals not commissioned or appointed by a law enforcement

agency under rules established by the Council.

2. CLEET may establish and certify additional law enforcement

and criminal justice programs at state-supported technology center

schools in the State of Oklahoma operating under the State Board of

Career and Technology Education for teaching students between

sixteen (16) and nineteen (19) years of age. The tuition or fees

for law enforcement and criminal justice-related programs shall be

similar in cost as other vocational and technical education courses

and subjects offered at technology center schools and shall be

determined by the State Board of Career and Technology Education.

B. The tuition or fees for attending the Basic Peace Officer

Certification Academies or other law enforcement related training

will be at a rate established by CLEET and approved by the Council.

Tuition or fees charged under this section shall be deposited in the

Peace Officer Revolving Fund established in Section 3311.7 of this

title.

C. Individuals not commissioned or appointed by a law

enforcement agency who are trained in the Basic Peace Officer

Certification Academies shall be required to meet minimum

requirements established for peace officers as set forth in Section

3311 of this title. Any fees relating to meeting these requirements

shall be the responsibility of the individual. Individuals applying

for the Academies shall be required to submit a fingerprint check to

CLEET prior to acceptance.

D. The Council is authorized to promulgate emergency rules to

effectuate the provisions of this section.

E. Upon successful completion of the Basic Peace Officer

Certification Academy, CLEET certification of the individual shall

become effective upon employment by an Oklahoma law enforcement

agency. Employment and certification must be obtained within two

(2) years of completion of the Basic Peace Officer Certification

Academy.