Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.8: Appointment of employees - Powers of peace officers -

Probationary period - Classified service - Rights under additional

pension systems.

A. The Director shall appoint as employees only persons of

outstanding honesty, integrity and ability. An agent, at the time

of appointment to the Bureau, shall be at least twenty-one (21)

years of age and shall possess a bachelor's degree from an

accredited college or university.

B. The officers and agents of the Oklahoma State Bureau of

Investigation, and such other employees as the Director of the

Bureau of Investigation shall designate to perform duties in the

investigation and prevention of crime and the enforcement of the

criminal laws of the state, shall have and exercise all the powers

and authority of peace officers, including the right and power of

search and seizure.

C. Any Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation employee

promoted, voluntarily demoted or transferred into an agent or

criminalist position within the Bureau shall serve a twelve-month

trial period. Any state employee in a classified position with an

agency other than the Bureau who is selected for an agent or

criminalist position within the Bureau shall resign his or her

position and be reinstated in accordance with the merit rules.

D. Any employee in a classified position under the Merit System

of Personnel Administration who is appointed Director, Deputy

Director, Acting Director, Acting Deputy Director, or Assistant

Director shall have a right to return to the classified service

without any loss of rights, privileges or benefits immediately upon

completion of the duties of the employee provided the employee is

not otherwise disqualified.

E. All other employees of the State Bureau of Investigation

shall be in the classified service of the state and members of the

Merit System of Personnel Administration, unless otherwise provided

by law.

F. Appointment to any position in the State Bureau of

Investigation shall not jeopardize the rights of any person under

any other system under which peace officers of this state or its

subdivisions may become pensioned, provided that the individual

contributions are continued as if such person were in the original

organization within which the person qualified for such pension.