{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-51-51-24a.8","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 51, § 51-24A.8","heading":"Law enforcement records - Disclosure","body":"A. Law enforcement agencies shall make available for public\n\ninspection and copying, if kept, the following records:\n\n1. An arrestee description, including the name, date of birth,\n\naddress, race, sex, physical description, and occupation of the\n\narrestee;\n\n2. Facts concerning the arrest, including the cause of arrest\n\nand the name of the arresting officer;\n\n3. A chronological list of all incidents, including initial\n\noffense report information showing the offense, date, time, general\n\nlocation, officer, and a brief summary of what occurred;\n\n4. Radio logs, including a chronological listing of the calls\n\ndispatched;\n\n5. Conviction information, including the name of any person\n\nconvicted of a criminal offense;\n\n6. Disposition of all warrants, including orders signed by a\n\njudge of any court commanding a law enforcement officer to arrest a\n\nparticular person;\n\n7. A crime summary, including an agency summary of crimes\n\nreported and public calls for service by classification or nature\n\nand number;\n\n8. Jail registers, including jail blotter data or jail booking\n\ninformation recorded on persons at the time of incarceration showing\n\nthe name of each prisoner with the date and cause of commitment, the\n\nauthority committing the prisoner, whether committed for a criminal\n\noffense, a description of the prisoner, and the date or manner of\n\ndischarge or escape of the prisoner;\n\n9. Audio and video recordings from recording equipment attached\n\nto law enforcement vehicles or associated audio recordings from\n\nrecording equipment on the person of a law enforcement officer;\n\nprovided, the law enforcement agency may, before releasing any audio\n\nor video recording provided for in this paragraph, redact or obscure\n\nspecific portions of the recording which:\n\na. depict the death of a person or a dead body, unless\n\nthe death was effected by a law enforcement officer,\n\nb. depict nudity,\n\nc. would identify minors under the age of sixteen (16)\n\nyears or would undermine any requirement to keep\n\ncertain juvenile records confidential as provided for\n\nin Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes,\n\nd. depict acts of severe violence resulting in great\n\nbodily injury, as defined in Section 11-904 of Title\n\n47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, against persons that are\n\nclearly visible, unless the act of severe violence was\n\neffected by a law enforcement officer,\n\ne. depict great bodily injury, as defined in Section 11-\n\n904 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless the\n\ngreat bodily injury was effected by a law enforcement\n\nofficer,\n\nf. include personal medical information that is not\n\nalready public,\n\ng. would undermine the assertion of a privilege provided\n\nin Section 1-109 or Section 3-428 of Title 43A of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes for detention or transportation for\n\nmental health evaluation or treatment or drug or\n\nalcohol detoxification purposes,\n\nh. include personal information other than the name or\n\nlicense plate number of a person not arrested, cited,\n\ncharged or issued a written warning. Such personal\n\ninformation shall include any government-issued\n\nidentification number, date of birth, address or\n\nfinancial information, or\n\ni. reveal the identity of law enforcement officers who\n\nhave become subject to internal investigation by the\n\nlaw enforcement agency as a result of an event\n\ndepicted in the recording. The option to protect the\n\nidentity of a law enforcement officer shall not be\n\navailable to the law enforcement agency after the law\n\nenforcement agency has concluded the investigation and\n\nrendered a decision as to final disciplinary action.\n\nAt such time when an investigation has concluded and\n\nthe law enforcement agency has rendered its decision\n\nas to final disciplinary action, the portions of the\n\nrecordings previously withheld as provided for in this\n\nsubparagraph shall be available for public inspection\n\nand copying. The audio and video recordings withheld\n\nas provided for in this subparagraph shall be\nfinal disciplinary action.\n\nAt such time when an investigation has concluded and\n\nthe law enforcement agency has rendered its decision\n\nas to final disciplinary action, the portions of the\n\nrecordings previously withheld as provided for in this\n\nsubparagraph shall be available for public inspection\n\nand copying. The audio and video recordings withheld\n\nas provided for in this subparagraph shall be\n\navailable for public inspection and copying before the\n\nconclusion of the investigation if the investigation\n\nlasts for an unreasonable amount of time; and\n\n10. a. Audio and video recordings from recording equipment\n\nattached to the person of a law enforcement officer\n\nthat depict:\n\n(1) the use of any physical force or violence by a\n\nlaw enforcement officer,\n\n(2) pursuits of any kind,\n\n(3) traffic stops,\n\n(4) any person being arrested, cited, charged or\n\nissued a written warning,\n\n(5) events that directly led to any person being\n\narrested, cited, charged or receiving a written\n\nwarning,\n\n(6) detentions of any length for the purpose of\n\ninvestigation,\n\n(7) any exercise of authority by a law enforcement\n\nofficer that deprives a citizen of his or her\n\nliberty,\n\n(8) actions by a law enforcement officer that have\n\nbecome the cause of an investigation or charges\n\nbeing filed,\n\n(9) recordings in the public interest that may\n\nmaterially aid a determination of whether law\n\nenforcement officers are appropriately performing\n\ntheir duties as public servants, or\n\n(10) any contextual events occurring before or after\n\nthe events depicted in divisions (1) through (9)\n\nof this subparagraph.\n\nb. Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph a of\n\nthis paragraph, the law enforcement agency may, before\n\nreleasing any audio or video recording provided for in\n\nthis paragraph, redact or obscure specific portions of\n\nthe recording that:\n\n(1) depict the death of a person or a dead body,\n\nunless the death was effected by a law\n\nenforcement officer,\n\n(2) depict nudity,\n\n(3) would identify minors under the age of sixteen\n\n(16) years or would undermine any requirement to\n\nkeep certain juvenile records confidential as\n\nprovided for in Title 10A of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes,\n\n(4) depict acts of severe violence resulting in great\n\nbodily injury, as defined in Section 11-904 of\n\nTitle 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, against\n\npersons that are clearly visible, unless the act\n\nof severe violence was effected by a law\n\nenforcement officer,\n\n(5) depict great bodily injury, as defined in Section\n\n11-904 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes,\n\nunless the great bodily injury was effected by a\n\nlaw enforcement officer,\n\n(6) include personal medical information that is not\n\nalready public,\n\n(7) undermine the assertion of a privilege as\n\nprovided in Section 1-109 or Section 3-428 of\n\nTitle 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes for detention\n\nor transportation for mental health evaluation or\n\ntreatment or drug or alcohol detoxification\n\npurposes,\n\n(8) identify alleged victims of sex crimes or\n\ndomestic violence,\n\n(9) identify any person who provides information to\n\nlaw enforcement or the information provided by\n\nthat person when that person requests anonymity\n\nor where disclosure of the identity of the person\n\nor the information provided could reasonably be\n\nexpected to threaten or endanger the physical\n\nsafety or property of the person or the physical\n\nsafety or property of others,\n\n(10) undermine the assertion of a privilege to keep\n\nthe identity of an informer confidential as\n\nprovided for in Section 2510 of Title 12 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes,\n\n(11) include personal information other than the name\n\nor license plate number of a person not\n\nofficially arrested, cited, charged or issued a\n\nwritten warning. Such personal information shall\n\ninclude any government-issued identification\n\nnumber, date of birth, address or financial\n\ninformation,\nof an informer confidential as\n\nprovided for in Section 2510 of Title 12 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes,\n\n(11) include personal information other than the name\n\nor license plate number of a person not\n\nofficially arrested, cited, charged or issued a\n\nwritten warning. Such personal information shall\n\ninclude any government-issued identification\n\nnumber, date of birth, address or financial\n\ninformation,\n\n(12) include information that would materially\n\ncompromise an ongoing criminal investigation or\n\nongoing criminal prosecution, provided that:\n\n(a) ten (10) days following the formal\n\narraignment or initial appearance, whichever\n\noccurs first, of a person charged in the\n\ncase in question, the recording shall be\n\nmade available for public inspection and\n\ncopying with no redaction of the portions\n\nthat were temporarily withheld by reliance\n\non this division. Provided, before\n\npotential release of a recording as provided\n\nfor in this subdivision, the prosecutor or\n\nlegal representative of the person charged\n\nmay request from the appropriate district\n\ncourt an extension of time during which the\n\nrecording may be withheld under the\n\nprovisions of this division. When a request\n\nfor an extension of time has been filed with\n\nthe court, the recording in question may be\n\nwithheld until the court has issued a\n\nruling. Such requests for an extension of\n\nthe time during which the recording may be\n\nwithheld may be made on the grounds that\n\nrelease of the recording will materially\n\ncompromise an ongoing criminal investigation\n\nor criminal prosecution or on the grounds\n\nthat release of the recording will\n\nmaterially compromise the right of an\n\naccused to a fair trial that has yet to\n\nbegin. Courts considering such requests\n\nshall conduct a hearing and consider whether\n\nthe interests of the public outweigh the\n\ninterests asserted by the parties. In\n\nresponse to such requests, the court shall\n\norder that the recording be made available\n\nfor public inspection and copying with no\n\nredaction of the portions that were\n\ntemporarily withheld by reliance on this\n\ndivision or order an extension of time\n\nduring which the recording may be withheld\n\nunder the provisions of this division.\n\nProvided further, each such time extension\n\nshall only be ordered by the court for an\n\nadditional six-month period of time or less\n\nand cumulative time extensions shall not add\n\nup to more than eighteen (18) months, or\n\n(b) in the event that one hundred twenty (120)\n\ndays expire from the date of the events\n\ndepicted in the recording without any person\n\nbeing criminally charged in the case in\n\nquestion and release of a recording or\n\nportions of a recording have been denied on\n\nthe grounds provided for in this division,\n\nan appeal of such denial may be made to the\n\nappropriate district court. In situations\n\nwhere one hundred twenty (120) days have\n\nexpired since the creation of the recording,\n\ncriminal charges have not been filed against\n\na person and the recording is being withheld\n\non the grounds provided for in this\n\ndivision, courts considering appeals to the\n\nuse of the provisions of this division for\n\ntemporarily withholding a recording shall\n\nconduct a hearing and consider whether the\n\ninterests of the public outweigh the\n\ninterests of the parties protected by this\n\ndivision. In response to such appeals, the\n\ndistrict court shall order that the\n\nrecording be made available for public\n\ninspection and copying with no redaction of\n\nthe portions that were temporarily withheld\n\nby reliance on this division or order an\n\nextension of time during which the recording\n\nmay be withheld under the provisions of this\n\ndivision. An order granting an extension of\n\ntime shall be applicable to the recording\n\nagainst all appellants for the duration of\n\nthe extension. Provided, each such time\n\nextension shall only be ordered by the\n\ndistrict court for an additional twelve-\nly withheld\n\nby reliance on this division or order an\n\nextension of time during which the recording\n\nmay be withheld under the provisions of this\n\ndivision. An order granting an extension of\n\ntime shall be applicable to the recording\n\nagainst all appellants for the duration of\n\nthe extension. Provided, each such time\n\nextension shall only be ordered by the\n\ndistrict court for an additional twelve-\n\nmonth period of time or less and cumulative\n\ntime extensions shall not add up to more\n\nthan three (3) years. Provided, charges\n\nbeing filed against a person in the case in\n\nquestion automatically cancels any extension\n\nof time. A new request for an extension of\n\ntime following an arraignment or initial\n\nappearance may be requested by the parties\n\non the grounds and under the terms provided\n\nfor in subdivision (a) of this division.\n\nThe options presented in this division to\n\npotentially withhold a recording or portions of a\n\nrecording on the grounds provided for in this\n\ndivision shall expire in totality four (4) years\n\nafter the recording was made at which time all\n\nrecordings previously withheld on the grounds\n\nprovided for in this division shall be made\n\navailable for public inspection and copying, or\n\n(13) reveal the identity of law enforcement officers\n\nwho have become subject to internal investigation\n\nby the law enforcement agency as a result of an\n\nevent depicted in the recording. The option to\n\nprotect the identity of a law enforcement officer\n\nshall not be available to the law enforcement\n\nagency after the law enforcement agency has\n\nconcluded the investigation and rendered a\n\ndecision as to final disciplinary action. At\n\nsuch time when an investigation has concluded and\n\nthe law enforcement agency has rendered its\n\ndecision as to final disciplinary action, the\n\nportions of the recordings previously withheld as\n\nprovided for in this division shall be available\n\nfor public inspection and copying. The audio and\n\nvideo recordings withheld on the grounds provided\n\nfor in this division shall be available for\n\npublic inspection and copying before the\n\nconclusion of the investigation if the\n\ninvestigation lasts for an unreasonable amount of\n\ntime.\n\nB. 1. Except for the records listed in subsection A of this\n\nsection and those made open by other state or local laws, law\n\nenforcement agencies may deny access to law enforcement records\n\nexcept where a court finds that the public interest or the interest\n\nof an individual outweighs the reason for denial. The provisions of\n\nthis section shall not operate to deny access to law enforcement\n\nrecords if such records have been previously made available to the\n\npublic as provided in the Oklahoma Open Records Act or as otherwise\n\nprovided by law.\n\n2. a. A law enforcement agency shall deny access to any\n\naudio or video recording that depicts the death of a\n\nlaw enforcement officer who was acting in the course\n\nof his or her official duties including any related\n\nacts or events immediately preceding or subsequent to\n\nthe acts or events that caused or otherwise relate to\n\nthe death, except where a court finds that the public\n\ninterest or the interest of an individual outweighs\n\nthe reason for denial. Provided, however, a law\n\nenforcement agency may allow a family member of the\n\ndeceased law enforcement officer to hear or view such\n\naudio or video recording under protocols established\n\nby the law enforcement agency. For the purposes of\n\nthis subparagraph, \"family member\" means a spouse,\n\nadult child, parent or sibling of the deceased law\n\nenforcement officer.\n\nb. Nothing in subparagraph a of this paragraph shall be\n\nconstrued to prohibit the prosecution and defense\n\ncounsel from access to such audio or video recordings\n\nor the use of such recordings as evidence in a legal\n\nproceeding.\n\nC. Nothing contained in this section imposes any new\n\nrecordkeeping requirements. Law enforcement records shall be kept\nsibling of the deceased law\n\nenforcement officer.\n\nb. Nothing in subparagraph a of this paragraph shall be\n\nconstrued to prohibit the prosecution and defense\n\ncounsel from access to such audio or video recordings\n\nor the use of such recordings as evidence in a legal\n\nproceeding.\n\nC. Nothing contained in this section imposes any new\n\nrecordkeeping requirements. Law enforcement records shall be kept\n\nfor as long as is now or may hereafter be specified by law. Absent\n\na legal requirement for the keeping of a law enforcement record for\n\na specific time period, law enforcement agencies shall maintain\n\ntheir records for so long as needed for administrative purposes.\n\nD. Registration files maintained by the Department of\n\nCorrections pursuant to the provisions of the Sex Offenders\n\nRegistration Act shall be made available for public inspection in a\n\nmanner to be determined by the Department.\n\nE. The Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training\n\n(C.L.E.E.T.) shall keep confidential all records it maintains\n\npursuant to Section 3311 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes and\n\ndeny release of records relating to any employed or certified full-\n\ntime officer, reserve officer, retired officer or other person;\n\nteacher lesson plans, tests and other teaching materials; and\n\npersonal communications concerning individual students except under\n\nthe following circumstances:\n\n1. To verify the current certification status of any peace\n\nofficer;\n\n2. As may be required to perform the duties imposed by Section\n\n3311 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes;\n\n3. To provide to any peace officer copies of the records of\n\nthat peace officer upon submitting a written request;\n\n4. To provide, upon written request, to any law enforcement\n\nagency conducting an official investigation, copies of the records\n\nof any peace officer who is the subject of such investigation;\n\n5. To provide final orders of administrative proceedings where\n\nan adverse action was taken against a peace officer; and\n\n6. Pursuant to an order of the district court of the State of\n\nOklahoma.\n\nF. The Department of Public Safety shall keep confidential:\n\n1. All records it maintains pursuant to its authority under\n\nTitle 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes relating to the Oklahoma Highway\n\nPatrol Division, the Communications Division, and other divisions of\n\nthe Department relating to:\n\na. training, lesson plans, teaching materials, tests and\n\ntest results,\n\nb. policies, procedures and operations, any of which are\n\nof a tactical nature, and\n\nc. the following information from radio logs:\n\n(1) telephone numbers,\n\n(2) addresses other than the location of incidents to\n\nwhich officers are dispatched, and\n\n(3) personal information which is contrary to the\n\nprovisions of the Driver's Privacy Protection\n\nAct, 18 United States Code, Sections 2721 through\n\n2725; and\n\n2. For the purpose of preventing identity theft and invasion of\n\nlaw enforcement computer systems, except as provided in Title 47 of\n\nthe Oklahoma Statutes, all driving records.","path":["OK Code","Title 51"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os51.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"f8b02af6a10fc6faa61fa32932b27cf9d70aa5654b781c22296bee2ef90dfb97","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-51-51-24a.7","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-51-51-24a.9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}