{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1350.7","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1350.7","heading":"Enforcement of act","body":"A. The Director of the Council on Law Enforcement Education and\n\nTraining, and any staff member designated by the Director, shall\n\nhave all the powers and authority of peace officers of this state\n\nfor the purposes of enforcing the provisions of the Bail Enforcement\n\nand Licensing Act, and all other duties which are or may be\n\nconferred upon the Council by the Bail Enforcement and Licensing\n\nAct. The powers and duties conferred on the Director or any staff\n\nmember appointed by the Director as a peace officer shall not limit\n\nthe powers and duties of other peace officers of this state or any\n\npolitical subdivision thereof. Nothing in the Bail Enforcement and\n\nLicensing Act shall be construed to restrict the Director from\n\nappointing the same staff members as peace officers to enforce both\n\nthe Oklahoma Security Guard and Private Investigator Act and the\n\nBail Enforcement and Licensing Act.\n\nB. The Council shall have the following powers and duties:\n\n1. To promulgate rules and forms to implement, enforce and\n\ncarry out the purposes of the Bail Enforcement and Licensing Act;\n\n2. To establish and enforce standards governing the training of\n\npersons required to be licensed pursuant to the Bail Enforcement and\n\nLicensing Act with respect to:\n\na. issuing, denying, or revoking certificates of approval\n\nto bail enforcement training schools, and programs\n\nadministered by the state, a county, a municipality, a\n\nprivate corporation, or an individual,\n\nb. certifying instructors at approved bail enforcement\n\ntraining schools,\n\nc. establishing minimum requirements for bail enforcement\n\ntraining schools and periodically reviewing these\n\nstandards, and\n\nd. providing for periodic inspection of all bail\n\nenforcement training schools or programs;\n\n3. To establish minimum curriculum requirements for training as\n\nthe Council may require for bail enforcers and armed bail enforcers.\n\nTraining requirements for unarmed bail enforcers shall be not less\n\nthan forty (40) hours of instruction which shall be in addition to\n\nthe Phase I, II, and III training requirements. Training\n\nrequirements for armed bail enforcers shall be the same as for\n\nunarmed bail enforcers plus Phase IV firearm and weapons training;\n\n4. To establish minimum requirements for a mandatory continuing\n\neducation program for all licensed bail enforcers which shall\n\ninclude, but not be limited to:\n\na. establishing a designated minimum number of clock\n\nhours of required attendance, not less than twenty-\n\nfour (24) clock hours during the licensing period, at\n\naccredited educational functions,\n\nb. establishing the penalties to be imposed upon a\n\nlicensee for failure to comply with the continuing\n\neducation requirements, and\n\nc. providing that the expense of such continuing\n\neducation shall be paid by the licensee participating\n\ntherein;\n\n5. To grant a waiver of any training requirement, except\n\nfirearms training and weapons training which shall be required for\n\nan armed bail enforcer license, unless the applicant has completed\n\nat least one (1) year of full-time employment as an armed security\n\nguard, armed private investigator, or CLEET-certified law\n\nenforcement officer within the three-year period immediately\n\npreceding the date of application and the applicant provides\n\nsufficient documentation thereof as may be required by the Council;\n\n6. To grant an applicant credit for fulfilling any prescribed\n\ncourse or courses of training, including firearms training, upon\n\nsubmission of acceptable documentation of comparable training. The\n\nCouncil may grant or refuse any such credit at its discretion;\n\n7. To issue the licenses and identification cards provided for\n\nin the Bail Enforcement and Licensing Act;\n\n8. To investigate alleged violations of the Bail Enforcement\n\nand Licensing Act, or rules promulgated pursuant thereto, and to\n\ndeny, suspend, or revoke licenses and identification cards if\nmentation of comparable training. The\n\nCouncil may grant or refuse any such credit at its discretion;\n\n7. To issue the licenses and identification cards provided for\n\nin the Bail Enforcement and Licensing Act;\n\n8. To investigate alleged violations of the Bail Enforcement\n\nand Licensing Act, or rules promulgated pursuant thereto, and to\n\ndeny, suspend, or revoke licenses and identification cards if\n\nnecessary, or to issue notices of reprimand to licensees with or\n\nwithout probation under the rules promulgated by the Council;\n\n9. To investigate alleged violations of the Bail Enforcement\n\nand Licensing Act by persons not licensed in this state as bail\n\nenforcers and to impose administrative sanctions pursuant to rule,\n\nto seek injunctions pursuant to Section 1750.2A of Title 59 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes, or seek criminal prosecution, or any and all of\n\nthe foregoing;\n\n10. To provide all forms for applications, identification\n\ncards, badges, and licenses required by the Bail Enforcement and\n\nLicensing Act;\n\n11. To immediately suspend a license if a licensee's actions\n\npresent a danger to the licensee or to the public; and\n\n12. To require additional testing for continuation or\n\nreinstatement of a license if a licensee exhibits an inability to\n\nexercise reasonable judgment, skill, or safety.\n\nC. The Council may use staff and resources established for the\n\nOklahoma Security Guard and Private Investigator Act to implement,\n\nadminister and enforce the Bail Enforcement and Licensing Act and\n\nshall use funds available from the CLEET Bail Enforcement Revolving\n\nFund created pursuant to Section 21 of this act for necessary\n\nfinancial support for the Bail Enforcement and Licensing Act.\n\nD. Nothing in the Bail Enforcement and Licensing Act or the\n\nOklahoma Security Guard and Private Investigator Act shall be\n\nconstrued to prohibit the Council from authorizing approved training\n\nschools or individuals to conduct combined education or training for\n\nsecurity guards, private investigators and bail enforcers, including\n\nPhases I, II, III and IV training.","path":["OK Code","Title 59"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os59.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"81d192f3c96e4fa209b343780806138395f5b1bb27be7b30d601297bc59b82ca","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1350.6","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1350.8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}