{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-70-70-3311","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3311","heading":"Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training","body":"A. There is hereby created a Council on Law Enforcement\n\nEducation and Training which shall be, and is hereby declared to be,\n\na governmental law enforcement agency of the State of Oklahoma, body\n\npolitic and corporate, with powers of government and with the\n\nauthority to exercise the rights, privileges and functions necessary\n\nto ensure the professional training and continuing education of law\n\nenforcement officers in this state. These rights, privileges and\n\nfunctions include, but are not limited to, those specified in\n\nSections 3311 through 3311.15 of this title and in the Oklahoma\n\nSecurity Guard and Private Investigator Act and the Bail Enforcement\n\nand Licensing Act. The Council shall be authorized to require\n\nagency employees and the employees of agency contractors in\n\npositions to have access to Oklahoma Peace Officer records, Oklahoma\n\nSecurity Guard and Private Investigator records, Bail Enforcement\n\nand Licensing Act records, to be subject to a criminal history\n\nsearch by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, as well as be\n\nfingerprinted for submission of the fingerprints through the\n\nOklahoma State Bureau of Investigation to the Federal Bureau of\n\nInvestigation for a national criminal history check. The Council\n\nshall be the recipient of the results of the record check. In\n\naccordance with Section 150.9 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes,\n\nthis includes a national criminal record with a finger print\n\nanalysis. The Council shall be composed of thirteen (13) members as\n\nfollows:\n\n1. The Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety, or\n\ndesignee;\n\n2. The Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and\n\nDangerous Drugs Control, or designee;\n\n3. The Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation,\n\nor designee;\n\n4. One member appointed by the Governor who shall be a law\n\nenforcement administrator representing a tribal law enforcement\n\nagency;\n\n5. One member appointed by the Governor who shall be a chief of\n\npolice of a municipality with a population over one hundred thousand\n\n(100,000), as determined by the latest Federal Decennial Census;\n\n6. One member appointed by the Board of Directors of the\n\nOklahoma Sheriffs' Association who shall be a sheriff of a county\n\nwith a population under twenty-five thousand (25,000), as determined\n\nby the latest Federal Decennial Census;\n\n7. One member appointed by the Oklahoma Association of Chiefs\n\nof Police who shall be a chief of police representing a municipality\n\nwith a population over ten thousand (10,000), as determined by the\n\nlatest Federal Decennial Census;\n\n8. One member shall be appointed by the Board of Directors of\n\nthe Oklahoma Sheriffs' Association who shall be a sheriff of a\n\ncounty with a population of twenty-five thousand (25,000) or more,\n\nas determined by the latest Federal Decennial Census;\n\n9. One member appointed by the Board of Directors of the\n\nFraternal Order of Police who shall have experience as a training\n\nofficer;\n\n10. One member appointed by the Chancellor of Higher Education\n\nwho shall be a representative of East Central University;\n\n11. One member appointed by the Board of Directors of the\n\nOklahoma Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association who shall be a\n\nfull-time law enforcement officer in good standing with CLEET within\n\na county with a population under fifty thousand (50,000);\n\n12. The President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate\n\nshall appoint one member from a list of three or more nominees\n\nsubmitted by a statewide organization representing cities and towns\n\nthat is exempt from taxation under federal law and designated\n\npursuant to the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C.,\n\nSection 170(a); and\n\n13. The Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives shall\n\nappoint one member from a list of three or more nominees submitted\n\nby an organization that assists in the establishment of\nby a statewide organization representing cities and towns\n\nthat is exempt from taxation under federal law and designated\n\npursuant to the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C.,\n\nSection 170(a); and\n\n13. The Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives shall\n\nappoint one member from a list of three or more nominees submitted\n\nby an organization that assists in the establishment of\n\naccreditation standards and training programs for law enforcement\n\nagencies throughout this state.\n\nThe Executive Director selected by the Council shall be an ex\n\nofficio member of the Council and shall act as Secretary. The\n\nCouncil on Law Enforcement Education and Training shall select a\n\nchair and vice-chair from among its members. Members of the Council\n\non Law Enforcement Education and Training shall not receive a salary\n\nfor duties performed as members of the Council, but shall be\n\nreimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the\n\nperformance of Council duties pursuant to the provisions of the\n\nState Travel Reimbursement Act.\n\nB. The Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training is\n\nhereby authorized and directed to:\n\n1. Appoint a larger Advisory Council to discuss problems and\n\nhear recommendations concerning necessary research, minimum\n\nstandards, educational needs, and other matters imperative to\n\nupgrading Oklahoma law enforcement to professional status;\n\n2. Promulgate rules with respect to such matters as\n\ncertification, revocation, suspension, withdrawal and reinstatement\n\nof certification, minimum courses of study, testing and test scores,\n\nattendance requirements, equipment and facilities, minimum\n\nqualifications for instructors, minimum standards for basic and\n\nadvanced in-service courses, and seminars for Oklahoma police and\n\npeace officers;\n\n3. Authorize research, basic and advanced courses, and seminars\n\nto assist in program planning directly and through subcommittees;\n\n4. Authorize additional staff and services necessary for\n\nprogram expansion;\n\n5. Recommend legislation necessary to upgrade Oklahoma law\n\nenforcement to professional status;\n\n6. Establish policies and regulations concerning the number,\n\ngeographic and police unit distribution, and admission requirements\n\nof those receiving tuition or scholarship aid available through the\n\nCouncil. Such waiver of costs shall be limited to duly appointed\n\nmembers of legally constituted local, county, and state law\n\nenforcement agencies on the basis of educational and financial need;\n\n7. Appoint an Executive Director to direct the staff, inform\n\nthe Council of compliance with the provisions of this section and\n\nperform such other duties imposed on the Council by law. An\n\nExecutive Director appointed by the Council must qualify for the\n\nposition with a bachelor or higher degree in law enforcement from an\n\naccredited college or university, or a bachelor or higher degree in\n\na law-enforcement-related subject area, and a minimum of five (5)\n\nyears of active law enforcement experience including, but not\n\nlimited to, responsibility for enforcement, investigation,\n\nadministration, training, or curriculum implementation.\n\nThe Executive Director of the Council on Law Enforcement\n\nEducation and Training may hire an Assistant Director to perform\n\nsuch duties as directed by the Executive Director.\n\nThe Executive Director of the Council on Law Enforcement\n\nEducation and Training may commission CLEET staff as peace officers\n\nfor purposes consistent with the duties of CLEET as set out in state\n\nlaw. The powers and duties conferred on the Executive Director or\n\nany staff member appointed by the Executive Director as a peace\n\nofficer shall not limit the powers and duties of other peace\n\nofficers of this state or any political subdivision thereof. The\n\nExecutive Director or any staff member appointed by the Executive\n\nDirector as a peace officer may, upon request, assist any federal,\nstate\n\nlaw. The powers and duties conferred on the Executive Director or\n\nany staff member appointed by the Executive Director as a peace\n\nofficer shall not limit the powers and duties of other peace\n\nofficers of this state or any political subdivision thereof. The\n\nExecutive Director or any staff member appointed by the Executive\n\nDirector as a peace officer may, upon request, assist any federal,\n\nstate, county or municipal law enforcement agency;\n\n8. Enter into contracts and agreements for the payment of\n\nclassroom space, food, and lodging expenses as may be necessary for\n\nlaw enforcement officers attending any official course of\n\ninstruction approved or conducted by the Council. Such expenses may\n\nbe paid directly to the contracting agency or business\n\nestablishment. The food and lodging expenses for each law\n\nenforcement officer shall not exceed the authorized rates as\n\nprovided for in the State Travel Reimbursement Act; provided,\n\nhowever, the Council may provide food and lodging to law enforcement\n\nofficials attending any official course of instruction approved or\n\nconducted by the Council rather than paying for the provision of\n\nsuch food and lodging by an outside contracting agency or business\n\nestablishment;\n\n9. a. Certify canine teams, consisting of a dog and a\n\nhandler working together as a team, trained to detect:\n\n(1) controlled dangerous substances, or\n\n(2) explosives, explosive materials, explosive\n\ndevices, or materials which could be used to\n\nconstruct an explosive device;\n\nprovided, the dog of a certified canine team shall not\n\nbe certified at any time as both a drug dog and a bomb\n\ndog, and any dog of a certified canine team who has\n\nbeen previously certified as either a drug dog or a\n\nbomb dog shall not be eligible at any time to be\n\ncertified in the other category.\n\nb. Upon retiring the dog from the service it was\n\ncertified to perform, the law enforcement department\n\nthat handled the dog shall retain possession of the\n\ndog. The handler shall have first option of adopting\n\nthe dog. If that option is not exercised, the law\n\nenforcement department shall provide for its adoption.\n\nOnce adopted the dog shall not be placed back into\n\nactive service;\n\n10. Enter into a lease, loan or other agreement with the\n\nOklahoma Development Finance Authority or a local public trust for\n\nthe purpose of facilitating the financing of a new facility for its\n\noperations and use and pledge, to the extent authorized by law, all\n\nor a portion of its receipts of the assessment penalty herein\n\nreferenced for the payment of its obligations under such lease, loan\n\nor other agreement. It is the intent of the Legislature to increase\n\nthe assessment penalty to such a level or appropriate sufficient\n\nmonies to the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training to\n\nmake payments on the lease, loan or other agreement for the purpose\n\nof retiring the bonds to be issued by the Oklahoma Development\n\nFinance Authority or local public trust. Such lease, loan or other\n\nagreement and the bonds issued to finance such facilities shall not\n\nconstitute an indebtedness of this state or be backed by the full\n\nfaith and credit of this state, and the lease, loan or other\n\nagreement and the bonds shall contain a statement to such effect;\n\n11. Accept gifts, bequests, devises, contributions and grants,\n\npublic or private, of real or personal property;\n\n12. Appoint an advisory committee composed of representatives\n\nfrom security guard and private investigative agencies to advise the\n\nCouncil concerning necessary research, minimum standards for\n\nlicensure, education, and other matters related to licensure of\n\nsecurity guards, security guard agencies, private investigators, and\n\nprivate investigative agencies;\n\n13. Enter into agreements with individuals, educational\n\ninstitutions, agencies, and business and tribal entities for\n\nprofessional services, the use of facilities and supplies, and staff\ng necessary research, minimum standards for\n\nlicensure, education, and other matters related to licensure of\n\nsecurity guards, security guard agencies, private investigators, and\n\nprivate investigative agencies;\n\n13. Enter into agreements with individuals, educational\n\ninstitutions, agencies, and business and tribal entities for\n\nprofessional services, the use of facilities and supplies, and staff\n\novertime costs incurred as a result of the user's requests to\n\nschedule functions after-hours, on weekends, or anytime such\n\nrequests extend staff beyond its normal capacity, whereby\n\ncontracting individuals, educational institutions, agencies, and\n\nbusiness and tribal entities shall pay a fee to be determined by the\n\nCouncil by rule. All fees collected pursuant to facilities usage\n\nshall be deposited to the credit of the C.L.E.E.T. Training Center\n\nRevolving Fund created pursuant to Section 3311.6 of this title.\n\nAll other fees collected pursuant to these agreements shall be\n\ndeposited to the credit of the Peace Officer Revolving Fund created\n\npursuant to Section 3311.7 of this title. The Council is authorized\n\nto promulgate emergency rules to effectuate the provisions of this\n\nparagraph;\n\n14. Promulgate rules to establish a state firearms\n\nrequalification standard for active peace officers and meet any\n\nrequirements imposed on the Council by the federal Law Enforcement\n\nOfficers Safety Act of 2004;\n\n15. Set minimal criteria relating to qualifications for chief\n\nof police administrative training pursuant to Section 34-102 of\n\nTitle 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes, assist in developing a course of\n\ntraining for a Police Chief Administrative School, and approve all\n\npolice chief administrative training offered in this state;\n\n16. Appoint a Curriculum Review Board to be composed of six (6)\n\nmembers as follows:\n\na. one member shall be selected by the Chancellor for\n\nHigher Education, who possesses a background of\n\ncreation and review of curriculum and experience\n\nteaching criminal justice or law enforcement courses,\n\nwho shall serve an initial term of one (1) year,\n\nb. one member shall represent a municipal jurisdiction\n\nwith a population of fifty thousand (50,000) or more\n\nand who shall be a management-level CLEET-certified\n\ntraining officer, who shall serve an initial term of\n\ntwo (2) years,\n\nc. one member shall represent a county jurisdiction with\n\na population of fifty thousand (50,000) or more and\n\nwho shall be a management-level CLEET-certified\n\ntraining officer, who shall serve an initial term of\n\nthree (3) years,\n\nd. one member shall represent a municipal jurisdiction\n\nwith a population of less than fifty thousand (50,000)\n\nand who shall be a CLEET-certified training officer,\n\nwho shall serve an initial term of two (2) years,\n\ne. one member shall represent a county jurisdiction with\n\na population of less than fifty thousand (50,000) and\n\nwho shall be a CLEET-certified training officer, who\n\nshall serve an initial term of one (1) year, and\n\nf. one member selected by the Oklahoma Department of\n\nCareer and Technology, who shall have experience in\n\nthe creation and review of curriculum as well as\n\nexperience in teaching criminal justice or law\n\nenforcement courses, who shall serve an initial term\n\nof three (3) years.\n\nAfter the initial terms of office, all members shall be\n\nappointed to serve three-year terms. Any member may be reappointed\n\nto serve consecutive terms. Members shall serve without\n\ncompensation, but may be reimbursed for travel expenses pursuant to\n\nthe State Travel Reimbursement Act. The Board shall review and\n\nestablish curriculum for all CLEET academies and training courses\n\npursuant to procedures established by the Council on Law Enforcement\n\nEducation and Training;\n\n17. Conduct review and verification of any records relating to\n\nthe statutory duties of CLEET;\nPage 1480\n\ncompensation, but may be reimbursed for travel expenses pursuant to\n\nthe State Travel Reimbursement Act. The Board shall review and\n\nestablish curriculum for all CLEET academies and training courses\n\npursuant to procedures established by the Council on Law Enforcement\n\nEducation and Training;\n\n17. Conduct review and verification of any records relating to\n\nthe statutory duties of CLEET;\n\n18. Receive requested reports including investigative reports,\n\ncourt documents, statements, or other applicable information from\n\nlocal, county and state agencies and other agencies for use in\n\nactions where a certification or license issued by CLEET may be\n\nsubject to disciplinary or other actions provided by law;\n\n19. Summarily suspend a certification of a peace officer,\n\nwithout prior notice but otherwise subject to administrative\n\nproceedings, if CLEET finds that the actions of the certified peace\n\nofficer may present a danger to the peace officer, the public, a\n\nfamily or household member, or involve a crime against a minor. A\n\ncertified copy of the information or indictment charging such a\n\ncrime shall be considered clear and convincing evidence of the\n\ncharge; and\n\n20. Approve law enforcement agencies and police departments in\n\naccordance with the following:\n\na. this section applies only to an entity authorized by\n\nstatute or by the Constitution to create a law\n\nenforcement agency or police department and\n\ncommission, appoint, or employ officers that first\n\ncreates or reactivates an inactive law enforcement\n\nagency or police department and first begins to\n\ncommission, appoint, or employ officers on or after\n\nNovember 1, 2011,\n\nb. the entity shall submit to CLEET, a minimum of sixty\n\n(60) days prior to creation of the law enforcement\n\nagency or police department, information regarding:\n\n(1) the need for the law enforcement agency or police\n\ndepartment in the community,\n\n(2) the funding sources for the law enforcement\n\nagency or police department, and proof that no\n\nmore than fifty percent (50%) of the funding of\n\nthe entity will be derived from ticket revenue or\n\nfines,\n\n(3) the physical resources available to officers,\n\n(4) the physical facilities that the law enforcement\n\nagency or police department will operate\n\nincluding descriptions of the evidence room,\n\ndispatch area, restroom facilities, and public\n\narea,\n\n(5) law enforcement policies of the law enforcement\n\nagency or police department including published\n\npolicies on:\n\n(a) use of force,\n\n(b) vehicle pursuit,\n\n(c) mental health,\n\n(d) professional conduct of officers,\n\n(e) domestic abuse,\n\n(f) response to missing persons,\n\n(g) supervision of part-time officers, and\n\n(h) impartial policing,\n\n(6) the administrative structure of the law\n\nenforcement agency or police department,\n\n(7) liability insurance, and\n\n(8) any other information CLEET requires by rule,\n\nc. within sixty (60) days of receiving an entity's\n\nrequest, CLEET will forward to the entity by certified\n\nmail, return receipt requested, a letter of\n\nauthorization or denial to create a law enforcement\n\nagency or police department and commission, appoint,\n\nor employ officers, signed by the Executive Director\n\nof CLEET, and\n\nd. in cases of denial, the entity may appeal the decision\n\nof the Executive Director to the full CLEET Council.\n\nThe Executive Director shall ensure that the final\n\nreport is provided to all members of the Council. The\n\nCouncil shall review and make recommendations\n\nconcerning the report at the first meeting of the\n\nCouncil to occur after all members of the Council have\n\nreceived the report. The Council may, by majority\n\nvote:\n\n(1) order additional information be provided,\n\n(2) order confirmation of the opinion of the\n\nExecutive Director, or\ne that the final\n\nreport is provided to all members of the Council. The\n\nCouncil shall review and make recommendations\n\nconcerning the report at the first meeting of the\n\nCouncil to occur after all members of the Council have\n\nreceived the report. The Council may, by majority\n\nvote:\n\n(1) order additional information be provided,\n\n(2) order confirmation of the opinion of the\n\nExecutive Director, or\n\n(3) order authorization of the entity.\n\nC. 1. Payment of any fee provided for in this section may be\n\nmade by a nationally recognized credit or debit card issued to the\n\napplicant. The Council may publicly post and collect a fee for the\n\nacceptance of the nationally recognized credit or debit card not to\n\nexceed five percent (5%) of the amount of the payment. For purposes\n\nof this subsection, \"nationally recognized credit card\" means any\n\ninstrument or device, whether known as a credit card, credit plate,\n\ncharge plate, or by any other name, issued with or without fee by an\n\nissuer for the use of the cardholder in obtaining goods, services,\n\nor anything else of value and which is accepted by over one thousand\n\nmerchants in this state. \"Debit card\" means an identification card\n\nor device issued to a person by a business organization which\n\npermits such person to obtain access to or activate a consumer\n\nbanking electronic facility. The Council shall determine which\n\nnationally recognized credit or debit cards will be accepted as\n\npayment for fees.\n\n2. Payment for any fee provided for in this title may be made\n\nby a business check. The Council may:\n\na. add an amount equal to the amount of the service\n\ncharge incurred, not to exceed three percent (3%) of\n\nthe amount of the check as a service charge for the\n\nacceptance and verification of the check, or\n\nb. add an amount of no more than Five Dollars ($5.00) as\n\na service charge for the acceptance and verification\n\nof a check. For purposes of this subsection,\n\n\"business check\" shall not mean a money order,\n\ncashier's check, or bank-certified check.\n\nD. Failure of the Legislature to appropriate necessary funds to\n\nprovide for expenses and operations of the Council on Law\n\nEnforcement Education and Training shall not invalidate other\n\nprovisions of this section relating to the creation and duties of\n\nthe Council.\n\nE. 1. No person shall be eligible for employment as a peace\n\nofficer or reserve peace officer until the employing law enforcement\n\nagency has conducted a background investigation of such person\n\nconsisting of the following:\n\na. a fingerprint search submitted to the Oklahoma State\n\nBureau of Investigation with a return report to the\n\nsubmitting agency that such person has no felony\n\nrecord,\n\nb. a fingerprint search submitted to the Federal Bureau\n\nof Investigation with a return report to the\n\nsubmitting agency that such person has no felony\n\nrecord,\n\nc. such person has undergone psychological evaluation by\n\na psychologist licensed by the State of Oklahoma and\n\nhas been evaluated to be suitable to serve as a peace\n\nofficer in the State of Oklahoma,\n\nd. the employing agency has verified that such person has\n\na high school diploma or a GED equivalency certificate\n\nas recognized by state law,\n\ne. such person is not participating in a deferred\n\nsentence agreement for a felony, a crime involving\n\nmoral turpitude or a crime of domestic violence, and\n\ndoes not have any criminal charges pending in any\n\ncourt in this state, another state, in tribal court or\n\npursuant to the United States Code,\n\nf. such person is not currently subject to an order of\n\nthe Council revoking, suspending, or accepting a\n\nvoluntary surrender of peace officer certification,\n\ng. such person is not currently undergoing treatment for\n\na mental illness, condition or disorder. For purposes\n\nof this subsection, \"currently undergoing treatment\n\nfor mental illness, condition or disorder\" means the\n70. Schools Page 1483\n\nf. such person is not currently subject to an order of\n\nthe Council revoking, suspending, or accepting a\n\nvoluntary surrender of peace officer certification,\n\ng. such person is not currently undergoing treatment for\n\na mental illness, condition or disorder. For purposes\n\nof this subsection, \"currently undergoing treatment\n\nfor mental illness, condition or disorder\" means the\n\nperson has been diagnosed by a licensed physician,\n\npsychologist, or licensed mental health professional\n\nas being afflicted with a substantial disorder of\n\nthought, mood, perception, psychological orientation\n\nor memory that significantly impairs judgment,\n\nbehavior, capacity to recognize reality, or ability to\n\nmeet the ordinary demands of life and such condition\n\ncontinues to exist,\n\nh. such person is twenty-one (21) years of age.\n\nProvided, this requirement shall not affect those\n\npersons who are already employed as a police or peace\n\nofficer prior to November 1, 1985, and\n\ni. such person has provided proof of United States\n\ncitizenship or resident alien status, pursuant to an\n\nemployment eligibility verification form from the\n\nUnited States Citizenship and Immigration Services.\n\n2. To aid the evaluating psychologist in interpreting the test\n\nresults including automated scoring and interpretations, the\n\nemploying agency shall provide the psychologist a statement\n\nconfirming the identity of the individual taking the test as the\n\nperson who is employed or seeking employment as a peace officer of\n\nthe agency and attesting that it administered the psychological\n\ninstrument in accordance with standards within the test document.\n\nThe psychologist shall report to the employing agency the evaluation\n\nof the assessment instrument and may include any additional\n\nrecommendations to assist the employing agency in determining\n\nwhether to certify to the Council on Law Enforcement Education and\n\nTraining that the person being evaluated is suitable to serve as a\n\npeace officer in this state. No additional procedures or\n\nrequirements shall be imposed for performance of the psychological\n\nevaluation. The psychological instrument utilized shall be\n\nevaluated by a psychologist licensed by the State of Oklahoma, and\n\nthe employing agency shall certify to the Council that the\n\nevaluation was conducted in accordance with this provision and that\n\nthe employee or applicant is suitable to serve as a peace officer in\n\nthis state.\n\na. Any person found not to be suitable for employment or\n\ncertification by the Council shall not be employed,\n\nretained in employment as a peace officer, or\n\ncertified by the Council for at least one (1) year, at\n\nwhich time the employee or applicant may be\n\nreevaluated by a psychologist licensed by the State of\n\nOklahoma. This section shall also be applicable to\n\nall reserve peace officers in this state.\n\nb. Any person who is certified by CLEET and has undergone\n\nthe psychological evaluation required by this\n\nsubparagraph and has been found to be suitable as a\n\npeace officer shall not be required to be reevaluated\n\nfor any subsequent employment as a peace officer\n\nfollowing retirement or any break in service as a\n\npeace officer, unless such break in service exceeds\n\nfive (5) years or the Council determines that a peace\n\nofficer may present a danger to himself or herself,\n\nthe public, or a family or household member.\n\nc. All persons seeking certification shall have their\n\nname, gender, date of birth, and address of such\n\nperson submitted to the Department of Mental Health\n\nand Substance Abuse Services by the Council. The\n\nDepartment of Mental Health and Substance Abuse\n\nServices shall respond to the Council within ten (10)\n\ndays whether the computerized records of the\n\nDepartment indicate the applicant has ever been\n\ninvoluntarily committed to an Oklahoma state mental\n\ninstitution. In the event that the Department of\n\nMental Health and Substance Abuse Services reports to\nubstance Abuse Services by the Council. The\n\nDepartment of Mental Health and Substance Abuse\n\nServices shall respond to the Council within ten (10)\n\ndays whether the computerized records of the\n\nDepartment indicate the applicant has ever been\n\ninvoluntarily committed to an Oklahoma state mental\n\ninstitution. In the event that the Department of\n\nMental Health and Substance Abuse Services reports to\n\nthe Council that the applicant has been involuntarily\n\ncommitted, the Council shall immediately inform the\n\nemploying agency.\n\nAll basic police courses shall include a minimum of four (4)\n\nhours of education and training in recognizing and managing a person\n\nappearing to require mental health treatment or services. The\n\ntraining shall include training in crime and drug prevention, crisis\n\nintervention, youth and family intervention techniques, recognizing,\n\ninvestigating and preventing abuse and exploitation of elderly\n\npersons, mental health issues, and criminal jurisdiction on\n\nSovereign Indian Land.\n\nSubject to the availability of funding, for full-time salaried\n\npolice or peace officers a basic police course academy shall consist\n\nof a minimum of six hundred (600) hours.\n\nFor reserve deputies a basic reserve academy shall consist of a\n\nminimum of two hundred forty (240) hours.\n\n3. Beginning January 1, 2018, any reserve peace officer who has\n\ncompleted the two-hundred-forty-hour reserve peace officer\n\ncertification program and who has been in active service in that\n\ncapacity for the past six (6) months shall be eligible to attend a\n\nthree-hundred-sixty-hour basic full-time training academy to become\n\ncertified as a full-time peace or police officer.\n\n4. Every person who has not been certified as a police or peace\n\nofficer and is duly appointed or elected as a police or peace\n\nofficer shall hold such position on a temporary basis only, and\n\nshall, within six (6) months from the date of appointment or taking\n\noffice, qualify as required in this subsection or forfeit such\n\nposition. In computing the time for qualification, all service\n\nshall be cumulative from date of first appointment or taking office\n\nas a police or peace officer with any department in this state.\n\na. The Council may extend the time requirement specified\n\nin this paragraph for good cause as determined by the\n\nCouncil.\n\nb. A duty is hereby imposed upon the employing agency to\n\nwithhold payment of the compensation or wage of such\n\nunqualified officer.\n\nc. If the police or peace officer fails to forfeit the\n\nposition or the employing agency fails to require the\n\nofficer to forfeit the position, the district attorney\n\nshall file the proper action to cause the forfeiting\n\nof such position. The district court of the county\n\nwhere the officer is employed shall have jurisdiction\n\nto hear the case.\n\n5. The Council may certify officers who have completed a course\n\nof study in another state deemed by the Council to meet standards\n\nfor Oklahoma peace officers providing the officer's certification in\n\nthe other state has not been revoked or voluntarily surrendered and\n\nis not currently under suspension.\n\n6. For purposes of this section, a police or peace officer is\n\ndefined as a full-time duly appointed or elected officer who is paid\n\nfor working more than twenty-five (25) hours per week and whose\n\nduties are to preserve the public peace, protect life and property,\n\nprevent crime, serve warrants, transport prisoners, and enforce laws\n\nand ordinances of this state, or any political subdivision thereof;\n\nprovided, elected sheriffs and their deputies and elected,\n\nappointed, or acting chiefs of police shall meet the requirements of\n\nthis subsection within the first six (6) months after assuming the\n\nduties of the office to which they are elected or appointed or for\n\nwhich they are an acting chief; provided further, that this section\n\nshall not apply to persons designated by the Director of the\nof;\n\nprovided, elected sheriffs and their deputies and elected,\n\nappointed, or acting chiefs of police shall meet the requirements of\n\nthis subsection within the first six (6) months after assuming the\n\nduties of the office to which they are elected or appointed or for\n\nwhich they are an acting chief; provided further, that this section\n\nshall not apply to persons designated by the Director of the\n\nDepartment of Corrections as peace officers pursuant to Section 510\n\nof Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nF. No person shall be certified as a police or peace officer by\n\nthe Council or be employed by the state, a county, a city, or any\n\npolitical subdivision thereof, who is currently subject to an order\n\nof the Council revoking, suspending, or accepting a voluntary\n\nsurrender of peace officer certification or who has been convicted\n\nof a felony, a crime involving moral turpitude, or a crime of\n\ndomestic violence, unless a full pardon has been granted by the\n\nproper agency; however, any person who has been trained and\n\ncertified by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training\n\nand is actively employed as a full-time peace officer as of November\n\n1, 1985, shall not be subject to the provisions of this subsection\n\nfor convictions occurring prior to November 1, 1985.\n\nG. 1. The Council is hereby authorized to provide to any\n\nemploying agency the following information regarding a person who is\n\nor has applied for employment as a police or peace officer of such\n\nemploying agency:\n\na. Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and Federal\n\nBureau of Investigation reports,\n\nb. administration of the psychological tests provided for\n\nherein,\n\nc. performance in the course of study or other basis of\n\ncertification,\n\nd. previous certifications issued, and\n\ne. any administrative or judicial determination denying\n\ncertification.\n\n2. An employing agency shall not be liable in any action\n\narising out of the release of contents of personnel information\n\nrelevant to the qualifications or ability of a person to perform the\n\nduties of a police or peace officer when such information is\n\nreleased pursuant to written authorization for release of\n\ninformation signed by such person and is provided to another\n\nemploying agency which has employed or has received an application\n\nfor employment from such person.\n\n3. As used in this subsection, \"employing agency\" means a\n\npolitical subdivision or law enforcement agency which either has\n\nemployed or received an employment application from a person who, if\n\nemployed, would be subject to this section.\n\nH. 1. A law enforcement agency employing police or peace\n\nofficers in this state shall report the hiring, resignation, or\n\ntermination for any reason of a police or peace officer to the\n\nCouncil within ten (10) days. Failure to comply with the provisions\n\nof this subsection may disqualify a law enforcement agency from\n\nparticipating in training programs sponsored by the Council. Every\n\nlaw enforcement agency employing police or peace officers in this\n\nstate shall submit to CLEET on or before October 1 of each calendar\n\nyear a complete list of all commissioned employees with a current\n\nmailing address and phone number for each such employee. In\n\naddition to the above, CLEET may impose an administrative fine for\n\nviolations of this section.\n\n2. A tribal law enforcement agency that has peace officers\n\ncommissioned by an Oklahoma law enforcement agency pursuant to a\n\ncross-deputization agreement with the State of Oklahoma or any\n\npolitical subdivision of the State of Oklahoma pursuant to the\n\nprovisions of Section 1221 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes\n\nshall report the commissioning, resignation, or termination of\n\ncommission for any reason of a cross-deputized tribal police or\n\npeace officer to CLEET within ten (10) days of the commissioning,\n\nresignation, or termination. Failure to comply with the provisions\nlahoma pursuant to the\n\nprovisions of Section 1221 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes\n\nshall report the commissioning, resignation, or termination of\n\ncommission for any reason of a cross-deputized tribal police or\n\npeace officer to CLEET within ten (10) days of the commissioning,\n\nresignation, or termination. Failure to comply with the provisions\n\nof this subsection may disqualify a tribal law enforcement agency\n\nfrom participating in training programs sponsored by the Council.\n\nI. It is unlawful for any person to willfully make any\n\nstatement in an application to CLEET knowing the statement is false\n\nor intentionally commit fraud in any application to the Council for\n\nattendance in any CLEET-conducted or CLEET-approved peace officer\n\nacademy or Collegiate Officer Program or for the purpose of\n\nobtaining peace officer certification or reinstatement. It is\n\nunlawful for any person to willfully submit false or fraudulent\n\ndocuments relating to continuing education rosters, transcripts or\n\ncertificates, or any canine license application. Any person\n\nconvicted of a violation of this subsection shall be guilty of a\n\nfelony punishable by imprisonment in the Department of Corrections\n\nfor a term of not less than two (2) years nor more than five (5)\n\nyears, or by a fine not exceeding Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00),\n\nor by both such fine and imprisonment. In addition to the above,\n\nCLEET may impose an administrative fine.\n\nJ. 1. A police or peace officer shall be subject to\n\ndisciplinary action to include a denial, suspension, revocation or\n\nacceptance of voluntary surrender of peace officer certification\n\nupon a showing of clear and convincing evidence for the following:\n\na. conviction of a felony or a crime of domestic\n\nviolence,\n\nb. conviction of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude;\n\nprovided, if the conviction is a single isolated\n\nincident that occurred more than five (5) years ago\n\nand the Council is satisfied that the person has been\n\nsufficiently rehabilitated, the Council may, in its\n\ndiscretion, certify such person providing that all\n\nother statutory requirements have been met,\n\nc. a verdict of guilt or entry of a plea of guilty or\n\nnolo contendere or an \"Alford\" plea or any plea other\n\nthan a not guilty plea for a felony offense, a crime\n\nof moral turpitude, or a crime of domestic violence,\n\nd. falsification or a willful misrepresentation of\n\ninformation in an employment application or\n\napplication to the Council on Law Enforcement\n\nEducation and Training, records of evidence, or in\n\ntestimony under oath,\n\ne. revocation or voluntary surrender of police or peace\n\nofficer certification in another state for a violation\n\nof any law or rule or in settlement of any\n\ndisciplinary action in such state,\n\nf. involuntary commitment of a reserve or peace officer\n\nin a mental institution or licensed private mental\n\nhealth facility for any mental illness, condition or\n\ndisorder that is diagnosed by a licensed physician,\n\npsychologist or a licensed mental health professional\n\nas a substantial disorder of thought, mood,\n\nperception, psychological orientation, or memory that\n\nsignificantly impairs judgment, behavior, capacity to\n\nrecognize reality, or ability to meet the ordinary\n\ndemands of life. Provided, the peace officer\n\ncertification may be reinstated upon the Council\n\nreceiving notification of a psychological evaluation\n\nconducted by a licensed physician, psychologist or\n\nlicensed mental health professional which attests and\n\nstates by affidavit that the officer and the\n\nevaluation test data of the officer have been examined\n\nand that, in the professional opinion of the\n\nphysician, psychologist or licensed mental health\n\nprofessional, the officer is psychologically suitable\n\nto return to duty as a peace officer. Notwithstanding\n\nany other provision of state law pertaining to\nental health professional which attests and\n\nstates by affidavit that the officer and the\n\nevaluation test data of the officer have been examined\n\nand that, in the professional opinion of the\n\nphysician, psychologist or licensed mental health\n\nprofessional, the officer is psychologically suitable\n\nto return to duty as a peace officer. Notwithstanding\n\nany other provision of state law pertaining to\n\nconfidentiality of hospital or other medical records,\n\nand as allowable under federal law, CLEET may subpoena\n\nor request a court to subpoena records necessary to\n\nassure compliance with these provisions. Any\n\nconfidential information received by CLEET for such\n\npurpose shall retain its confidential character while\n\nin the possession of CLEET,\n\ng. abuse of office,\n\nh. entry of a final order of protection against applicant\n\nor officer, or\n\ni. any violation of the Oklahoma Private Security\n\nLicensing Act.\n\n2. Disciplinary proceedings shall be commenced by filing a\n\ncomplaint with the Council on a form approved by the Council. Any\n\nemploying agency or other person having information may submit such\n\ninformation to the Council for consideration as provided in this\n\nsubsection.\n\n3. Upon the filing of the complaint, a preliminary\n\ninvestigation shall be conducted to determine whether:\n\na. there is reason to believe the person has violated any\n\nprovision of this subsection or any other provision of\n\nlaw or rule, or\n\nb. there is reason to believe the person has been\n\nconvicted of a felony, a crime involving moral\n\nturpitude or a domestic violence offense or is\n\ncurrently participating in a deferred sentence for\n\nsuch offenses.\n\n4. When the investigation of a complaint does not find the\n\nperson has violated any of the provisions of this subsection, or\n\nfinds that the person is sufficiently rehabilitated as provided in\n\nsubparagraph b or f of paragraph 1 of this subsection, no\n\ndisciplinary action shall be required and the person shall remain\n\ncertified as a police or peace officer. When the investigation of a\n\ncomplaint finds that the person has violated any of the provisions\n\nof this subsection, the matter shall be referred for disciplinary\n\nproceedings. The disciplinary proceedings shall be in accordance\n\nwith Articles I and II of the Administrative Procedures Act.\n\n5. The Council shall revoke the certification of any person\n\nupon determining that such person has been convicted of a felony or\n\na crime involving moral turpitude or a domestic violence offense or\n\nhas entered a plea of guilty, or nolo contendere or an \"Alford\" plea\n\nor any plea other than a not guilty plea for a felony offense, a\n\ncrime of moral turpitude or a crime of domestic violence or is the\n\nrespondent in a final victim protective order; provided, that if the\n\nconviction has been reversed, vacated or otherwise invalidated by an\n\nappellate court, such conviction shall not be the basis for\n\nrevocation of certification; provided further, that any person who\n\nhas been trained and certified by the Council on Law Enforcement\n\nEducation and Training and is actively employed as a full-time peace\n\nofficer as of November 1, 1985, shall not be subject to the\n\nprovisions of this subsection for convictions occurring prior to\n\nNovember 1, 1985. The sole issue to be determined at the hearing\n\nshall be whether the person has been convicted of a felony, a crime\n\ninvolving moral turpitude or a domestic violence offense or is the\n\nnamed respondent/defendant in a final victim protective order.\n\n6. The Council shall revoke the certification of any person\n\nupon determining that such person has received a deferred sentence\n\nfor a felony, a crime involving moral turpitude or a domestic\n\nviolence offense.\n\n7. The Council may suspend the certification of any person upon\n\na determination that such person has been involuntarily committed to\n\na mental institution or mental health facility for a mental illness,\nshall revoke the certification of any person\n\nupon determining that such person has received a deferred sentence\n\nfor a felony, a crime involving moral turpitude or a domestic\n\nviolence offense.\n\n7. The Council may suspend the certification of any person upon\n\na determination that such person has been involuntarily committed to\n\na mental institution or mental health facility for a mental illness,\n\ncondition or disorder as provided in subparagraph f of paragraph 1\n\nof this subsection.\n\n8. Every law enforcement agency in this state shall, within\n\nthirty (30) days of a final order of termination or resignation\n\nwhile under investigation of a CLEET-certified peace officer, report\n\nsuch order or resignation in writing to the Executive Director of\n\nthe Council. Any report, upon receipt by the Council, shall be\n\nconsidered as personnel records and shall be afforded confidential\n\nprotection pursuant to Sections 24A.7 and 24A.8 of Title 51 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes. Any medical or other confidential records\n\nobtained by subpoena pursuant to this subsection shall not be made a\n\npart of such report. The Executive Director shall ensure that the\n\nreport is provided to all members of the Council. The Council shall\n\nreview and make recommendations concerning the report at the first\n\nmeeting of the Council to occur after all members of the Council\n\nhave received the report. The Council may, by a majority vote,\n\norder the suspension, for a given period of time, or revocation of\n\nthe CLEET certification of the peace officer in question if there\n\nare grounds for such actions pursuant to this section and the peace\n\nofficer in question has been provided with notice and an opportunity\n\nfor a hearing pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act.\n\nSuspension or revocation of CLEET certification pursuant to this\n\nparagraph shall be reported to the district attorney for the\n\njurisdiction in which the peace officer was employed, to the\n\nliability insurance company of the law enforcement agency that\n\nemployed the peace officer, the chief elected official of the\n\ngoverning body of the law enforcement agency and the chief law\n\nenforcement officer of the law enforcement agency.\n\n9. For all other violations of this subsection, the hearing\n\nexaminer shall take into consideration the severity of the\n\nviolation, any mitigating circumstances offered by the person\n\nsubject to disciplinary action, and any other evidence relevant to\n\nthe person's character to determine the appropriate disciplinary\n\naction.\n\n10. a. A police or peace officer may voluntarily surrender\n\nand relinquish the peace officer certification to\n\nCLEET. Pursuant to such surrender or relinquishment,\n\nthe person surrendering the certification shall be\n\nprohibited from applying to CLEET for reinstatement\n\nwithin five (5) years of the date of the surrender or\n\nrelinquishment, unless otherwise provided by law for\n\nreinstatement.\n\nb. No person who has had a police or peace officer\n\ncertification from another state revoked or\n\nvoluntarily surrendered and has not been reinstated by\n\nthat state shall be considered for certification by\n\nCLEET.\n\nc. Any person seeking reinstatement of police or peace\n\nofficer certification which has been suspended,\n\nrevoked, or voluntarily surrendered may apply for\n\nreinstatement pursuant to promulgated CLEET rules\n\ngoverning reinstatement. Except as provided in this\n\nsubsection, any person whose certification has been\n\nrevoked, suspended or voluntarily surrendered for any\n\nreason including failure to comply with mandatory\n\neducation and training requirements, shall pay a\n\nreinstatement fee of One Hundred Fifty Dollars\n\n($150.00) to be deposited to the credit of the Peace\n\nOfficer Revolving Fund created pursuant to Section\n\n3311.7 of this title.\n\n11. A duty is hereby imposed upon the district attorney who, on\nfor any\n\nreason including failure to comply with mandatory\n\neducation and training requirements, shall pay a\n\nreinstatement fee of One Hundred Fifty Dollars\n\n($150.00) to be deposited to the credit of the Peace\n\nOfficer Revolving Fund created pursuant to Section\n\n3311.7 of this title.\n\n11. A duty is hereby imposed upon the district attorney who, on\n\nbehalf of the State of Oklahoma, prosecutes a person holding police\n\nor peace officer or reserve peace officer certification for a\n\nfelony, a crime involving moral turpitude, or a crime of domestic\n\nviolence in which a plea of guilty, nolo contendere, or an \"Alford\"\n\nplea or any other plea other than a not guilty plea or other finding\n\nof guilt is entered by, against or on behalf of a certified police\n\nor peace officer to report such plea, agreement, or other finding of\n\nguilt to the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training\n\nwithin ten (10) days of such plea agreement or the finding of guilt.\n\n12. Any person or agency required or authorized to submit\n\ninformation pursuant to this section to the Council shall be immune\n\nfrom liability arising from the submission of the information as\n\nlong as the information was submitted in good faith and without\n\nmalice.\n\n13. Any peace officer employed by a law enforcement agency in\n\nthis state which has internal discipline policies and procedures on\n\nfile with CLEET shall be exempt from the disciplinary proceedings\n\nand actions provided for in this subsection; provided, however, such\n\nexemption shall not apply if the peace officer has been convicted of\n\na felony crime, a crime of moral turpitude, or a crime of domestic\n\nviolence.\n\n14. All criminal proceedings initiated against a CLEET-\n\ncertified peace officer or reserve peace officer shall be reported\n\nby the officer to CLEET immediately after arrest or discovery of the\n\nfiling of such criminal proceeding. All CLEET-certified peace\n\nofficers and reserve peace officers shall be required to report when\n\na victim protective order has been issued against the officer\n\nincluding orders issued on an emergency basis and all final orders\n\nof protection. Failure to give notice pursuant to the provisions of\n\nthis paragraph may be cause to initiate an action against the\n\nofficer by CLEET.\n\n15. As used in this subsection:\n\na. \"law enforcement agency\" means any department or\n\nagency of the state, a county, a municipality, or\n\npolitical subdivision thereof, with the duties to\n\nmaintain public order, make arrests, and enforce the\n\ncriminal laws of this state or municipal ordinances,\n\nwhich employs CLEET-certified personnel,\n\nb. \"final order of termination\" means a final notice of\n\ndismissal from employment provided after all\n\ngrievance, arbitration, and court actions have been\n\ncompleted, and\n\nc. \"resignation while under investigation\" means the\n\nresignation from employment of a peace officer who is\n\nunder investigation for any felony violation of law, a\n\ncrime of moral turpitude, a crime of domestic\n\nviolence, or the resignation from employment of a\n\npeace officer as part of an arbitration or plea\n\nagreement.\n\nK. 1. Every canine team in the state trained to detect\n\ncontrolled dangerous substances shall be certified, by test, in the\n\ndetection of such controlled dangerous substances and shall be\n\nrecertified annually so long as the canine is used for such\n\ndetection purposes. The certification test and annual\n\nrecertification test provisions of this subsection shall not be\n\napplicable to canines that are owned by a law enforcement agency and\n\nthat are certified and annually recertified in the detection of\n\ncontrolled dangerous substances by the United States Customs\n\nService. No employee of CLEET may be involved in the training or\n\ntesting of a canine team.\n\n2. The Council shall appoint a Drug Dog Advisory Council to\n\nmake recommendations concerning minimum standards, educational\ncanines that are owned by a law enforcement agency and\n\nthat are certified and annually recertified in the detection of\n\ncontrolled dangerous substances by the United States Customs\n\nService. No employee of CLEET may be involved in the training or\n\ntesting of a canine team.\n\n2. The Council shall appoint a Drug Dog Advisory Council to\n\nmake recommendations concerning minimum standards, educational\n\nneeds, and other matters imperative to the certification of canines\n\nand canine teams trained to detect controlled dangerous substances.\n\nThe Council shall promulgate rules based upon the recommendations of\n\nthe Advisory Council. Members of the Advisory Council shall\n\ninclude, but need not be limited to, a commissioned officer with\n\npractical knowledge of such canines and canine teams from each of\n\nthe following:\n\na. the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous\n\nDrugs Control,\n\nb. the Department of Public Safety,\n\nc. a police department,\n\nd. a sheriff's office, and\n\ne. a university or college campus police department.\n\n3. The fee for the certification test shall be Two Hundred\n\nDollars ($200.00) and the annual recertification test fee shall be\n\nOne Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per canine team. A retest fee of\n\nFifty Dollars ($50.00) will be charged if the team fails the test.\n\nNo such fee shall be charged to any local, state or federal\n\ngovernment agency. The fees provided for in this paragraph shall be\n\ndeposited to the credit of the CLEET Fund created pursuant to\n\nSection 1313.2 of Title 20 of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nL. 1. Every canine team in the state trained to detect\n\nexplosives, explosive materials, explosive devices, and materials\n\nwhich could be used to construct an explosive device shall be\n\ncertified, by test, in the detection of such explosives and\n\nmaterials and shall be recertified annually so long as the canine is\n\nused for such detection purposes. The certification test and annual\n\nrecertification test provisions of this subsection shall not be\n\napplicable to canines that are owned by a law enforcement agency if\n\nsuch canines are certified and annually recertified in the detection\n\nof explosives and materials by the United States Department of\n\nDefense. No employee of CLEET may be involved in the training or\n\ntesting of a canine team.\n\n2. The Council shall appoint a Bomb Dog Advisory Council to\n\nmake recommendations concerning minimum standards, educational\n\nneeds, and other matters imperative to the certification of canines\n\nand canine teams trained to detect explosives, explosive materials,\n\nexplosive devices and materials which could be used to construct an\n\nexplosive device. The Council shall promulgate rules based upon the\n\nrecommendations of the Advisory Council. Members of the Advisory\n\nCouncil shall include, but need not be limited to, a commissioned\n\nofficer with practical knowledge of such canines and canine teams\n\nfrom each of the following:\n\na. the Department of Public Safety,\n\nb. a police department,\n\nc. a sheriff's office, and\n\nd. a university or college campus police department.\n\n3. The fee for the certification test shall be Two Hundred\n\nDollars ($200.00) and the annual recertification test fee shall be\n\nOne Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per canine team. A retest fee of\n\nFifty Dollars ($50.00) will be charged if the team fails the test.\n\nNo such fee shall be charged to any local, state or federal\n\ngovernment agency. The fees provided for in this paragraph shall be\n\ndeposited to the credit of the CLEET Fund created pursuant to\n\nSection 1313.2 of Title 20 of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nM. All tribal police officers of any Indian tribe or nation who\n\nhave been commissioned by an Oklahoma law enforcement agency\n\npursuant to a cross-deputization agreement with the State of\n\nOklahoma or any political subdivision of the State of Oklahoma\n\npursuant to the provisions of Section 1221 of Title 74 of the\nCLEET Fund created pursuant to\n\nSection 1313.2 of Title 20 of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nM. All tribal police officers of any Indian tribe or nation who\n\nhave been commissioned by an Oklahoma law enforcement agency\n\npursuant to a cross-deputization agreement with the State of\n\nOklahoma or any political subdivision of the State of Oklahoma\n\npursuant to the provisions of Section 1221 of Title 74 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes shall be eligible for peace officer certification\n\nunder the same terms and conditions required of members of the law\n\nenforcement agencies of the State of Oklahoma and its political\n\nsubdivisions. CLEET shall issue peace officer certification to\n\ntribal police officers who, as of July 1, 2003, are commissioned by\n\nan Oklahoma law enforcement agency pursuant to a cross-deputization\n\nagreement with the State of Oklahoma or any political subdivision of\n\nthe State of Oklahoma pursuant to the provisions of Section 1221 of\n\nTitle 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes and have met the training and\n\nqualification requirements of this section.\n\nN. If an employing law enforcement agency in this state has\n\npaid for CLEET training and the salary of a person while that person\n\nis completing in this state a basic police course approved by the\n\nCouncil and if within one (1) year after the date the person is\n\ncommissioned with the law enforcement agency that person resigns and\n\nis hired by another law enforcement agency in this state, the second\n\nlaw enforcement agency or the person receiving the training shall\n\nreimburse the original employing law enforcement agency for the cost\n\nof CLEET training and salary paid to the person while completing the\n\nbasic police course by the original employing law enforcement\n\nagency. If the person leaves the original employing law enforcement\n\nagency later than one (l) year, but less than two (2) years, after\n\nthe date the person is commissioned with the law enforcement agency,\n\nthe second law enforcement agency or the person receiving the\n\ntraining shall reimburse the original employing law enforcement\n\nagency fifty percent (50%) of the cost of CLEET training and salary\n\npaid to the person while completing the basic police course by the\n\noriginal employing law enforcement agency. CLEET shall not be a\n\nparty to any court action based on this provision.\n\nO. The Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training, in\n\nits discretion, may waive all or part of any moneys due to the\n\nCouncil, if deemed uncollectable by the Council.\n\nP. Peace officers, reserve peace officers, tribal peace\n\nofficers, agencies, bail enforcers, security guards and private\n\ninvestigators shall maintain with the Council current mailing\n\naddresses and shall notify the Council, in writing, of any change of\n\naddress or name. Notification of change of name shall require\n\ncertified copies of any marriage license or other court document\n\nwhich reflects the change of name. Notice of change of address or\n\ntelephone number must be made within ten (10) days of the effected\n\nchange. Notices shall not be accepted over the phone. In any\n\nproceeding in which the Council is required to serve notice or an\n\norder on an individual or an agency, the Council may send a letter\n\nto the mailing address on file with the Council. If the letter is\n\nreturned and a notation of the U.S. Postal Service indicates\n\n\"unclaimed\", or \"moved\", or \"refused\" or any other nondelivery\n\nmarkings and the records of the Council indicate that no change of\n\naddress as required by this subsection has been received by the\n\nCouncil, the notice and any subsequent notices or orders shall be\n\ndeemed by the Court as having been legally served for all purposes.\n\nQ. All CLEET records of bail enforcers may be released only in\n\ncompliance with this section and the Bail Enforcement and Licensing\n\nAct. All records in CLEET possession concerning other persons or\n\nentities shall be released only in compliance with this section and\nuncil, the notice and any subsequent notices or orders shall be\n\ndeemed by the Court as having been legally served for all purposes.\n\nQ. All CLEET records of bail enforcers may be released only in\n\ncompliance with this section and the Bail Enforcement and Licensing\n\nAct. All records in CLEET possession concerning other persons or\n\nentities shall be released only in compliance with this section and\n\nthe Oklahoma Open Records Act.","path":["OK Code","Title 70"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os70.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"9be563c67db0f13a6270cc6f0b39c63e8d1b615f5255179e94f708c6dc3f54be","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-70-70-3310","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-70-70-3311.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}