{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-150.4","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.4","heading":"Commission - Powers and duties","body":"The Commission shall have the following powers and duties and\n\nresponsibilities:\n\n1. To appoint the Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of\n\nInvestigation, whose compensation shall be determined by the\n\nLegislature.\n\n2. To hear any complaint against the Bureau or any of its\n\nemployees according to the following procedure:\n\na. Only those complaints which have been submitted in\n\nwriting and are signed will be acted upon by the\n\nCommission.\n\nb. All hearings on complaints shall be conducted in\n\nexecutive sessions, and shall not be open to the\n\npublic.\n\nc. The Commission shall have limited access to pertinent\n\ninvestigative files when investigating a complaint.\n\nThe Director shall provide a procedure whereby the\n\nidentification of all persons named in any\n\ninvestigative file except the subject of the complaint\n\nand the complaining witness shall not be revealed to\n\nthe members of the Commission. Any consideration of\n\nfiles shall be in executive session not open to the\n\npublic. No information or evidence received in\n\nconnection with the hearings shall be revealed to any\n\nperson or agency. Any violation hereof shall be\n\ngrounds for removal from the Commission, and shall\n\nconstitute a misdemeanor.\n\n3. To make recommendations to the Director of any needed\n\ndisciplinary action necessary as a result of an investigation\n\nconducted upon a complaint received.\n\n4. To establish general procedures with regard to assisting\n\nlaw enforcement officers and district attorneys.\n\n5. To establish a program of training for agents utilizing\n\nsuch courses as the National Police Academy conducted by the Federal\n\nBureau of Investigation.\n\n6. To require the Director to advise the Commission on the\n\nprogress of pending investigations. All discussions of pending\n\ninvestigations shall be conducted in executive session not open to\n\nthe public and no minutes of such sessions shall be kept. The\n\nDirector shall not reveal the identity of any witnesses interviewed\n\nor the substance of their statements. No information received by\n\nthe Commission shall be revealed to any person or agency by any\n\nCommission member. Any violation of this paragraph by a Commission\n\nmember shall be grounds for removal from the Commission and shall\n\nconstitute a misdemeanor.","path":["OK Code","Title 74"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os74.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"004e655eb8bec34871dcd059f59dea8360babf480684510642bf92efeacad4f8","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-150.38","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-150.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}