Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-215.26
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Defense duties - Evidence
Official statutory text
A. Before any such defense is undertaken, an inquiry shall be
made by the district attorney of the facts on which the action or
special proceedings are based. Unless the district attorney
determines that the employee was acting in good faith and in the
course of his employment, representation shall not be provided
pursuant to this act.
B. It shall be the duty of any county law enforcement agency to
provide investigators at the request of the district attorney to
assist him in carrying out the provisions of this act.
C. No findings or reports of the district attorney or persons
making inquiry under his direction pursuant to the provisions of
this section shall be admissible as evidence in any such action or
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 124
special proceedings and no reference thereto shall be made in any
such trial or hearing.
made by the district attorney of the facts on which the action or
special proceedings are based. Unless the district attorney
determines that the employee was acting in good faith and in the
course of his employment, representation shall not be provided
pursuant to this act.
B. It shall be the duty of any county law enforcement agency to
provide investigators at the request of the district attorney to
assist him in carrying out the provisions of this act.
C. No findings or reports of the district attorney or persons
making inquiry under his direction pursuant to the provisions of
this section shall be admissible as evidence in any such action or
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 124
special proceedings and no reference thereto shall be made in any
such trial or hearing.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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