Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-34.2

Reporting incidents of excessive force — Contents of report —

Failure to report or making materially false statements.

A. Each law enforcement entity which employs any peace officer

shall adopt policies or guidelines concerning the use of force by

peace officers employed by the entity.

B. Any peace officer, except a newly employed officer during

such officer's probationary period, who, in pursuance of such

officer's law enforcement duties, witnesses another peace officer,

in pursuance of such other peace officer's law enforcement duties in

carrying out an arrest of any person, placing any person under

detention, taking any person into custody, booking any person, or in

the process of crowd control or riot control, use physical force

which exceeds the degree of physical force permitted by law or by

the policies and guidelines of the law enforcement entity, shall

report such use of excessive force to such officer's immediate

supervisor.

C. At a minimum, the report required by this section shall

include:

1. The date, time, and place of the occurrence;

2. The identity, if known, and description of the participants;

3. A description of the events and the force used.

D. A copy of an arrest report or other similar report required

as a part of a peace officer's duties can be substituted for the

report required by this section, as long as it includes the

information specified in subsection C of this section. The report

shall be made in writing within ten (10) days of the occurrence of

the use of such force.

E. Any peace officer who fails to report such use of excessive

force in the manner prescribed in this section, or who knowingly

makes a materially false statement which the officer does not

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believe to be true in any report made pursuant to this section, upon

conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.