Okla. Stat. tit. 44, § 44-809
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Imposition of restraint
Official statutory text
ARTICLE 9. Imposition of restraint.
A. Arrest is the restraint of a person by an order, not imposed
as a punishment for an offense, directing that person to remain
within certain specified limits. Confinement is the physical
restraint of a person.
B. An enlisted member may be ordered into arrest or confinement
by any commissioned officer by an order, oral or written, delivered
in person or through other persons subject to the Oklahoma Uniform
Code of Military Justice. A commanding officer may authorize
warrant officers or noncommissioned officers to order enlisted
members of his or her command or subject to his or her authority
into arrest or confinement.
C. A commissioned officer or a warrant officer may be ordered
into arrest or confinement only by a commanding officer to whose
authority he or she is subject, by an order, oral or written,
delivered in person, or by another commissioned officer. The
authority to order such persons into arrest or confinement shall not
be delegated.
D. No person may be ordered into arrest or confinement except
for probable cause.
E. Nothing in this section limits the authority of persons
authorized to apprehend offenders to secure the custody of an
alleged offender until proper authority may be notified.
A. Arrest is the restraint of a person by an order, not imposed
as a punishment for an offense, directing that person to remain
within certain specified limits. Confinement is the physical
restraint of a person.
B. An enlisted member may be ordered into arrest or confinement
by any commissioned officer by an order, oral or written, delivered
in person or through other persons subject to the Oklahoma Uniform
Code of Military Justice. A commanding officer may authorize
warrant officers or noncommissioned officers to order enlisted
members of his or her command or subject to his or her authority
into arrest or confinement.
C. A commissioned officer or a warrant officer may be ordered
into arrest or confinement only by a commanding officer to whose
authority he or she is subject, by an order, oral or written,
delivered in person, or by another commissioned officer. The
authority to order such persons into arrest or confinement shall not
be delegated.
D. No person may be ordered into arrest or confinement except
for probable cause.
E. Nothing in this section limits the authority of persons
authorized to apprehend offenders to secure the custody of an
alleged offender until proper authority may be notified.
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