Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-509.2
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Town of Taft - Patrols and law enforcement
Official statutory text
A. In addition to their other security and oversight
obligations, the Department of Corrections shall patrol the
perimeters of the Jess Dunn Correctional Center and the George Nigh
Training Center and also make patrols through the town of Taft.
B. Due to the unusual circumstance that the facilities named in
Section 1 of this act are so closely situated to the town of Taft
and for the further reason that said town is without any local law
enforcement officer on an ongoing basis, it is the intent of the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories Page 116
Legislature that the Department of Public Safety shall establish a
permanent trooper position to be based and stationed in the town of
Taft.
obligations, the Department of Corrections shall patrol the
perimeters of the Jess Dunn Correctional Center and the George Nigh
Training Center and also make patrols through the town of Taft.
B. Due to the unusual circumstance that the facilities named in
Section 1 of this act are so closely situated to the town of Taft
and for the further reason that said town is without any local law
enforcement officer on an ongoing basis, it is the intent of the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories Page 116
Legislature that the Department of Public Safety shall establish a
permanent trooper position to be based and stationed in the town of
Taft.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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