Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1350.5
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Prohibition of unnecessary force - Training
Official statutory text
A. Notwithstanding any provision in Section 643 of Title 21 of
the Oklahoma Statutes, the use or attempt to use force by a bail
enforcer in the recovery of a defendant as defined in the Bail
Enforcement and Licensing Act is prohibited when unnecessarily
committed or when the force is excessive or unreasonable in manner,
degree or duration.
B. Every bail enforcer shall be trained on the use of force and
the rules for use of force promulgated for the Bail Enforcement and
Licensing Act.
C. No force shall be authorized which is more than sufficient
to temporarily restrain a defendant who has refused to obey a lawful
command to surrender to the bail enforcer. The duration and manner
of any force used by a bail enforcer shall be only that reasonably
necessary to surrender the defendant to the public officer competent
to receive such person into custody.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations Page 1054
D. Any force used by a bail enforcer in self-defense while
recovering a defendant or to defend another from injury or threat of
injury while recovering a defendant shall be not more than
sufficient to prevent an offense.
E. Any force deemed by the district attorney to be
unnecessarily committed or excessive or unreasonable in manner,
degree or duration may be prosecuted as a crime committed without
justification or excusable cause under an existing provision of law.
the Oklahoma Statutes, the use or attempt to use force by a bail
enforcer in the recovery of a defendant as defined in the Bail
Enforcement and Licensing Act is prohibited when unnecessarily
committed or when the force is excessive or unreasonable in manner,
degree or duration.
B. Every bail enforcer shall be trained on the use of force and
the rules for use of force promulgated for the Bail Enforcement and
Licensing Act.
C. No force shall be authorized which is more than sufficient
to temporarily restrain a defendant who has refused to obey a lawful
command to surrender to the bail enforcer. The duration and manner
of any force used by a bail enforcer shall be only that reasonably
necessary to surrender the defendant to the public officer competent
to receive such person into custody.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations Page 1054
D. Any force used by a bail enforcer in self-defense while
recovering a defendant or to defend another from injury or threat of
injury while recovering a defendant shall be not more than
sufficient to prevent an offense.
E. Any force deemed by the district attorney to be
unnecessarily committed or excessive or unreasonable in manner,
degree or duration may be prosecuted as a crime committed without
justification or excusable cause under an existing provision of law.
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