Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-2-103

agents - Custody of sidearms and badges upon death or retirement.

A. The Director shall be appointed by the Oklahoma State Bureau

of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control Commission. The Director

of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs

Control on January 1, 1984, shall be initially appointed as

Director. The succeeding Director shall, at the time of the

appointment, have a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or

university and at least five (5) years of experience in drug law

enforcement. The Director may appoint necessary assistants, agents,

and other personnel to perform the work of the office and may

prescribe their titles and duties and fix their compensation

pursuant to Merit System rules. The Director may appoint employees

to the positions of Chief of Law Enforcement Information and

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Technology, Public Information/Education Officer, Training Officer,

Program Administrators, Grants Administrator, Criminal Analysts,

Legal Secretary, and Typist Clerk/Spanish Transcriptionists. The

positions shall be unclassified and exempt from the rules and

procedures of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services,

except leave regulations. The office of the Director shall be

located at a suitable place in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

B. 1. Agents appointed by the Director shall have the powers

of peace officers generally; provided, the Director may appoint

special agents and reserve special agents, who shall be unclassified

employees of the state, to meet specific investigatory needs.

Special agents and reserve special agents shall not be required to

meet the age and educational requirements as specified in this

section.

2. Agents appointed on and after November 1, 1998, shall be at

least twenty-one (21) years of age and shall have a Bachelor's

Degree from an accredited college or university.

3. Each entering agent, with the exception of special agents,

shall be required to serve one (1) year in a probationary status as

a prerequisite to being placed on permanent status.

C. Agents appointed pursuant to the provisions of this section

shall have the responsibility of investigating alleged violations

and shall have the authority to arrest those suspected of having

violated the provisions of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous

Substances Act, as well as the crimes of money laundering and human

trafficking, as otherwise set forth by laws of this state.

D. The Director may appoint reserve special agents who shall

not be considered employees of the state and shall serve at the will

of the Director. Reserve special agents shall complete a minimum of

two hundred forty (240) hours of training pursuant to Section 3311

of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes and may not serve more than one

hundred forty (140) hours per calendar month. Upon completion of

training, reserve special agents appointed by the Director shall

have general peace officer powers and the authority to arrest those

suspected of having violated the provisions of the Uniform

Controlled Dangerous Substances Act. The agency may expend funds

related to training and special reserve agents may receive travel

expenses pursuant to the State Travel Reimbursement Act.

E. A commissioned employee of the Oklahoma State Bureau of

Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control shall be entitled to receive,

upon retirement by reason of length of service, the continued

custody and possession of the sidearm and badge carried by such

employee immediately prior to retirement. In addition to the

sidearm carried by the commissioned employee immediately prior to

retirement, the commissioned employee may purchase the rifle or

shotgun, or both, issued to the commissioned employee immediately

prior to retirement upon approval from the Director. The cost to

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by such

employee immediately prior to retirement. In addition to the

sidearm carried by the commissioned employee immediately prior to

retirement, the commissioned employee may purchase the rifle or

shotgun, or both, issued to the commissioned employee immediately

prior to retirement upon approval from the Director. The cost to

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the commissioned employee of purchasing the firearm shall be the

state-approved firearms vendor trade-in value, and upon payment of

that price, the commissioned employee shall be entitled to ownership

of the firearm. Any records regarding the ownership of each firearm

transferred shall be modified to reflect the transfer to the

commissioned employee. Proceeds from the purchase of the firearm

shall be deposited in the Bureau of Narcotics Revolving Fund

established pursuant to Section 2-107 of this title.

F. A commissioned employee of the Bureau may be entitled to

receive, upon retirement by reason of disability, the continued

custody and possession of the sidearm and badge carried by such

employee immediately prior to retirement upon written approval of

the Director.

G. Custody and possession of the sidearm and badge of a

commissioned employee killed in the line of duty may be awarded by

the Director to the spouse or next of kin of the deceased employee.

H. Custody and possession of the sidearm and badge of a

commissioned employee who dies while employed at the Oklahoma State

Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control may be awarded by

the Director to the spouse or next of kin of the deceased employee.

I. Any Director appointed on or after July 1, 2003, shall be

eligible to participate in either the Oklahoma Public Employees

Retirement System or in the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement

System and shall make an irrevocable election in writing to

participate in one of the two retirement systems.

J. Any employee of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and

Dangerous Drugs Control in a classified position under the Merit

System of the Personnel Administration who is appointed Director,

Deputy Director, Acting Director or Acting Deputy Director shall

have a right to return to the highest previously held classified

position without any loss of rights, privileges or benefits

immediately upon completion of the duties of the employee, provided

the employee is not otherwise disqualified.