Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-5-148.1
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School Resource Officer Program
Official statutory text
A. The State Department of Education shall establish and
maintain a three-year pilot program known as the School Resource
Officer Program.
B. School resource officers employed or contracted by school
districts participating in the School Resource Officer Program shall
successfully complete law enforcement active shooter emergency
response training given by the Council on Law Enforcement Education
and Training (CLEET) and approved by the Department of Public
Safety.
C. 1. A school district participating in the School Resource
Officer Program shall give first priority to employing or
contracting with a law enforcement officer with sworn authority and
training in school-based law enforcement and crisis response who is
assigned by an employing law enforcement agency to work
collaboratively with one or more schools using community-oriented
policing concepts.
2. If a law enforcement agency that serves the area in which a
school district is located is unwilling or unable to provide a law
enforcement officer described in paragraph 1 of this subsection, a
participating school district may employ or contract with a retired
law enforcement officer or an armed security guard who is licensed
pursuant to the Oklahoma Security Guard and Private Investigator
Act. The law enforcement agency that serves the area in which the
school district is located shall preauthorize any individual
employed or contracted with under this paragraph. The school shall
require a background check on the individual. The law enforcement
agency that serves the area in which the school district is located
shall allow an authorized individual employed or contracted with the
school district access to the preauthorizing agency's radio system,
pursuant to this paragraph, and a police band radio system which may
be used by the individual in the performance of his or her duties to
be paid for by the employing district. A school district may use
funds from the School Security Revolving Fund created pursuant to
Section 5-148.2 of this title to cover the cost of the radio system.
maintain a three-year pilot program known as the School Resource
Officer Program.
B. School resource officers employed or contracted by school
districts participating in the School Resource Officer Program shall
successfully complete law enforcement active shooter emergency
response training given by the Council on Law Enforcement Education
and Training (CLEET) and approved by the Department of Public
Safety.
C. 1. A school district participating in the School Resource
Officer Program shall give first priority to employing or
contracting with a law enforcement officer with sworn authority and
training in school-based law enforcement and crisis response who is
assigned by an employing law enforcement agency to work
collaboratively with one or more schools using community-oriented
policing concepts.
2. If a law enforcement agency that serves the area in which a
school district is located is unwilling or unable to provide a law
enforcement officer described in paragraph 1 of this subsection, a
participating school district may employ or contract with a retired
law enforcement officer or an armed security guard who is licensed
pursuant to the Oklahoma Security Guard and Private Investigator
Act. The law enforcement agency that serves the area in which the
school district is located shall preauthorize any individual
employed or contracted with under this paragraph. The school shall
require a background check on the individual. The law enforcement
agency that serves the area in which the school district is located
shall allow an authorized individual employed or contracted with the
school district access to the preauthorizing agency's radio system,
pursuant to this paragraph, and a police band radio system which may
be used by the individual in the performance of his or her duties to
be paid for by the employing district. A school district may use
funds from the School Security Revolving Fund created pursuant to
Section 5-148.2 of this title to cover the cost of the radio system.
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