Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.21a

A. The Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation

may establish a crimes information unit within the Bureau.

B. With authorization from the Director of the Bureau, the

crimes information unit or any employee of the Bureau may:

1. Investigate organized crime, criminal conspiracies, and

threats of violent crime;

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2. Collect information concerning the activity and identity of

individuals reasonably believed to be engaged in organized crime,

criminal conspiracies, or threatening violent crime;

3. Analyze collected information and disseminate such

information to other law enforcement agencies for the purposes of

criminal investigation and crime prevention;

4. Coordinate the effort of this state with local, state and

federal agencies to protect its citizens against organized crime,

criminal conspiracies and threats of violent crime by creating a

clearinghouse of crime-related information for use by local, state

and federal law enforcement agencies; and

5. Provide training to peace officers of this state concerning

the legal collection, preservation and dissemination of crime-

related information.

C. Release of information compiled pursuant to this section

shall be prohibited except for release of information to law

enforcement officers and prosecutorial authorities for the purpose

of criminal investigation, criminal prosecution, and crime

prevention. Unauthorized release or unauthorized use of this

information shall be a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by

incarceration in the county jail not exceeding one (1) year or a

fine not exceeding Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), or by both

such fine and imprisonment. As used in this section, "unauthorized

release" or "unauthorized use" shall include, but not be limited to,

giving the information to any person who is not a law enforcement

officer unless necessitated by an ongoing criminal investigation, or

release of information to a law enforcement officer who is not

engaged in a criminal investigation requiring the information or who

is not authorized by his or her agency to receive such information,

or release of information in violation of any rules promulgated by

the Bureau. Information collected and compiled under the authority

of this section shall be privileged and not discoverable nor subject

to subpoena or order for production issued by any court, other than

production in a district court criminal proceeding for the

prosecution of crimes which are the subject of the information

sought. The Director of OSBI shall make a quarterly report to the

OSBI Commission of all information collected and compiled under the

authority of this section.