Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.7

The Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation shall

have the following powers, duties and responsibilities:

1. To appoint or dismiss a Deputy Director to assist in the

administration of the Bureau;

2. To supervise the maintaining of all reports and records of

the Bureau and to promulgate administrative rules concerning the

destruction and retention of such records. Such records shall not

be transferred to the custody or control of the Archives and Records

Commission or be subject to the provisions of Section 590 of Title

21 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The Director may, pursuant to adopted

and promulgated administrative rule, order destruction of records

deemed to be no longer of value to the Bureau, excluding

criminalistic and investigative records which shall forever be kept

and maintained;

3. To report to the Commission at each regular meeting, or as

directed by the Commission, the current workload of the Bureau.

Such reports shall be submitted by category of the persons or

entities authorized to initiate investigations as provided for in

subsection A of Section 150.5 of this title, and any other category

the Commission may request which does not violate the

confidentiality restrictions imposed in Sections 150.1 through 152.9

of this title. Such reports shall contain the following

information:

a. what types of investigations are pending,

b. what new types of investigations have been opened,

c. what types of investigations have been closed, and

d. what criminal charges have been filed as a result of

Bureau investigations.

The reports shall not contain any information on the individual

subjects of the investigation or persons questioned in connection

with an investigation. These reports shall be open for public

inspection;

4. To designate positions, appoint employees and fix salaries

of the Bureau, other than the salaries established by subsection A

of Section 150.6a of this title, and to authorize the payment of

necessary certification expenses for the employees;

5. To authorize the purchase and issuance of uniforms for all

law enforcement officers, criminalists, and other personnel of the

Bureau as designated by the Director and to purchase and issue

necessary equipment for all employees of the Bureau. All uniforms

and equipment shall be used only in the performance of the official

duties of the officers, criminalists or other personnel and shall

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remain the property of the Bureau except as otherwise provided by

law;

6. To enter into local cooperative agreements with local law

enforcement agencies for the purpose of appointing affiliate task

force agents to assist the Bureau in the investigation of major

crimes under the jurisdiction of the Bureau. Affiliate task force

agents shall be employees and commissioned law enforcement officers

of the local law enforcement agency entering into agreement with the

Bureau and shall not be employees of the Bureau. Affiliate task

force agents shall have general peace officer powers and the

authority to arrest persons throughout the state while serving as an

affiliate task force agent. Affiliate task force agents serve

solely at the discretion and will of the Director. The Director may

renew, suspend, or revoke any agreement appointing an affiliate task

force agent at any time; and

7. To enter into interagency transfers with the Oklahoma

Highway Patrol, the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs

and the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverages Laws Enforcement Commission as

provided for in Section 1 of this act.