Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-360.18

of campus police officers.

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A. Governing boards of institutions of higher education or

private schools, boards of education of public school districts and

airport public trusts are authorized to establish campus police

departments pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Campus

Security Act. In the case of airport public trusts operating more

than one airport, the board of trustees of such airport public trust

is authorized to establish campus police departments at any airport

it operates, but is not required to establish campus police

departments at all airports operated by such airport public trust.

These boards may employ and commission campus police officers and

may designate uniforms, badges and insignia to be worn by such

officers and displayed on vehicles or other equipment of the

department. Campus police departments shall use the following words

or phrases, alone or in any combination, in conjunction with the

uniform, badges, insignia or on vehicles utilized by these

departments: university police, university public safety department,

campus police department, campus police officer, campus public

safety department, campus public safety officer, airport officer,

airport police officer, airport security officer, airport public

safety officer or any standardized title such as director, chief,

major, captain, lieutenant, sergeant, or corporal. Upon

appointment, each such officer shall be given a written commission,

with a photo identification, evidencing the officer's appointment

and authority. The form of this commission shall be prescribed by

the governing boards specified in Section 360.15 et seq. of this

title. Persons employed by a governing board which has established

a campus police department but who are not campus police officers

shall not be permitted to wear uniforms, badges or insignia

specified in this subsection or receive commissions or photo

identification of the type provided campus police officers.

B. The commission of a campus police officer may be suspended

or revoked by the governing board for any reason. Such commission

also may be suspended or revoked by the district attorney in whose

district the officer is employed for cause related to the campus

police officer's ability to exercise the powers of such commission

in the interest of public security or suspended or revoked by the

district attorney upon conviction of the campus police officer for

larceny, theft, embezzlement, false pretense, fraud, any

nonconsensual sex offense, any offense involving a minor as a

victim, any offense involving the possession, use, distribution or

sale of a controlled dangerous substance, or any offense involving a

firearm. The commission of a campus police officer convicted of a

felony or of a crime involving moral turpitude shall be revoked by

the district attorney upon conviction. The commission of a campus

police officer no longer employed by the governing board, except an

officer who is retiring, shall be relinquished to the board, or its

representative, at the time of cessation of the employment. When a

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commission is revoked or relinquished, the campus police department

shall take possession of all campus police officer insignia, badges,

identification cards and weapons issued to the officer. A person

who fails to relinquish the insignia, badges, identification cards

or weapons, upon conviction, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor

and shall be punished by the imposition of a fine of not more than

One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment in the county

jail for not to exceed one (1) year, or by both such fine and

imprisonment.

C. Governing boards shall notify the Council on Law Enforcement

Education and Training (CLEET) when an officer is commissioned or a

commission is relinquished or revoked. The governing boards shall
punished by the imposition of a fine of not more than

One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment in the county

jail for not to exceed one (1) year, or by both such fine and

imprisonment.

C. Governing boards shall notify the Council on Law Enforcement

Education and Training (CLEET) when an officer is commissioned or a

commission is relinquished or revoked. The governing boards shall

provide CLEET with all information regarding commissioned officers

requested by CLEET.

D. A campus police officer employed pursuant to the Oklahoma

Campus Security Act shall not be able to participate in either the

Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System or the Oklahoma Law

Enforcement Retirement System, unless otherwise entitled to by law.