Oklahoma § 59-1350.5 - Prohibition of unnecessary force - Training

§ 59-1350.5. Prohibition of unnecessary force - Training

A. Notwithstanding any provision in Section 643 of Title 21 of

the Oklahoma Statutes, the use or attempt to use force by a bail

enforcer in the recovery of a defendant as defined in the Bail

Enforcement and Licensing Act is prohibited when unnecessarily

committed or when the force is excessive or unreasonable in manner,

degree or duration.

B. Every bail enforcer shall be trained on the use of force and

the rules for use of force promulgated for the Bail Enforcement and

Licensing Act.

C. No force shall be authorized which is more than sufficient

to temporarily restrain a defendant who has refused to obey a lawful

command to surrender to the bail enforcer. The duration and manner

of any force used by a bail enforcer shall be only that reasonably

necessary to surrender the defendant to the public officer competent

to receive such person into custody.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations

D. Any force used by a bail enforcer in self-defense while

recovering a defendant or to defend another from injury or threat of

injury while recovering a defendant shall be not more than

sufficient to prevent an offense.

E. Any force deemed by the district attorney to be

unnecessarily committed or excessive or unreasonable in manner,

degree or duration may be prosecuted as a crime committed without

justification or excusable cause under an existing provision of law.

Added by Laws 2013, c. 407, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2013. Amended by Laws

2014, c. 373, § 4, eff. July 1, 2014.