Oklahoma § 59-1750.3 - Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training Powers and Duties

§ 59-1750.3. Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training Powers and Duties

A. The director of the Council on Law Enforcement Education and

Training, and any staff member designated by the director, shall

have all the powers and authority of peace officers of this state

for the purposes of enforcing the provisions of the Oklahoma

Security Guard and Private Investigator Act, and all other duties

which are or may be conferred upon the Council by the Oklahoma

Security Guard and Private Investigator Act. The powers and duties

conferred on the director or any staff member appointed by the

director as a peace officer shall not limit the powers and duties of

other peace officers of this state or any political subdivision

thereof. The director, or any staff member appointed by the

director as a peace officer shall, upon request, assist any federal,

state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency.

B. The Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training shall

have the following powers and duties:

1. To promulgate rules to carry out the purposes of the

Oklahoma Security Guard and Private Investigator Act;

2. To establish and enforce standards governing the training of

persons required to be licensed pursuant to the Oklahoma Security

Guard and Private Investigator Act with respect to:

a.

issuing, denying, or revoking certificates of approval

to security training schools, and programs

administered by the state, a county, a municipality, a

private corporation, or an individual,

b.

certifying instructors at approved security training

schools,

c.

establishing minimum requirements for security

training schools and periodically reviewing these

standards, and

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d.

providing for periodic inspection of all security

training schools or programs;

3. To establish minimum curriculum requirements for training as

the Council may require for security guards, armed security guards,

and private investigators that shall include, but not be limited to,

recognizing and managing a person appearing to require mental health

treatment or services, crisis intervention, and techniques to assist

with de-escalating interactions between security guards, private

investigators, and the public. Training requirements for unarmed

security guards shall not exceed forty (40) hours of instruction;

4. To establish minimum requirements for a mandatory continuing

education program for all licensed private investigators and

security guards which shall include, but not be limited to:

a.

establishing a designated minimum number of clock

hours of required attendance, not to exceed twentyfour (24) clock hours during the licensing period, at

accredited educational functions,

b.

establishing the penalties to be imposed upon a

licensee for failure to comply with the continuing

education requirements,

c.

designating the Private Security Advisory Committee to

assist the Council in establishing the criteria for

determining the qualifications of proposed continuing

education programs that would be submitted to the

Council for accreditation to meet this requirement,

and

d.

providing that the expense of such continuing

education shall be paid by the licensee participating

therein;

5. To grant a waiver of any training requirement, except

firearms training which shall be required for an armed security

guard license, if the applicant has completed not less than one (1)

year of full-time employment as a security guard, armed security

guard, private investigator, or law enforcement officer within a

three-year period immediately preceding the date of application and

the applicant provides sufficient documentation thereof as may be

required by the Council;

6. To grant an applicant credit for fulfilling any prescribed

course or courses of training, including firearms training, upon

submission of acceptable documentation of comparable training. The

Council may grant or refuse any such credit at its discretion;

7. To issue the licenses and identification cards provided for

in the Oklahoma Security Guard and Private Investigator Act;

8. To investigate alleged violations of the Oklahoma Security

Guard and Private Investigator Act or rules relating thereto and to

deny, suspend, or revoke licenses and identification cards if

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necessary, or to issue notices of reprimand to licensees with or

without probation under rules to be prescribed by the Council;

9. To investigate alleged violations of the Oklahoma Security

Guard and Private Investigator Act by persons not licensed pursuant

to such act and to impose administrative sanctions pursuant to rules

or to seek an injunction pursuant to Section 1750.2A of this title;

10. To provide all forms for applications, identification

cards, and licenses required by the Oklahoma Security Guard and

Private Investigator Act;

11. To enter into reciprocal agreements with officials of other

states;

12. To immediately suspend a license if a licensee's actions

present a danger to the licensee or to the public, a family

household member, or involve a crime against a minor; and

13. To require additional testing for continuation or

reinstatement of a license if a licensee exhibits an inability to

exercise reasonable judgment, skill, or safety.

Added by Laws 1986, c. 224, § 3, operative July 1, 1987. Amended by

Laws 1987, c. 193, § 2, eff. July 1, 1987; Laws 1988, c. 200, § 2,

eff. July 1, 1988; Laws 1992, c. 199, § 2, emerg. eff. May 13, 1992;

Laws 1997, c. 226, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 1999, c. 68, § 3,

eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2005, c. 155, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2005; Laws

2007, c. 360, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2007; Laws 2011, c. 22, § 1, eff.

Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2014, c. 136, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2014; Laws 2022,

c. 187, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.

§59-1750.3A. Psychological evaluation of applicants for armed

security guard or private investigator license - Exemption.

A. Each applicant for an armed security guard license or armed

private investigator license shall be administered any current

standard form of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

(MMPI), or other psychological evaluation instrument approved by the

Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training, which shall be

administered during the firearms training phase required by Section

1750.3 of this title. The security training school administering

such instrument shall forward the response data to a psychologist

licensed by the Oklahoma State Board of Examiners of Psychologists

for evaluation. The licensed psychologist shall be of the

applicant's choice. Applicants with comparable training shall

complete the psychological test and evaluation requirements prior to

licensing. It shall be the responsibility of the applicant to bear

the cost of the psychological evaluation.

B. If the licensed psychologist is unable to certify the

applicant's psychological capability to exercise appropriate

judgment, restraint, and self-control, after evaluating the data,

the psychologist shall employ whatever other psychological measuring

instruments or techniques deemed necessary to form a professional

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opinion. The use of any psychological measuring instruments or

techniques shall require a full and complete written explanation to

the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training.

C. The psychologist shall forward a written psychological

evaluation, on a form prescribed by the Council, to the Council

within fifteen (15) days of the evaluation, even if the applicant is

found to be psychologically at risk. The Council may utilize the

results of the psychological evaluation for up to six (6) months

from the date of the evaluation after which the applicant shall be

reexamined. No person who has been found psychologically at risk in

the exercise of appropriate judgment, restraint, or self-control

shall reapply for licensing until one (1) year from the date of

being found psychologically at risk.

D. 1. Active full-time peace officers who have been certified

as full-time peace officers by the Council on Law Enforcement

Education and Training shall be exempt from the provisions of this

section.

2. Retired full-time peace officers who have been certified as

full-time peace officers by the Council on Law Enforcement Education

and Training shall be exempt from the provisions of this section for

a period of five (5) years from retirement.

3. Retired peace officers who are not exempt from this section

and who have previously undergone treatment for a mental illness,

condition, or disorder which required medication or supervision, as

defined by paragraph 7 of Section 1290.10 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes may apply for an armed security guard license or

armed private investigator license only after three (3) years from

the last date of treatment or upon presentation of a certified

statement from a licensed physician stating that the person is

either no longer disabled by any mental or psychiatric illness,

condition, or disorder or that the person has been stabilized on

medication for ten (10) years or more.

E. The Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training shall

not issue or renew an armed security guard license, armed private

investigator license, armed bail enforcer license or any other

license permitting a person to carry a firearm or weapon if the

applicant has been involuntarily committed for a mental illness,

condition or disorder pursuant to the provisions of Section 5-410 of

Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes or any involuntary commitment in

another state pursuant to the provisions of law of that state. The

preclusive period shall be permanent as provided by Section

922(g)(4) of Title 18 of the United States Code, unless the person

has been granted relief from the disqualifying disability pursuant

to Section 1290.27 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Added by Laws 1987, c. 193, § 3, eff. July 1, 1987. Amended by Laws

1997, c. 226, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 2005, c. 155, § 3, eff.

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Nov. 1, 2005; Laws 2019, c. 246, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2019; Laws 2024,

c. 55, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2024.