Oklahoma § 74-150.38 - Child Abuse Response Team (CART) - Employees Qualifications - Report

§ 74-150.38. Child Abuse Response Team (CART) - Employees Qualifications - Report

A. Subject to the availability of funds, there is hereby

established within the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation the

Child Abuse Response Team (CART) for the purpose of investigating

cases of physical and sexual abuse of a child. For the purpose of

implementing CART, the Bureau shall employ at least eight Law

Enforcement Special Agents assigned to the CART, which shall be

full-time-equivalent positions within the Bureau. The previously

unclassified positions of CART investigator and CART forensic

interviewer shall be transferred to and placed in the classified

service without a loss in salary.

B. In addition to any other law or rule specifying requirements

or qualifications for an OSBI agent to be employed by the Bureau,

the Child Abuse Response Team employees shall be qualified for the

respective positions as follows:

1. Every CART Agent shall:

a.

have at least three (3) years of experience as a

criminal investigator in a law enforcement agency or

agencies,

b.

be currently certified as a peace officer by the

Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training

(CLEET),

c.

have served as the primary criminal investigative

officer in a law enforcement agency or agencies on

cases of physical or sexual abuse of a child,

d.

have graduated from an accredited college or

university with a bachelor degree,

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e.

have experience in conducting forensic interviews of

children in cases of physical or sexual abuse of a

child,

f.

have experience testifying in cases of physical or

sexual abuse of a child, and

g.

have completed at least one hundred (100) hours of

education or training on forensic interviewing of a

child.

2. If the director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of

Investigation is unable to find a person whose qualifications meet

or exceed the qualifications specified for the position of Law

Enforcement Special Agent assigned to the CART, the director is

authorized to offer such position to a person whose qualifications

substantially meet the qualifications specified for the position.

C. The Bureau may promulgate rules, procedures and forms

necessary to establish and implement the functions of the Child

Abuse Response Team and to coordinate responsibilities with other

persons or agencies having responsibilities relating to child abuse

investigation and response to child abuse. Members of the Child

Abuse Response Team are authorized, when available, to be involved

and utilized in investigations of crimes other than cases of

physical and sexual abuse of a child.

D. On or before July 1, 2015, the Bureau shall submit to the

Governor, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and Speaker of the

House of Representatives a statistical report regarding the

activities of the CART.

Added by Laws 2006, c. 326, § 2, eff. July 1, 2006. Amended by Laws

2012, c. 153, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2012; Laws 2014, c. 406, § 1, emerg.

eff. June 3, 2014.

§74—150.38a.

Repealed by Laws 2012, c. 153, § 5. eff. Nov. 1, 2012.