An Act
ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 1370 By: Matthews of the Senate
and
Lowe (Jason) of the House
An Act relating to the Council on Law Enforcement
Education and Training; amending 5 9 O.S. 2021,
Section 1750.3, which relates to powers and duties;
requiring certain training curriculum requirements;
and providing an effective date .
SUBJECT: Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 59 O.S. 202 1, Section 1750.3, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1750.3. A. The director of the Council on Law
Enforcement Education and Training, and any staff member designated
by the director, shall h ave all the powers and authority of pe ace
officers of this state for the purposes of enforcing the pro visions
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 st aff 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.
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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 t he Oklahoma Security
Guard and Private Investigator Act with respect to:
a. issuing, denying, or revok ing 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 r equirements for security
training schools and periodically reviewing these
standards, and
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 ap pearing to require menta l 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 n ot exceed forty (40) hours of instruc tion;
4. To establish minimum requirements for a mandatory cont inuing
education program for all licensed private investigators and
security guards which shall include, but not be limited to:
a. establishing a designate d minimum number of clock
hours of required attendance, not to exceed twenty-
four (24) clock hours du ring the licensing period, at
accredited educational functions,
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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 requi rement,
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 requ ired 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 p receding the date of application and
the applicant provides sufficient documentation thereof as may b e
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 documentatio n of comparable training. The
Council may grant or refuse any s uch 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 Secur ity
Guard and Private Investigator Act or rules relating thereto and to
deny, suspend, or revoke licenses and identification cards if
necessary, or to issue notices of reprimand to licensees with o r
without probation under rules to be prescribed by the Cou ncil;
9. To investigate alleged violation s of the Oklahoma Security
Guard and Private Investigator Act by persons not licensed pursuant
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to such act and to impose administrative sanctions pursuant to rules
or to seek an injunction pur suant to Section 1750. 2A of this title;
10. To provide all form s 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 testin g for continuation or
reinstatement of a license if a licen see exhibits an inability to
exercise reasonable judgment, skill, or safety.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
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Passed the Senate the 16th day of February, 2022.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
Passed the House of Representatives the 28th day of April, 2022.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this _______ _____________
day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _______________________________ __
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this _______ ___
day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _______________________________ __