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38 | 39 | | An Act relating to the Oklahoma Open Records Ac t; |
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39 | 40 | | amending 51 O.S. 2021, Section 24A.8, as amended by |
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40 | 41 | | Section 1, Chapter 12, O.S.L. 2022 (51 O.S. Supp. |
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41 | 42 | | 2022, Section 24A.8), which relates to disclosure of |
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42 | 43 | | law enforcement records; requiring disclosure of |
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43 | 44 | | recordings from certain equipment; and declaring an |
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50 | 51 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: |
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51 | 52 | | SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 51 O.S. 2021, Section 24A.8, as |
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52 | 53 | | amended by Section 1, Chapter 12, O.S.L. 2022 (51 O.S. Supp. 2022, |
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53 | 54 | | Section 24A.8), is amended to re ad as follows: |
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54 | 55 | | Section 24A.8. A. Law enforcement agencies shall make |
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55 | 56 | | available for public inspection and copying, if kep t, the following |
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56 | 57 | | records: |
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57 | 58 | | 1. An arrestee description, including the name, date of birth, |
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58 | 59 | | address, race, sex, physical description, and occupation of the |
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59 | 60 | | arrestee; |
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60 | 61 | | 2. Facts concerning the arrest , including the cause of arrest |
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61 | 62 | | and the name of the arresting officer; |
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88 | 90 | | 3. A chronological list of all incidents, including initial |
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89 | 91 | | offense report information showing the offense, date, time, general |
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90 | 92 | | location, officer, and a brief s ummary of what occurred; |
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91 | 93 | | 4. Radio logs, including a chronological listing of the cal ls |
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92 | 94 | | dispatched; |
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93 | 95 | | 5. Conviction information, including the name of any person |
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94 | 96 | | convicted of a criminal offense; |
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95 | 97 | | 6. Disposition of all warrants , including orders signed by a |
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96 | 98 | | judge of any court commanding a law enforcement officer to arrest a |
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97 | 99 | | particular person; |
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98 | 100 | | 7. A crime summary, including an agency summary of crimes |
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99 | 101 | | reported and public calls for service by classification or nature |
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100 | 102 | | and number; |
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101 | 103 | | 8. Jail registers, including jail blotter data or jail booking |
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102 | 104 | | information recorded on persons at the time of in carceration showing |
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103 | 105 | | the name of each prisoner with the date and cause of commitment, t he |
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104 | 106 | | authority committing the prisoner, whether committed for a criminal |
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105 | 107 | | offense, a description of the prisoner, and the date or manner of |
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106 | 108 | | discharge or escape of the prison er; |
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107 | 109 | | 9. Audio and video recordings from recording equipment attached |
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108 | 110 | | to law enforcement vehicles or unmanned aircraft as defined in |
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109 | 111 | | Section 322 of Title 3 of the Oklahoma S tatutes, associated audio |
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110 | 112 | | recordings from recording equipment on the person of a law |
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111 | 113 | | enforcement officer or audio and video recordings from any other |
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138 | 141 | | source used by a law e nforcement agency; provided, the law |
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139 | 142 | | enforcement agency may, before releasing any audio or video |
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140 | 143 | | recording provided for in this paragraph, redact or obscure specifi c |
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141 | 144 | | portions of the recording which: |
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142 | 145 | | a. depict the death of a person or a dead body, unless |
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143 | 146 | | the death was effected by a law enforcement officer, |
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144 | 147 | | b. depict nudity, |
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145 | 148 | | c. would identify minors under the age of sixteen (16) |
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146 | 149 | | years or would undermine any requirement to keep |
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147 | 150 | | certain juvenile records confidential as provided for |
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149 | 152 | | d. depict acts of severe violence resulting in great |
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150 | 153 | | bodily injury, as defined in Section 11-904 of Title |
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151 | 154 | | 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, against persons tha t are |
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152 | 155 | | clearly visible, unless the act of severe violence was |
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153 | 156 | | effected by a law enforcement o fficer, |
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154 | 157 | | e. depict great bodily injury, as defined in Section 11 - |
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155 | 158 | | 904 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, un less the |
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156 | 159 | | great bodily injury was effected by a law enfor cement |
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157 | 160 | | officer, |
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158 | 161 | | f. include personal medical information that is not |
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159 | 162 | | already public, |
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160 | 163 | | g. would undermine the assertion of a privilege provided |
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189 | 193 | | mental health evaluation or treatment or drug or |
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190 | 194 | | alcohol detoxification purposes, |
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191 | 195 | | h. include personal information other than the name or |
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192 | 196 | | license plate number of a perso n not arrested, cited, |
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193 | 197 | | charged or issued a written warning. Such personal |
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194 | 198 | | information shall in clude any government-issued |
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195 | 199 | | identification number, date of birth, address or |
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196 | 200 | | financial information, or |
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197 | 201 | | i. reveal the identity of law enforcement officers who |
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198 | 202 | | have become subject to internal investigat ion by the |
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199 | 203 | | law enforcement agency as a result of an even t |
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200 | 204 | | depicted in the recording. The option to protect the |
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201 | 205 | | identity of a law enforcement office r shall not be |
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202 | 206 | | available to the law enforcement agency after the law |
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203 | 207 | | enforcement agency has concluded the in vestigation and |
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204 | 208 | | rendered a decision as to final discipli nary action. |
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205 | 209 | | At such time when an investigation has concluded and |
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206 | 210 | | the law enforcement agenc y has rendered its decision |
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207 | 211 | | as to final disciplinary action, the por tions of the |
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208 | 212 | | recordings previously withh eld as provided for in this |
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209 | 213 | | subparagraph shall be availa ble for public inspection |
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210 | 214 | | and copying. The audio and video recordings withheld |
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211 | 215 | | as provided for in this subparagraph shall be |
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238 | 243 | | available for public inspection an d copying before the |
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239 | 244 | | conclusion of the investigation if the investigation |
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240 | 245 | | lasts for an unreasona ble amount of time; and |
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241 | 246 | | 10. a. Audio and video recordings from recording equipment |
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242 | 247 | | attached to the person of a law enforcement officer |
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243 | 248 | | that depict: |
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244 | 249 | | (1) the use of any physical force or violence by a |
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245 | 250 | | law enforcement officer, |
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246 | 251 | | (2) pursuits of any kind, |
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247 | 252 | | (3) traffic stops, |
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248 | 253 | | (4) any person being arrested, cited, charged or |
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249 | 254 | | issued a written warning, |
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250 | 255 | | (5) events that directly led to any person being |
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251 | 256 | | arrested, cited, charged or receiving a written |
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253 | 258 | | (6) detentions of any length for the purpose of |
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254 | 259 | | investigation, |
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255 | 260 | | (7) any exercise of authority by a law enforcement |
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256 | 261 | | officer that deprives a citizen of his o r her |
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258 | 263 | | (8) actions by a law enforcement officer tha t have |
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287 | 293 | | (9) recordings in the public interest that may |
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288 | 294 | | materially aid a determination of whether law |
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289 | 295 | | enforcement officers are appropriate ly performing |
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290 | 296 | | their duties as public servants, or |
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291 | 297 | | (10) any contextual events occurring before or after |
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292 | 298 | | the events depicted in divisions (1) through (9) |
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293 | 299 | | of this subparagraph. |
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295 | 301 | | this paragraph, the law enf orcement agency may, before |
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296 | 302 | | releasing any audio or video recording provided for in |
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297 | 303 | | this paragraph, redact or obscure specific portions of |
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298 | 304 | | the recording that: |
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299 | 305 | | (1) depict the death of a person or a dead body, |
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300 | 306 | | unless the death was effected by a law |
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301 | 307 | | enforcement officer, |
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302 | 308 | | (2) depict nudity, |
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303 | 309 | | (3) would identify minors under the age of sixteen |
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304 | 310 | | (16) years or would undermi ne any requirement to |
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305 | 311 | | keep certain juvenile records conf idential as |
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306 | 312 | | provided for in Title 10A of the Oklahoma |
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308 | 314 | | (4) depict acts of severe vi olence resulting in great |
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337 | 344 | | persons that are clearly visible, unless the act |
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338 | 345 | | of severe violence was effected by a law |
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339 | 346 | | enforcement officer, |
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340 | 347 | | (5) depict great bodily injur y, as defined in Section |
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342 | 349 | | unless the great bodily injury was eff ected by a |
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343 | 350 | | law enforcement officer, |
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344 | 351 | | (6) include personal medical information that is not |
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346 | 353 | | (7) undermine the assertion of a privilege as |
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352 | 359 | | (8) identify alleged victims of sex crimes or |
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356 | 363 | | that person when that person requests anonymity |
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357 | 364 | | or where disclosure of the identity of the person |
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386 | 394 | | safety or property of the person or the physical |
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387 | 395 | | safety or property of others, |
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388 | 396 | | (10) undermine the assertion of a privi lege to keep |
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389 | 397 | | the identity of an informer confidential as |
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392 | 400 | | (11) include personal information other than the name |
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393 | 401 | | or license plate numbe r of a person not |
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394 | 402 | | officially arrested, cited, charged or issued a |
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395 | 403 | | written warning. Such personal information shall |
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396 | 404 | | include any government -issued identification |
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397 | 405 | | number, date of birth, address o r financial |
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398 | 406 | | information, |
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399 | 407 | | (12) include information that would ma terially |
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400 | 408 | | compromise an ongoing criminal investigation or |
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401 | 409 | | ongoing criminal prosecution, provided that: |
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402 | 410 | | (a) ten (10) days following the formal |
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403 | 411 | | arraignment or initial appearance, whichever |
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404 | 412 | | occurs first, of a person charged in the |
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405 | 413 | | case in question, the recordi ng shall be |
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406 | 414 | | made available for public inspection and |
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407 | 415 | | copying with no redaction of the portions |
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408 | 416 | | that were temporarily withheld by reliance |
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409 | 417 | | on this division. Provided, before |
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436 | 445 | | potential release of a recording as provided |
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437 | 446 | | for in this subdivision, the prosecut or or |
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439 | 448 | | may request from the appropriate district |
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440 | 449 | | court an extension of time during which the |
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441 | 450 | | recording may be withheld under the |
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442 | 451 | | provisions of this d ivision. When a request |
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443 | 452 | | for an extension of time has been filed with |
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444 | 453 | | the court, the recording in question may be |
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445 | 454 | | withheld until the court has issued a |
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446 | 455 | | ruling. Such requests for an extension of |
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448 | 457 | | withheld may be made on the grounds that |
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449 | 458 | | release of the recor ding will materially |
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450 | 459 | | compromise an ongoing criminal investigation |
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451 | 460 | | or criminal prosecution or on the grounds |
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452 | 461 | | that release of the recording will |
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453 | 462 | | materially compromise the r ight of an |
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454 | 463 | | accused to a fair trial that has yet to |
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455 | 464 | | begin. Courts considering such req uests |
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458 | 467 | | interests asserted by the parties. In |
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486 | 496 | | order that the recording be made availa ble |
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487 | 497 | | for public inspection and copying with no |
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491 | 501 | | during which the recording may be withheld |
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492 | 502 | | under the provisions of this division. |
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493 | 503 | | Provided further, each such time extension |
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496 | 506 | | and cumulative time extensions shall not add |
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500 | 510 | | depicted in the recording with out any person |
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502 | 512 | | question and release of a recording or |
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549 | 560 | | by reliance on this division or order an |
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586 | 598 | | than three (3) years. Provided, charges |
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587 | 599 | | being filed against a pe rson in the case in |
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588 | 600 | | question automatically c ancels any extension |
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589 | 601 | | of time. A new request for an extension of |
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590 | 602 | | time following an arraignment or initial |
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591 | 603 | | appearance may be requested by the parties |
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592 | 604 | | on the grounds and un der the terms provided |
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593 | 605 | | for in subdivision (a) of this division. |
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594 | 606 | | The options presented in this division to |
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595 | 607 | | potentially withhold a recording or portions of a |
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596 | 608 | | recording on the grounds provided for in this |
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597 | 609 | | division shall expire in totality four (4) years |
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598 | 610 | | after the recording was made at which time all |
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599 | 611 | | recordings previously withheld on the ground s |
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600 | 612 | | provided for in this division shall be made |
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601 | 613 | | available for public inspection and copying, or |
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602 | 614 | | (13) reveal the identity of law enforcement officers |
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603 | 615 | | who have become subject to internal investigation |
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604 | 616 | | by the law enforcement agency as a result of an |
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605 | 617 | | event depicted in the recording . The option to |
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606 | 618 | | protect the identity of a law enforcement officer |
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607 | 619 | | shall not be available to the law enforcement |
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608 | 620 | | agency after the law enforcement agen cy has |
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609 | 621 | | concluded the investigation and r endered a |
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636 | 649 | | decision as to final disciplinary ac tion. At |
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637 | 650 | | such time when an investigation has concluded and |
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638 | 651 | | the law enforcement agency has rendered its |
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639 | 652 | | decision as to final disciplinary action, the |
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640 | 653 | | portions of the reco rdings previously withheld as |
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641 | 654 | | provided for in this division shall be available |
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642 | 655 | | for public inspection and c opying. The audio and |
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643 | 656 | | video recordings withheld on the gr ounds provided |
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644 | 657 | | for in this division shall be available for |
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645 | 658 | | public inspection and copying bef ore the |
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646 | 659 | | conclusion of the investigation if the |
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647 | 660 | | investigation lasts for an unreasonable amount of |
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648 | 661 | | time. |
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649 | 662 | | B. 1. Except for the records listed in subsection A of this |
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650 | 663 | | section and those made open by other state or local laws, law |
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651 | 664 | | enforcement agencies may deny access to law enforcement records |
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652 | 665 | | except where a court finds that the public interest or the interest |
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653 | 666 | | of an individual outweighs the reason for denial. The provis ions of |
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654 | 667 | | this section shall not operate to deny access to law enforcement |
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655 | 668 | | records if such records have been previously made availabl e to the |
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656 | 669 | | public as provided in the Oklahoma Ope n Records Act or as otherwise |
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657 | 670 | | provided by law. |
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658 | 671 | | 2. a. A law enforcement agency shall deny access to any |
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659 | 672 | | audio or video recording that depicts the death of a |
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686 | 700 | | law enforcement officer who was acting in the course |
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687 | 701 | | of his or her official duties including any related |
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688 | 702 | | acts or events immediately preceding or subsequent to |
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689 | 703 | | the acts or events that caused or otherwise relate to |
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690 | 704 | | the death, except where a court finds that the public |
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691 | 705 | | interest or the interest of an individual outweighs |
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692 | 706 | | the reason for denial . Provided, however, a law |
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693 | 707 | | enforcement agency may allow a family member of the |
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694 | 708 | | deceased law enforcement officer to hear or view such |
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695 | 709 | | audio or video recording under protocols established |
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696 | 710 | | by the law enforcement agency . For the purposes of |
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697 | 711 | | this subparagraph, “family member” means a spouse, |
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698 | 712 | | adult child, parent or sibling of the decease d law |
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699 | 713 | | enforcement officer. |
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700 | 714 | | b. Nothing in subparagraph a of this paragra ph shall be |
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701 | 715 | | construed to prohibit the prosecution and defense |
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702 | 716 | | counsel from access to such audio or video recordings |
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703 | 717 | | or the use of such recordings as evidence in a legal |
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704 | 718 | | proceeding. |
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705 | 719 | | C. Nothing contained in this section imposes any new |
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706 | 720 | | recordkeeping requirements. Law enforcement records shal l be kept |
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707 | 721 | | for as long as is now or m ay hereafter be specified by law. Absent |
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708 | 722 | | a legal requirement for the keeping of a law enforcement record for |
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735 | 750 | | a specific time period, law enforcement agencies shall maintain |
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736 | 751 | | their records for so long as needed for admini strative purposes. |
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737 | 752 | | D. Registration files maintained by the Department of |
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738 | 753 | | Corrections pursuant to the provisions of the Sex Offenders |
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739 | 754 | | Registration Act shall be made available for public inspection in a |
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740 | 755 | | manner to be determined by the Department. |
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741 | 756 | | E. The Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training |
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742 | 757 | | (C.L.E.E.T.) shall keep confidential all records it maintains |
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743 | 758 | | pursuant to Section 3311 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma St atutes and |
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744 | 759 | | deny release of records relating to any employed or certified full- |
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745 | 760 | | time officer, reserve officer, retired officer o r other person; |
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746 | 761 | | teacher lesson plans, tests and ot her teaching materials; and |
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747 | 762 | | personal communications concerning individual studen ts except under |
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748 | 763 | | the following circumstances: |
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749 | 764 | | 1. To verify the current certification status of any peace |
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750 | 765 | | officer; |
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751 | 766 | | 2. As may be required to perform the duties imposed by Sectio n |
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752 | 767 | | 3311 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes; |
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753 | 768 | | 3. To provide to any peace officer copies of the records of |
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754 | 769 | | that peace officer upon submitting a written request; |
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755 | 770 | | 4. To provide, upon written request, to a ny law enforcement |
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756 | 771 | | agency conducting an official inves tigation, copies of the records |
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757 | 772 | | of any peace officer who is the subject of such investigation; |
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784 | 800 | | 5. To provide final orders of administrative proceedings where |
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785 | 801 | | an adverse action was taken against a peac e officer; and |
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786 | 802 | | 6. Pursuant to an order of the district court of the State of |
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787 | 803 | | Oklahoma. |
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788 | 804 | | F. The Department of Public Safety shall keep confidential: |
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789 | 805 | | 1. All records it maintains pursuant to its authority under |
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790 | 806 | | Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes relating to the Oklahoma Highway |
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791 | 807 | | Patrol Division, the Communication s Division, and other divisions of |
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792 | 808 | | the Department relating to: |
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793 | 809 | | a. training, lesson plans, teaching materials, tests and |
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794 | 810 | | test results, |
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795 | 811 | | b. policies, procedures and operations, any of which are |
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796 | 812 | | of a tactical nature, and |
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797 | 813 | | c. the following information from radio logs: |
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798 | 814 | | (1) telephone numbers, |
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799 | 815 | | (2) addresses other than the location of inciden ts to |
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800 | 816 | | which officers are dispatched, and |
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801 | 817 | | (3) personal information which is contrary to the |
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802 | 818 | | provisions of the Driver’s Privacy Protection |
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803 | 819 | | Act, 18 United States Code, Sections 2721 through |
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804 | 820 | | 2725; and |
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805 | 821 | | 2. For the purpose of preventing identity theft and invasi on of |
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806 | 822 | | law enforcement computer systems, except as provided in Title 47 of |
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807 | 823 | | the Oklahoma Statute s, all driving records. |
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808 | 824 | | |
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