A. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation shall have the power and duty to: 1. Maintain a nationally accredited scientific laboratory to assist all law enforcement agencies in the discovery and detection of criminal activity; 2. Maintain fingerprint and other identification files including criminal history records, juvenile identification files, and DNA profiles; 3. Establish, coordinate and maintain the automated fingerprint identification system (AFIS) and the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) laboratory; 4. Operate teletype, mobile and fixed radio or other communications systems; 5. Conduct schools and training programs for the agents, peace officers, and technicians of this state charged with the enforcement of law and order and the investigation and detection of crime; 6. Assist the Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, the Chief Medical Examiner, and all law enforcement officers and district attorneys when such assistance is requested, in accordance with the policy determined by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation Commission established in Section 150.3 of this title; 7. Investigate and detect criminal activity when directed to do so by the Governor; 8. Investigate, detect, institute and maintain actions involving vehicle theft pursuant to Section 150.7a of this title or oil, gas or oil field equipment theft pursuant to Sections 152.2 through 152.9 of this title; 9. Investigate any criminal threat made to the physical safety of elected or appointed officials of this state or any political subdivision of the state and forward the results of that investigation to the Department of Public Safety, and provide security to foreign elected or appointed officials while they are in this state on official business; 10. Investigate and detect violations of the Oklahoma Computer Crimes Act; 11. Investigate and enforce all laws relating to any crime listed in Section 571 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes that occurs on the turnpikes; 12. Investigate and detect criminal activity involving files, records, assets, properties, buildings or employees of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. Nothing in this paragraph shall limit or prevent any criminal investigation of the matter by the sheriff of the county or any law enforcement agency of competent jurisdiction; and 13. Contract with municipal or county law enforcement agencies to conduct administrative reviews of law enforcement use-of-force investigations for compliance with current investigative procedures, standards and law. All funds received as a result of the contract will be deposited in the OSBI Revolving Fund. Any review of use-of- force investigation shall be done by a certified police officer. B. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation to be designated the "Alaunna Raffield Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received by the Bureau from appropriations designated for deposit in the fund. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Bureau for the purpose of assisting law enforcement partners with the cost of attending trainings facilitated by the Bureau. Scholarship opportunities shall be afforded each year to county and municipal law enforcement agencies to attend accredited trainings conducted by the Bureau. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment. The Bureau is authorized to promulgate agency rules for the administration of the fund and determination of scholarship awards. Added by Laws 1976, c. 259, § 2, operative July 1, 1976. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 145, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984; Laws 1986, c. 201, § 8, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 1989, c. 353, § 9, emerg. eff. June 3, 1989; Laws 1990, c. 282, § 3, operative July 1, 1990; Laws 1991, c. 227, § 2, emerg. eff. May 23, 1991; Laws 1991, c. 335, § 31, emerg. eff. June 15, 1991; Laws 1994, c. 259, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 1996, c. 281, § 1, emerg. eff. June 5, 1996; Laws 2001, c. 261, § 1, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2002, c. 351, § 1, emerg. eff. May 30, 2002; Laws 2003, c. 461, § 15, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2006, c. 303, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2006; Laws 2015, c. 397, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2015; Laws 2019, c. 371, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019; Laws 2020, c. 161, § 69, emerg. eff. May 21, 2020; Laws 2023, c. 240, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2023. NOTE: Laws 1986, c. 46, § 1 repealed by Laws 1989, c. 353, § 14, emerg. eff. June 3, 1989. Laws 1991, c. 226, § 3 repealed by Laws 1991, c. 335, § 37, emerg. eff. June 15, 1991. Laws 2019, c. 323, § 1 repealed by Laws 2020, c. 161, § 70, emerg. eff. May 21, 2020.
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