[{"id":2351,"segmentId":44789,"originalChapterNumber":10,"originalSubchapterNumber":null,"originalDescription":"Certification by reciprocity","originalSectionNumber":"390:10-1-6","originalAppendixNumber":null,"originalPartNumber":null,"originalText":"<div style='margin: 20px 0px;'><div>&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;Any officer seeking Oklahoma Peace Officer Certification, who has been certified by a state peace officer standards and training agency as a peace officer in another state, or any officer who has been certified as a federal peace officer by a Council recognized federal law enforcement agency, may obtain certification by reciprocity, under the following conditions:<div style='margin-left: 50px;'>(1) <b></b> The officer must meet the minimum peace officer employment standards set forth by law, military service is generally not recognized as federal law enforcement employment.</br></div><div style='margin-left: 50px;'>(2) <b></b> The officer must have been employed as a full-time peace officer for at least three (3) consecutive months within the two (2) year period immediately preceding the request for Oklahoma certification.</br></div><div style='margin-left: 50px;'>(3) <b></b> The officer must attend and successfully complete approved reciprocity training within six months of their hire date in Oklahoma.</br></div><div style='margin-left: 50px;'>(4) <b></b> The officer must successfully pass a certification examination</br></div><div style='margin-left: 50px;'>(5) <b></b> Officers may have one retest for the certification examination.  Any retest would follow the guidelines listed in OAC 390:15-1-13.</br></div><div style='margin-left: 50px;'>(6) <b></b> The director or the director's designee may, in the exercise of discretion, award a certificate to any person who has been duly certified under the laws of another state if, in the opinion of the director, the education, training and experience of that officer equal or exceed the qualifications required to complete satisfactorily the basic course of instruction required for Oklahoma certification. Any person who is awarded reciprocity under this subsection shall attend and successfully complete approved reciprocity training within six months of their hire date in Oklahoma.  In his or her discretion, the director or the director's designee may require a person who has been duly certified under the laws of another state to attend and successfully complete a bridge academy in this state within six months of their hire date in Oklahoma in order to receive reciprocity certification.</br></div></div>","codifiedOn":"2024-08-25T00:01:12.673","codificationTypeId":1,"ruleId":70,"filingId":881,"createdBy":"System: Nightly Job","originalSegmentStatusId":12,"effectiveDate":"2022-09-11T00:00:00"}]