Any law enforcement agency desiring to hire a graduate of the training course of the Oklahoma Police Corps Program shall apply to the Director. Upon approval of the application by the Oklahoma Police Corps Selection Committee, the agency shall be authorized to enter into a service agreement with the Director. Such service agreement shall entitle the agency to:
1. Employ a participant of the Program who:
- a. has been trained by and at the expense of the Program,
- b. has been certified by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training,
- c. shall be sworn in by the law enforcement agency, which shall then issue all badges, commission cards, uniforms, weapons, vehicle, and other equipment which is standard for other commissioned officers of the same rank employed by the law enforcement agency, and
- d. shall be assigned to community patrol during the first four (4) years of employment; and
- 2. Receive an agency subsidy from the Program for the first four (4) years of employment of such participant as a certified peace officer at the rate of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) annually.
Added by Laws 2001, HB 1231, c. 167, § 9, emerg. eff. May 2, 2001.