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The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) is an independent state law enforcement agency of the government of Oklahoma.The OSBI assists the county sheriff offices and city police departments of the state, and works independent of the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety to investigate criminal law violations within the state at the request of statutory authorized requesters.
An SBI is a state's equivalent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, but can include investigative jurisdiction similar to other federal law enforcement agencies as well. The SBIs investigate all manner of cases assigned to them by their state's laws and usually report to their state's attorney general , or in some cases, directly to their ...
Pratt began his career with Oklahoma's Midwest City Police Department in 1965, where, as a police officer, he completed his first composite drawing that resulted in an arrest and conviction. [3] He joined the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation in 1972 as a narcotics investigator and retired in 1992 as an assistant director. [ 3 ]
Robert A. Ricks (born October 14, 1944) — known as Bob Ricks and "Backdraft Bob" — is an American law enforcement agent and politician from Texas and Oklahoma.He has worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Governor of Oklahoma and in local law enforcement.
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Oklahoma.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 483 law enforcement agencies employing 8,639 sworn police officers, about 237 for each 100,000 residents.
Department of Public Safety 184.3 1,424 Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control 20 143 State Bureau of Investigation 37.6 318 Office of the State Fire Marshall 2.8 23 SUBTOTAL: 248.3: 1,939: Corrections: Pardon and Parole Board 2.2 23 Department of Corrections 548.9 4,181 SUBTOTAL: 551.1: 4,204: Science and Training
In 2015, Smothermon handled a report from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigations "on whether a Shawnee City Commissioner tried to bribe another commissioner." [3] In 2018, Smothermon ruled that a "U.S. Marshal and an Oklahoma drug agent involved in the fatal shooting of a prison escapee were both justified in using deadly force."
A. DeWade Langley was a director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, serving in that position from 1995 until his retirement in 2010.. Hired by the state agency as a special agent in 1977, Langley also served as a deputy inspector, inspector, and deputy director, before becoming director.