The Department of Human Services shall have the authority to appoint campus police for institutions, county office buildings and any other buildings and their adjacent grounds under the jurisdiction of the Department, in the same manner and with the same powers as campus police appointed by governing boards of state institutions for higher education under the provisions of Sections 360.11 through 360.14 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The Department may also appoint and commission juvenile officers to assist it in maintaining custody of children committed to the Department, and in making investigations and in prosecuting court proceedings under the provisions of Sections 233 through 236 of this title, relating to child support enforcement. Such officers shall have the powers of peace officers, including the authority to serve and execute process, bench warrants and other court orders in cases in which the Department is a party or a participant. Each juvenile officer shall be required to execute a bond in such form and amount as may be approved by the Department, the cost thereof to be paid by the Department.
Added by Laws 1971, c. 124, § 1, emerg. eff. May 4, 1971. Amended by Laws 1985, c. 68, § 1, emerg. eff. May 16, 1985; Laws 1988, c. 326, § 9, emerg. eff. July 13, 1988; Laws 1993, c. 330, § 23, eff. July 1, 1993.
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