Commissioner of Public Safety - Powers and authority - Chief officer - Services for Governor and Lieutenant Governor. (a) A department of the government of this state to be known as the "Department of Public Safety" is hereby created, and offices for the Department shall be furnished by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services. The Department of Public Safety shall be under the control and supervision of the Commissioner of Public Safety, which office and position is hereby created. The Commissioner shall have such powers and authority as may be granted by the provisions of the Uniform Vehicle Code or as may otherwise be provided by law. (b) The Governor shall be the chief officer of the Department of Public Safety and the Commissioner of Public Safety shall execute the lawful orders of the Governor and shall be responsible to him for the operation and administration of said Department. The Commissioner of Public Safety shall provide personal security and protection, transportation, and communications capabilities for the Governor, the Governor's immediate family, and the Lieutenant Governor. The Commissioner is authorized to provide necessary communications equipment to said persons even if said persons are not on state property or in state vehicles. The Commissioner of Public Safety is hereby authorized to purchase or lease and equip motor vehicles for the use of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor. The purchase or lease price of any such motor vehicles and equipment shall be paid from any appropriation for motor vehicles made to the Department of Public Safety. Added by Laws 1961, p. 322, § 2-101, eff. Sept. 1, 1961. Amended by Laws 1967, c. 35, § 1, emerge. eff. March 23, 1967; Laws 1983, c. 302, § 1, emerg. eff. June 23, 1983; Laws 1983, c. 304, § 20, eff. July 1, 1983; Laws 1986, c. 19, § 1, emerg. eff. March 17, 1986; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 159.
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2 in the last 5 years), 1998–2025 · leading case:
Ethics Comm'n v. Keating, 1998 OK 36, 958 P.2d 1250.
Ethics Comm'n v. Keating, 1998 OK 36, 958 P.2d 1250.
· cites it 11× “In meeting this responsibility, neither the State-owned airplane nor vehicles may be used for other non-State purposes, such as for transporting persons other than the Governor and his immediate family for non-State-business purposes, such as to a political rally, private…”
Rife v. Oklahoma Dep't of Pub. Saf., 854 F.3d 637 (10th Cir. 2017).
“See Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 2-101 . Trooper Jefferson worked for the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, which is a division of the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety.”
State v. Wakole, 959 P.2d 882 (Kan. 1998).
“” Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 2-101 (a) (1988). The Uniform Vehicle Code, Okla.”
Rife v. Oklahoma Dep't of Pub. Saf., 846 F.3d 1119 (10th Cir. 2017).
“See Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 2-101 , Trooper Jefferson worked for the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, which is a division of the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety.”
Questions Submitted by: The Honorable Mark Mann, Oklahoma State Senate, Dist. 46, 2025 OK AG 11 (Okla. Att’y Gen. 2025).
· cites it 2× “47 O.S.2021, § 2-101 Id . Additionally, title 47, section 2-108 states: The Commissioner is hereby vested with the power and is charged with the duty of observing, administering, and enforcing the provisions of this title and all laws regulating the operation of vehicles or the…”
Rhoades v. Stitt, No. 5:20-cv-00761 (W.D. Okla. Mar. 30, 2023).
“Despite the statutory dictate that “[t]he Governor shall be the chief officer of the Department of Public Safety,” Okla. Stat. tit. 47 § 2-101(b), the statute also provides that the “Department .”
Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 2-101(b): 2 cases
Ethics Comm'n v. Keating, 1998 OK 36, 958 P.2d 1250.
“In meeting this responsibility, neither the State-owned airplane nor vehicles may be used for other non-State purposes, such as for transporting persons other than the Governor and his immediate family for non-State-business purposes, such as to a political rally, private…”
Rhoades v. Stitt, No. 5:20-cv-00761 (W.D. Okla. Mar. 30, 2023).
“Despite the statutory dictate that “[t]he Governor shall be the chief officer of the Department of Public Safety,” Okla. Stat. tit. 47 § 2-101(b), the statute also provides that the “Department .”
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