Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training; modifying qualifications of the Executive Director; effective date.
HB3055 revises the statute creating the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training (CLEET) and updates a broad range of CLEET’s powers, duties, and administrative procedures. The bill keeps CLEET as the state agency responsible for law enforcement training and certification, but it changes the qualifications for the Executive Director so that the director must be a CLEET-certified peace officer with a bachelor’s degree in a law-enforcement-related field and at least five years of active law enforcement experience. It also allows the director to appoint an assistant director and to commission CLEET staff as peace officers for duties consistent with state law.
The bill also expands and clarifies CLEET’s authority over certification, discipline, training standards, canine certification, records review, and approval of new law enforcement agencies. It sets or restates requirements for background checks, psychological evaluations, reporting of arrests and disciplinary actions, revocation and suspension of certifications, and training standards for police officers, reserve officers, tribal officers, and canine teams. It further authorizes CLEET to charge and collect various fees, enter financing arrangements for facilities, and use advisory boards and curriculum review structures to guide training and certification policy.
HB3055 amends 70 O.S. Section 3311, the core statute governing CLEET, and would affect the agency’s governance, certification standards, disciplinary authority, and administrative operations. The bill would tighten the Executive Director’s qualifications, formalize additional advisory and curriculum-review bodies, and reinforce CLEET’s role in approving law enforcement agencies, certifying officers and canine teams, and managing records and disciplinary reporting. It also preserves and clarifies fee authority and fund deposits tied to training, certification, and related services, while setting the act’s effective date for November 1, 2026.
The available voting history shows strong and unanimous support in the House committees and on third reading, with no recorded opposition in any of the listed votes. That suggests the bill was viewed favorably as an administrative and professional standards update for CLEET rather than a controversial policy change. No committee transcript was provided, so there is no recorded floor or committee debate to indicate broader disagreement.
No formal contention is reflected in the available committee votes, which were unanimous. The most likely areas for policy sensitivity are the new Executive Director qualification requirements, CLEET’s authority to require background checks and psychological screening, and the bill’s detailed disciplinary and reporting provisions affecting peace officers, reserve officers, tribal officers, and law enforcement agencies. The bill also touches on agency financing, fee collection, and approval of new law enforcement agencies, but the provided record does not show organized opposition to any of these provisions.