OSA NEWS & EVENTS

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Jail Medical Summit

June 6th, 2012

University of Central Oklahoma

Jail Medical Summit Flyer & Registration

2012 Sheriff's Races
All 77 county sheriffs are up for re-election this year.  A total of 20 incumbent sheriffs drew no opponent and in 17 counties, the incumbent sheriff did not file for re-election.  Click here for a complete list of candidates.

Election dates are as follows:

Primary:  June 26

Primary Runoff (if needed:  August 28

General Election:  November 6

Oklahoma Criminal Justice

 Summit Meeting 2012

Friday May 25th

Hosted by University of Central Oklahoma,

School of Criminal Justice

Edmond, Oklahoma

For additional information and registration forms click on the link below.

Oklahoma Criminal Justice Summit Flyer

Oklahoma Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony

May 18, 2012

Host Agency Oklahoma Sheriffs' Association

The Forty-Fourth Annual Oklahoma Law Enforcement Officer's Memorial Service will be conducted on Friday, May 18, 2012, at 10 A.M. This year's host and emcee is the Oklahoma Sheriffs? Association. The Service will be conducted at the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Memorial, located on the West grounds of the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety (DPS) Headquarters, 3600 North M. L. King Avenue in Oklahoma City.

Directions: From I-35, take the 36^th Street exit (Exit 131). Go west  to the entrance to DPS on the south side (left hand side) of the street. This will be directly across the street from the 45^th Infantry Division Museum's out door display of various types of military vehicles.

Go south to the large parking lot on the west side (right hand side) of the driveway. The DPS Building is located on the west side of this parking lot. After parking, you may then enter the DPS Building through the glass doors facing the parking lot near the south end of the building and walk down the stairs to the lower floor or you may walk around the building by way of the north drive way. There will be no parking on the west side of the DPS building.

53rd Legislature Second Session

The second session of the 53rd legislature is began the first of this month. The Association is tracking 29 bills that concern the Sheriff, jail, county government and law enforcement. You can view any of the bills and their current status by clicking on the link below. If you should come across a piece of legislation that we are not tracking please contact the OSA and we will add it to the list. If you have any questions about any of the legislation feel free to give us a call.

2012 Legislative Bills

Oklahoma Livestock Relief Coalition

The Oklahoma Sheriffs' Association is a recent Charter and Executive Committee Member of the Oklahoma Livestock Relief Coalition. Recognizing that the current drought and hay shortage may result in unprecedented numbers of neglected and starving livestock, the Oklahoma Livestock Relief Coalition was formed with the mission of providing an opportunity for concerned citizens to donate funds which will be used to respond to the immediate needs of law enforcement in the State of Oklahoma with large animal neglect, abuse, and abandonment cases.  Donated funds will be used to provide feed and reasonable emergency care for seized animals during the initial thirty (30) days phase of these cases.  View the guidelines of the Oklahoma Livestock Relief Coalition.

If you know of someone who would like to make a monetary donation to the fund, they can contact the Oklahoma Veterinary Medical Foundation a 501(c)3 at www.okvma.org   or send to OVMF, PO Box 14521, Oklahoma City, OK 73113. All money raised will go directly to the OLRC fund.

The web link for the OLRC is listed below:

http://okvma.affiniscape.com/index2.cfm

Link directly to the donation form:

https://m360.okvma.org/admin/forms/ViewForm.aspx?id=28664

UPDATE 2/3/2012: During the Oklahoma Veterinary Medical Association Conference last week they held a silent auction to raise funds for the Oklahoma Livestock Relief Coalition. We received the following information from Dr. Carey Floyd that they had raised close to $20,000.00 during the auction. All of this will go into the coalition fund for the benefit of law enforcement. Congratulations to Dr. Floyd and all of the members of the Oklahoma Veterinary Medical Association and those who participated in the auction for a fantastic start to this fund.

OSA Scholarship

On March 2nd the OSA Executive Board approved the Oklahoma Sheriffs' Association Scholarship Program.The fund will be established for the purpose of receiving, investing and dispensing of funds to provide college scholarships to qualified students who are committed to pursuing an academic degree at an Oklahoma college or university. Individuals will be applying for a $750.00 scholarship, a maximum of four scholarships will be awarded and presented each year at the Annual Training Conference and Exposition in August.

If you are a company or an individual wishing to donate or setup an endowment to fund the OSA Scholarship Program please contact the Oklahoma Sheriffs' Association at 405-286-2899.

For additional information and application click here

Surplus Property

The Association has agreed to distribute surplus law enforcement property for the state and Sheriffs. Below you will find links to the items that we have in stock along with those items located at Sheriffs offices across the state. There is no charge for the items located at the OSA and are on a first come first serve basis. The association request that you pick the items up at our office as we cannot ship them to your location. We also suggest that you give us a call about the availability of any item as this list may change before the next posting. We encourage all Sheriffs to consider offering their surplus property to a fellow Sheriff as a opposed to selling it for pennies on the dollar. Remember the old saying "one mans trash is another mans treasure".

Sheriff Surplus Property

State Surplus Property List

New Job and Training Opportunities Posted

Job Opportunities

Training Opportunities

2012  Sheriff's Active Membership

 64 out of 77

64 counties shown on the map below are current members of the Oklahoma Sheriffs' Association for the year 2012 and are afforded all rights and privileges of membership. OSA membership's are due by the end of January each year. Upon receipt of the dues by the Sheriff all members of the Sheriff's staff become members of the Association. The Association extends its thanks to each of the Sheriffs for their support and trust in the Oklahoma Sheriffs' Association.

NW Region 12 out of 13 Counties

NE Region 12 out of 15 Counties

SE Region 13 out of 17 Counties

SW Region 9 out 10 Counties

North Central Region 11 out of 11 Counties 100% Region

South Central Region 7 out of 11 Counties

Policy Manuals

We have received numerous requests for a policy template to be used in the Sheriff's office and in the jail. The Association recommends using the exemplary manual provided by the Tulsa County Sheriffs Office. for large departments and McClain County Sheriffs Office for small to medium. The manuals are provided to the OSA for the use of all Oklahoma Sheriffs, courtesy of Sheriff Stanley Glanz and Sheriff Don Hewett. 

To receive a copy of the  Policies and Procedures manuals on CD ROM, contact the Oklahoma Sheriffs' Association by clicking below. Please indicate in your request which manual you would like to receive.
 

Policy & Procedures Manual

NO PHONE CALLS

The Oklahoma Sheriffs' Association does not utilize telephone solicitors for any purpose. If you should receive telephone calls soliciting donations for the Oklahoma Sheriffs' Association they are doing so fraudulently and the association recommends contacting the Oklahoma Attorney Generals office to report the phone call. You can report a violation of the Telemarketer Restriction Act directly to the Attorney Generals website by clicking the link below or by calling 405-521-3921

http://www.oag.state.ok.us/oagweb.nsf/DoNotCall.html

Support Your County Sheriff

Show your support of your county Sheriff by becoming a Honorary or Business member of the Oklahoma Sheriffs' Association. Click on the links below to view the benefits of becoming a member.

2011 Honorary Membership

2011 Business Membership

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