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Public Safety outlines child‑abduction team, school security training and a new statewide tactical training center; seeks modest budget reduction
Summary
The Department of Public Safety briefed the committee on child abduction response teams, school security training, a tactical training facility groundbreaking, fleet needs and troop staffing goals; DPS presented a slightly lower appropriation request than last year and asked for continued funding for academies and benefit step costs.
Commissioner of Public Safety described projects the department said would make Oklahoma safer while the agency proposed a slightly reduced appropriations request for the coming fiscal year.
Commissioner described the Child Abduction Response Team (CART), a statewide rapid‑response effort that the agency said has recovered 63 children in 2024 and more than 180 since the program began. He told the committee the Highway Patrol’s statewide presence made DPS a natural host for immediate response in the first hours of an abduction.
DPS also reviewed the Secure Oklahoma Schools initiative that has trained thousands of officers and school staff in a…
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