Officers are assigned to work three shifts, supervised by sergeants and lieutenants. Officers perform foot, bicycle, and motorized patrol of the campus, the OSU farm and research land, and Lake Carl Blackwell. Under a police agency accreditation program established by the Oklahoma Association of Chiefs of Police, the OSU department has become the first police agency in Oklahoma to pass the rigid assessment. The award, presented by the President of the OACP in Oct. 1998, was the culmination of more than a year of intense self inspections, fine tuning procedures, directives and policies and assures the community that this department meets the professional level required by the 191 accreditation standards. The department maintains an investigations section, which is staffed by investigators who conduct intensive inquiries into criminal incidents on campus.
Investigations is also responsible for the collection and storage of department-seized evidence.
OSU Police officers provide periodic checks of the exterior doors to insure they are appropriately locked. The department believes in providing service to its community. Staff provide crime prevention discussions or rape and self defense seminars. In addition, staff officers are available to provide talks and research data for class projects. Officers vigorously enforce all state traffic laws in accordance to Oklahoma Statute Title 47.