The legislature deals with stalking

A state board supports the cancellation of a requirement that warning letters are sent to people who are accused of stalking, but the author of the law says that he has proposed new laws to fix problems with it.

The letter mandate was issued in 2022 by the law to prevent the murder, which increased stalking from an offense to a crime in Oklahoma.

The Rep. Jacob Rosecrants (D-NORMAN) of the Bill author said that district attorney's attorney is able to use Bodycam film material from perpetrators who receive warning letter when persecution of stalkers.

“The idea was to try to prevent stalking by warning the person.” Hey, if you go on, you will get a crime. “However, the double purpose of this is to pursue something to the prosecutors because stalking is really difficult to pursue,” said Rosecrants.

However, the state inspection body of domestic violence for domestic violence says that defense lawyers have used the fact that a victim can apply for a letter that is not delivered to hindrance to prosecution. It also means that a warning letter could hand in stalker, who could then change their behavior in order to pursue the victim in a more concealed way.

In the recent report by the Board of Directors, which was created via the general prosecutor's office, they suggested that the warning letter rule to be lifted. This would be achieved by the Senate Bill 813 of the Senator Ally Seiffreid (R-Claremore), which argues that the warning letter “focuses on the person and less on the victim”.

“We do not do this in any other crime in which we state a letter that warns someone, and I think that with the close commitment to violence within relationships we do not have to send letters to people who committed these crimes,” said Seibrated and added that they have experience with victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking.

Murders for domestic violence in Oklahoma reached a record high in 2023 and jumped by 16%. Tulsa County led the state to domestic violence.

Seifried said she proposed the invoice for the request of the General Prosecutor.

Rosecrants said House Bill 1002 replies problems with the initial warning letter law. The proposed changes came after the routine meeting with law enforcement authorities, district states and a stalking victim.

“We have made it clear that the choice of a victim not to serve stalking warning letters does not mean that stalking did not happen,” said Rosecrants. “You don't have to be one thing.”

HB 1003 also requires that the agency serve the warning letter to enter it in the National Crime Information Center and the Oklahoma Supreme Court.

Rosecrants said that he is planning to talk to the general prosecutor's office about their efforts to collect the warning letter. A spokesman for the office said they checked the law template of rosecrants.

Seifried said on Tuesday that she had not spoken to Rosecrants about the proposed changes in his law.