Citizen Report No. 1668045720 - 2146171030

Harvey Burkhalter

Carter County Sheriff's Office

100 South Washington

Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401

(580) 223-6014

https://cartercount…

Date of Offense

March 1, 2002

Offense(s)

Deprivation of Rights

Supporting Document(s)

Photo

2022 News Article

2002 Article

Statement

According to public statements made by former Sheriff Burkhalter's, ex-son-in-law and current Carter County Sheriff Chris Bryant, it is alleged that Burkhalter "authorized" the installation of a hidden camera within the light fixture of the Carter County Jail's attorney/client conference room back in 2002. The camera was not discovered until November of 2022 as reported here.

Court records do not indicate that Burkhalter applied for or was granted a warrant to install any recording device within the secure room reserved for conversations subject to attorney-client privilege.

News articles published back in 2002 also seem to contradict the current Sheriff's account of how the camera made it into the light fixture.

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Definition of Offense(s)

Deprivation of Rights

Acting under color of law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom to willfully deprive or cause to be deprived from any person those rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution and laws of the U.S. (taken from U.S.C.

Oklahoma Open Records Act

Title 51 Oklahoma Statutes § 24A.1 et seq.

The Oklahoma Open Records Act is a series of laws designed to guarantee that public has access to all public records of governmental bodies. Section 24A.2 defines records as "all documents, including, but not limited to, any book, paper, photograph, microfilm, data files created by or used with computer software, computer tape, disk, and record, sound recording, film recording, video record or other material regardless of physical form or characteristic, created by, received by, under the authority of, or coming into the custody, control or possession of public officials, public bodies, or their representatives in connection with the transaction of public business, the expenditure of public funds or the administering of public property." This specifically includes all records of the transfer of public funds.

According to the Oklahoma Open Records Act, anyone may request public records and no statement of purpose is required. However, if the purpose is commercial, fees will be charged for document collection. There is no restriction on the use of records and the law does not specify a time limit for responses to requests.

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Citizen Report No. 1668045720 - 2146171030

Date of Offense

Offense(s)

Supporting Document(s)

Statement

Definition of Offense(s)

Deprivation of Rights

Oklahoma Open Records Act

We the People

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Open Letters

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