§47-2-102.

§47-2-102.
   
   A. The Department shall be under the control of an executive officer
   to be known as the "Commissioner of Public Safety", who shall be
   appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.
   
   The Commissioner of Public Safety shall be a professional law
   enforcement officer with ten (10) years' experience in the field of
   law enforcement or with five (5) years' experience in the field of law
   enforcement and a graduate of a four-year college with a degree in law
   enforcement administration, law, criminology or a related science.
   
   Any vacancy in the office of the Commissioner of Public Safety shall
   be filled in the same manner as the original appointment is made.
   
   Said Commissioner of Public Safety shall be allowed his actual and
   necessary telephone and telegraph expenses incurred in the performance
   of his official duties while away from his office.
   
   B. The Commissioner of Public Safety, after his appointment and before
   entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall take and subscribe to
   the oath of office required by the Constitution. Bonding of the
   Commissioner of Public Safety and other employees of the Department
   will be provided under the provisions of Section 85.26 of Title 74 of
   the Oklahoma Statutes.