The Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office has distributed $18 million to sheriff’s offices across the state in compliance with a new law passed by legislators in May.

The Oklahoma Sheriff’s Office Funding Assistance Grant Program Act of 2024 provides for grants of $150,000, $250,000, or $300,000 to each county.

As specified in Oklahoma House Bill 2914, the size of the grants is determined by each county’s total property valuation, in the following manner:

a. One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) for a county in the lower twenty-six (26) of qualified counties ranked by gross assessed total tangible property valuation,

b. Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) for a county ranked higher than twenty-six (26) but lower than fifty-three (53) of qualified counties ranked by gross assessed total tangible property valuation, and

c. Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) for a county ranked equal to or greater than fifty-three (53) of qualified counties ranked by gross assessed total tangible property valuation.

All the counties in the Tulsa metro, including Creek, Mayes, Osage, Rogers, Wagoner, and Washington received the top grants of $300,000.