A. DeWade Langley

A. DeWade Langley
A. DeWade Langley
Former Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
	In office; 1995 –November 15, 2010
Governor	Frank Keating ; Brad Henry
Succeeded by	Stan Florence
Personal details
Born	Custer County, Oklahoma
Residence	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Alma mater	Northwestern Oklahoma State University ; Oklahoma State University
Occupation	professor

Last updated October 23, 2019

A. DeWade Langley was a former director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, having serving in that position from 1995 until his retirement in 2010.

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) is an independent state law enforcement agency of the government of Oklahoma. The OSBI assists the county sheriff offices and city police departments of the state, and is the primary investigative agency of the state government. OSBI works independent of the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety to investigate criminal law violations within the state at the request of statutory authorized requesters.

Hired by the state agency as a special agent in 1977, Langley also served as a deputy inspector, inspector, and deputy director, before becoming director. Following his retirement as director, he was chosen to serve as the chair and director of the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Central Oklahoma.

The University of Central Oklahoma, often referred to as UCO or Central, is a coeducational public university located in Edmond, Oklahoma. The university is the third largest in Oklahoma, with more than 17,000 students and approximately 434 full-time and 400 adjunct faculty. Founded in 1890, the University of Central Oklahoma was one of the first institutions of higher learning to be established in what would become the state of Oklahoma, making it one of the oldest universities in the southwest region of the United States. It is home to the American branch of the British Academy of Contemporary Music in downtown Oklahoma City.

Early life and career

Before beginning his law enforcement career, Langley received a Bachelor of Science degree from Northwestern Oklahoma State University and a Master's degree from Oklahoma State University (OSU). He has served with the United States Army Reserve and the Oklahoma Army National Guard.^[1] Langley earned a Doctor of Education degree in Applied Educational Studies from Oklahoma State University.^[2] Langley started his career in 1970 in Custer County, Oklahoma working as an office deputy. He was hired on with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) as a special agent in 1977. As a special agent, Langley was assigned to the Lawton, Oklahoma office.

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Three years later in 1980, after a brief period as special agent, Langley was promoted to Deputy Inspector in Woodward, Oklahoma.^[3] In his position, Langley was the supervisor of the region. Langley remained an administrator and never served as a field agent for the remainder of his career. Langley was promoted to Inspector in that region four years later in 1984. In 1990, he was promoted to deputy director of the OSBI.

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OSBI director

Langley became director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation in 1995 and has served longer than any previous director.^[1] After his appointment, the agency has implemented the Statewide Intelligence Network, a Crime Scene Agent program, and computerized databases in DNA, Firearms and Tool Marks, and digital images.^[4] The agency has also become accredited by the American Society of Crime Lab Directors (ASCLD Lab) and has also attained national recognition for becoming one of only two law enforcement agencies in the state of Oklahoma to be accredited through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA).^[4]

The bureau also opened a new $30 million high-tech laboratory, the Forensic Science Center in Edmond, Oklahoma in 2008.^[5]

Edmond is a city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area in the central part of the state. As of the 2010 census, the population was 81,405, making it the sixth largest city in the state of Oklahoma.

Later life

Langley served as an adjunct professor at Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU) in the Department of Parks and Recreation Management, where he taught courses in Parks and Wildlife Law Enforcement.

In 2010, Langley was selected to serve as the chair and director of the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Central Oklahoma.^[6]

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References

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↑ "Meet the Faculty and Staff". University of Central Oklahoma. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
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1 2 DeWade Langley Archived September 21, 2006, at the Wayback Machine , Southwestern Oklahoma State University (accessed May 21, 2010).
↑ Baldwin, Diana, "New crime lab brings 'justice to the guilty'," The Oklahoman , May 2, 2008.
↑ "UCO Taps OSBI Director To Head New School of Criminal Justice" . Retrieved 11 April 2013.