Gov. Kevin Stitt proclaimed Oct. 22 Deputy Jordan Pyle Day in Oklahoma, Sheriff Darrell Weaver announced at a dedication ceremony for a training center named after the late Cleveland County deputy.
Pyle was shot and killed in August 2023 by her husband, Vaughn Cannon, who was also a Cleveland County deputy, the OU Daily reported. Cannon was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in December 2024.
The Thursday, Oct. 22, ceremony at the new Cleveland County Sheriff's Office headquarters featured Pyle's uniform, photographs and purple decorations marking Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Family members, coworkers and community members attended the event.
Weaver, who led the ceremony, said the loss reached beyond Pyle's family. Her mother, Christi Pyle, also spoke and called for action against domestic violence.
"Domestic violence affects every income. There is no way to stop it without fighting," Christi Pyle said, according to the OU Daily.
Pyle's father, Nathan "Rusty" Pyle, used his time at the podium to push for a specific piece of legislation. He urged attendees to contact their state representatives about Oklahoma House Bill 1322, a proposed domestic violence offender registry modeled after Tennessee's Savanna's Law.
Savanna's Law, which took effect at the beginning of 2026, created the nation's first public registry for repeat domestic violence offenders, according to WSMV. It is named after Tennessee deputy Savanna Puckett, who was killed by her ex-boyfriend.
HB 1322 passed the Oklahoma House 93-0 on March 10 and was sent to the Senate, where it was referred to the Judiciary Committee on April 1, according to the Oklahoma Legislature's bill tracker. No further action is recorded.
Rep. Ross Ford, R-Broken Arrow, is the bill's principal House author, according to the legislative record. The OU Daily reported that Rusty Pyle contacted Rep. John George, R-Newalla, who deliberated with Ford about attaching Pyle's name to the bill. Ford is planning to rerun the measure with an amendment naming it Jordan's Law, the OU Daily reported.
Rusty Pyle told the crowd he wants the word to spread. "We've gotta do something to help curtail the violence. It's gotta be at least slowed down," he said, according to the OU Daily.
Cleveland County Capt. of Patrol Saysha Cornish, who called Pyle her best friend, asked community members to speak out about domestic violence. She said deputies work domestic violence calls but never expected one of their own to become a victim.
The training center sits inside the sheriff's office's new 12,000-square-foot headquarters, a more than $5 million project funded by a one-eighth-cent public safety sales tax Cleveland County voters approved in 2019, the Norman Transcript reported.
HB 1322 did not advance beyond the Senate Judiciary Committee during the 2026 session. Ford plans to reintroduce the proposal with an amendment naming it Jordan’s Law, according to the OU Daily.
