A braided fusion category is said to have Property F if the associated braid group representations factor through a finite group. We verify integral metaplectic modular categories have property F by showing these categories are group-theoretical. For the special case of integral categories $𝒞$ with the fusion rules of $SO {(8)}_{2}$ we determine the finite group $G$ for which $Rep (D^{ω} G)$ is braided equivalent to $𝒵 (𝒞)$ . In addition, we determine the associated classical link invariant, an evaluation of the 2-variable Kauffman polynomial at a point.

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AMSC: 18D10, 20F36, 17B37

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