More than two years after program came under scrutiny, only four reserve deputies remain at TCSO
Sheriff Vic Regalado praised the slow approach to rebuilding the roster, saying the program would be better for it in the long term.
Bartlesville woman sues city, officer after being shot in head by police while being beaten by boyfriend
Though the fatal police shooting of the man was covered by media at the time, it had not been publicly revealed that Brown had also been shot during the incident until the lawsuit was filed on Monday.
State prison board to consider legislative agenda closing some public meeting discussion, records
The Department is also seeking to add exemptions to state law that would make confidential some prisoner records, as well as a wide swath of information regarding Oklahoma Correctional Industries, an arm of DOC that employs prisoners in manufacturing and producing goods.
In message to Oklahoma sheriffs, Rep. Scott Biggs praised for stopping several criminal justice reform measures
The comments came during a speech headlined by United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Oklahoma business, municipal and energy groups ask federal court to reconsider death penalty decision from ‘Indian Country’
The U.S. Department of Justice is also asking the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of appeals to reconsider the decision, after a panel of judges found the Muscogee (Creek) Nation reservation was not disestablished and that the state did not have jurisdiction.
Former reserve deputy Robert Bates could be released from prison as early as Thursday
Second-degree manslaughter is not one of Oklahoma’s “85 percent statutes,” crimes in which a convicted person must serve 85 percent of the sentence before even being considered for probation or parole.
Oklahoma rehab work camps were about to be regulated. Then a friend stepped in
“He said, ‘Look, I have a couple of them in my area. Would you mind exempting them?’ ” recalled Republican Rep. Dale Derby, who sponsored the bill. “I wasn’t aware that he was on the board. I wouldn’t have done it.”
Lawsuit: Oklahoma jailers mocked, withheld medical care from inmate suffering from 91-hour erection
The suit stats jailers “mocked Plaintiff for his condition over the period of days while denying him medical treatment,” which caused “irreparable harm.”
