Norman council reduces police budget as cities confront calls to cut PD spending
Norman’s city council eventually agreed to take $865,000 out of the next fiscal year’s police budget and divert it to community outreach programs.
‘This is just the start’: The push to change policing in Oklahoma City
The Oklahoma City council will soon consider whether to study significant changes to some of the fundamental elements of policing and how the city responds to some of its greatest challenges, including mental health, homelessness and domestic violence.
Oklahoma releases execution training protocol to attorneys for death row inmates
Oklahoma has not conducted an execution in more than 5 years. Friday’s court filing moves Oklahoma one step closer to a resumption of executions.
The only hospital in Mangum was failing. They promised to help but only made it worse.
Rural Oklahoma communities are desperate to protect their vulnerable hospitals and hand the reins to management companies that say they’re turnaround experts. Instead some companies failed the hospitals, bled them dry and expedited their demise.
Chief calls report ‘extremely flawed’ but data appears accurate in labeling OKC with second highest police killing rate
Oklahoma City Police Chief Wade Gourley disputed the accuracy of a widely shared report that claims his department has one of the highest rates of police killings but a review of the data by The Frontier showed the rate to be correct.
Residents and council members question police department’s budget request
Oklahoma City residents spent several hours Tuesday expressing concern with local policing practices during a virtual meeting of the city council, rebuking police for their response to protests in recent days and a request by the police chief for a funding increase.
Still no decision on curfew in Tulsa night after contentious protests
Tulsa mayor GT Bynum told The Frontier the decision on possibly implementing a curfew would be up to Tulsa Police. But the police department said the decision rested with Bynum.
After 2 days of historic protests, Tulsa officials discuss their feelings about rallies
Mayor GT Bynum, Tulsa County Sheriff Vic Regalado and Tulsa Police Department Major Travis Yates appeared on the Pat Campbell show on KFAQ 1170 on Monday morning.
