Tag: Oklahoma agencies: Page 20

Patrol

Shots Fired: Pauls Valley, Oklahoma 04/28/2007

The duo approached the house where they found the front door standing half-way open. The two officers stepped across the threshold and into the living room, and they picked up sight of a male adult darting toward the back of the house.

September 17, 2012

Patrol

Video: Okla. Cop Suspended for TASERing Drunk Woman

A McAlestar (Okla.) Police officer remains on active duty but can no longer use his TASER, after he used the less-lethal weapon on an intoxicated, handcuffed woman who spit on him.

September 10, 2012

Patrol

Okla. Captain Sues Department Over Mosque Assignment

A Tulsa police officer and devout Christian is suing his department after being punished for refusing to go to a mosque for a mandatory cultural event.

August 15, 2012

Patrol

Oklahoma Trooper Gets Murder-Mystery Novel Published

Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper Betsy Randolph loves writing, but lucky for lead-footed motorists, she has another outlet besides her ticket book. Randolph's first novel, a murder-mystery titled Tokens of the Liars, is about to hit bookstores.

August 13, 2012

Vehicle Ops

In-Service Cop Cars: Dodge Charger Pursuit

In the the race to replace the Ford Crown Vic on patrol, the Dodge Charger Pursuit arguably had a leg up on the competition, because Chrysler introduced it in 2006 and has worked out some of the initial kinks in the transition from a retail to police vehicle. Agencies who buy Chargers enthuse about the muscular V-8 HEMI and aggresive styling. View our gallery of in-service Chargers, and then read "The New Recruits: In-Service Cop Cars" for detailed stories of agencies using them. Photos provided by the respective agencies unless otherwise noted.

July 30, 2012

Special Units

Video: Okla. SWAT Team Rescues 6-Year-Old Taken Hostage by Father

Police responded and approached the house. They said when they got close, the suspect fired a gunshot. Police backed off and called in the SWAT team and emergency medical crews.

July 18, 2012

Patrol

Video: Fired, Rehired Okla. Cop May Be Fired Again

The city of Owasso, Okla., is seeking to re-fire Lt. Mike Denton, whose earlier termination for excessive force was overturned by an arbitrator.

July 15, 2012

Patrol

Okla. Officer Succumbs During Narcotics Training

A Jenks (Okla.) Police Department officer has died after falling ill during physical fitness training on Wednesday for the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics. Officer Juan Legarreta, 27, had been a member of the department for about a year.

June 27, 2012

Vehicles

The World's Last Ford Crown Vic Police Interceptor

The last Ford Crown Vic Police Interceptor didn't go to a Michigan agency in the automaker's backyard. And it didn't go to one of the nation's largest police forces in Los Angeles or Chicago.

June 11, 2012

Patrol

Homeless Man Stops Mont. Cop, Confesses To 25-Year-Old Murder

A homeless man approached a Billings (Mont.) Police officer outside of police headquarters and confessed to the murder of a county official in Oklahoma in 1987.

April 23, 2012

Patrol

Okla. Capt. Charged with Manslaughter In Teen's Shooting

A Del City (Okla.) Police Department captain charged with manslaughter in the death of a teen posted bond and was released from jail after turning himself in.

April 23, 2012

Vehicle Ops

Memorial Set for Okla. Deputy Killed In Crash

A funeral has been scheduled for Thursday for a Choctaw County (Okla.) Sheriff's deputy who was killed in a collision on U.S. Highway 70 in southeastern Oklahoma.

April 22, 2012