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Oklahoma Officer Injured as Suspected DUI Driver Slams into Squad

An Oklahoma woman has been booked into a Tulsa jail on suspicion of driving under the influence after the vehicle she was driving reportedly slammed into a squad car occupied by an officer with the Tulsa Police Department early Monday morning.

January 14, 2020

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Police Impostor Among 3 Arrested for Selling PCP in Oklahoma

One of three people arrested for allegedly selling PCP at an apartment complex in Oklahoma City on Wednesday was posing as a police officer at the time of her arrest.

January 10, 2020

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Oklahoma Officer Fatally Strikes Man Crossing Interstate in the Dark

An officer with the Oklahoma City Police Department fatally struck a man crossing an interstate freeway in the dark after getting petroleum for his empty gas tank.

January 6, 2020

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Man Convicted of Murdering Oklahoma Officer Sentenced to Death

The man convicted of murdering Officer Justin Terney of the Tecumseh Police Department during a 2017 traffic stop has been sentenced to death.

January 6, 2020

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Veteran-Owned Coffee Company Donates to Oklahoma Department

Evan Hafer, the founder and CEO of Black Rifle Coffee Company, said that his company will always "back the blue."

December 3, 2019

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Oklahoma Officer's Starbucks Cups Delivered with "Pig" Written on Label

An officer in Oklahoma who merely wanted to do a nice thing for the people working in the dispatch office of his department on Thanksgiving was met with an unpleasant surprise when the cups of coffee he had ordered were delivered with the word "pig" printed on them.

December 2, 2019

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Oklahoma Officer Indicted for Murder in Killing of Active Shooter

"This would be the first time in American history that a police officer or anybody was charged with the crime of murder for shooting at an active shooter," said Jason Smith, president of the Oklahoma Fraternal Order of Police.

November 26, 2019

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Oklahoma Chief and Detective Charged with Murdering Him Were “Best of Friends,” Mayor Says

One witness reported to deputies that he heard a "roaring" noise and a man yelling, "Stop it, Mike." The arrest report says that phrase started out loud "then grew quieter before stopping altogether."

November 12, 2019

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Video: Oklahoma Police Chief Killed in Florida, Officer Charged with Homicide

Escambia County Sheriff's Office deputies were called around 9:50 p.m. Sunday to the Hilton hotel on Pensacola Beach where they found Chief Miller deceased.

November 11, 2019

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Oklahoma Officer Convicted of Murder for Shooting Suicidal Man Doused in Lighter Fluid

Prosecutors say Sweeney shot Pigeon after another officer fired a bean bag. An affidavit says Pigeon was unarmed and did not pose a threat when he was shot, and two fellow officers also testified that Pigeon posed no threat.

November 5, 2019

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Oklahoma Officer Helps Mentally Ill Woman Off Billboard Over Freeway

An officer with the Tulsa Police Department is credited with possibly saving the life of a mentally ill woman who was perched atop a billboard over a downtown freeway during rush-hour traffic late last week.

October 21, 2019

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Oklahoma Dive Team Pulls 200 Pounds of Trash from Reservoir

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol dive team recently conducted a two-day training beneath in Tenkiller Ferry Lake, a reservoir in eastern Oklahoma.

October 10, 2019