TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A local civil rights group says it plans to submit Friday some 6,000 voter signatures collected from a petition drive aimed at ordering a grand jury to investigate accusations of wrongdoing in Tulsa County Sheriff Stanley Glanz' office.
The petition asks a grand jury to investigate whether Glanz neglected his duties and whether reserve deputies who gave donations to the sheriff were given special treatment.
The drive began after a volunteer deputy fatally shot an unarmed man on April 2 and a leaked 2009 memo that raised concerns about the reserve deputy's training.
The civil rights group said last week it had collected more than 6,000 signatures from registered Tulsa County voters — 1,000 more than needed under state law. The signatures must now be certified by authorities.