Tulsa Police

Tulsa Police Chief Dennis Larsen has announced his retirement.

Despite what department advocates say, research suggests that short-staffed police forces pose a higher risk of officer misconduct.

Some of Oklahoma’s largest police departments will change their protocols for responding to incidents on interstates amid a push by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol to try to force them to assume more responsibilities.

Downtown Tulsa Partnership hosted its final public safety forum of the year Tuesday night, where community questions centered on public nuisance issues such as trespassing and noise complaints.

A Tulsa police cruiser rolled over a jaywalking suspect in April after the officer forgot to put his cruiser in park.

The Tulsa Police Department has already released over 100 pages of records to The Frontier that show disciplinary actions for officers who were found to have violated agency rules.

Following a week of uncertainty, Tulsa’s Community Outreach Psychiatric Emergency Services, or COPES, will continue to receive funding — at least temporarily.

Mayor Monroe Nichols says the gaps between the police and the communities they serve need to be addressed.

Witnesses say Tulsa police Lt. Marcus Harper didn’t do the most egregious offenses outlined in a criminal charge — but he still might have negatively impacted an investigation through inaction.

Dennis Larsen will take over for Wendell Franklin at the end of July.