A restaurant heavily damaged in the August tornado hosted a charity lunch a day before it reopens to honor the police officers who helped restore order after the destruction. The Panera Bread at 5601 E. 41st. St. was one of many businesses damaged or destroyed by the EF2 twister that bore down on 41st Street
Thirty-four lives have been saved as the Tulsa Police Department has administered Narcan, a medication that can reverse the effects of a life-threatening opiate overdose, and on Friday TPD was recognized for their achievement. TPD has received the Heartland Alcohol and Substance Abuse Conference Community Project Award. This award was presented to the Tulsa Police
Leah Mueller wants you to know that if you have a question or concern, the Tulsa Police Department hears you and wants to help. Mueller, a former television news producer in Tulsa, is the department’s first community liaison, according to a news release issued Tuesday. She will earn an annual salary of $45,000 to work
A Tulsa police officer ran into a man’s house Sunday morning just in time to save him from hanging to death, according to reports. Officers D. Howse, D. Madewell, and C. Veldkamp responded to a suicidal subject near Pine and Sheridan. Police say, when they arrived at the house, they got no response from the
On 081617, Officers D. Deramus and R. Stout were assigned to three burglaries at offices at 6846 S Canton Avenue. One of the victims was John Rupe, Jr. of Rupe Helmer Group. They had replaced all of their computer equipment the week before... Numerous laptops, tablets, and monitors had been stolen. One of the tablets
A well-known Tulsa Police officer and ordained minister will be TPD's first-ever Riverside Community Resource Officer. Officer Amley "Popsey" Floyd will serve full-time in the new position. Floyd, whose Facebook post about an officer-involved shooting went viral in September 2016, will worked the 61st and Peoria area. His new job will put him in contact
Dozens of drivers got pulled over, Tuesday, by Tulsa Police, but instead of getting a ticket the driver received a gift. Random acts of kindness are helping officers and the TPD Foundation get into the spirit of giving. Board members rode along with officers, handing out 20 pound smoked hams, gift cards and gas cards
Officer Jason Lawless, an Oklahoma police sniper, had one chance, one narrow window to save a 2-year-old girl who had been held hostage for hours by an armed man. The suspect, Salvador Reyes, had barricaded himself inside the Tulsa home of his estranged wife. He was holding a handgun in one hand and the toddler
Tulsa homicide detectives have worked a lot of overtime this year investigating the city’s 64 murders; the two most recent happened Wednesday. In the midst of one of those investigations, there was a nice moment between Tulsa's lead homicide detective and a group of kids. The basketball court is not where you typically find Sergeant
TULSA, Oklahoma - Fishing is a sport of patience. That's something ten-year-old Dallas Elifrits has down, after years of being an angler. “I've been fishing ever since I was born, so like ten/nine years,” said Elifrits. But he's never done the type of fishing that takes place at a Badges and Bobbers event. He had
