TPD Officers Honored for Heroism - Two Tulsa police officers - one just out of the academy - were honored for an act of bravery. The officers rescued a woman from a house fire last month.Officer Jimmy Jones and Officer-In-Training Daniel Cartwright were patrolling near 11th and Lewis early
TPD Officer Saves Woman from Burning House - A Tulsa police officer is being praised after rescuing a woman from a house fire. The officer discovered the fire just before 5 a.m. Saturday near 11th and Lewis. Fire crews say Officer Daniel Cartwright pulled the woman from the house
Gang Unit Donates 200+ Coats - The Tulsa Police Department’s Gang Unit marked a record year for taking illegal guns off the streets by wrapping less-fortunate youngsters in winter coats Monday afternoon. Gang Unit members passed out more than 200 coats at several apartment complexes. It was
TPD is Digital - Tulsa police are now using an app to communicate with area neighborhoods. Tulsa police started using the NextDoor app last week. The app lets police post about crime and safety in specific neighborhoods, which police said makes it better to use than Facebook. Police
Trick-or-Treat with TPD - Ladybugs, pirates, princesses and skeletons descended in droves upon the Tulsa Police Department’s Riverside Division on Tuesday for an evening of candy, games and scares. Around 2,000 people attended the sixth Haunted Halloween Precinct event. Children younger than 12 trick-or-treated at various booths, played
TPD Receives Body Camera Grant - The Justice Department has awarded $599,200 to the Tulsa Police Department as part of the Body-Worn Camera Pilot Implementation Program, announced United States Attorney Danny C. Williams Sr. for the Northern District of Oklahoma. “Today’s nearly $600,000 will allow the Tulsa Police Department
Two TPD Officers Save Bleeding Man - The quick thinking of two Tulsa police officers may have saved the life of a man who was bleeding from a punctured artery early Saturday. Police received a call around 12:25 a.m. regarding a man who had broken through the glass
"You just act." - When K-9 Officer Brandon Jarrett saw a 10-month-old baby crawling to him from inside a burning home Saturday, he had just one thought: Get her some air. Jarrett, 32, responded after a fire broke out in the kitchen of a home in the 2100
TPD Officers Use Tasers to End Standoff - Officers arrested a 40-year-old man after a police chase and standoff in south Tulsa late Sunday.Police said they stopped the car 61st and Lewis for a traffic violation at 11:30 p.m. but the driver refused to talk to the officer and drove off.During the
TPD Chief Talks About Policing in America - Chief of Police, Chuck Jordan writes: Recently, the President’s Commission on Policing in America released a paper that outlined many suggestions and policies for police departments across the nation to implement so that they can better be part of the