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The Chief's office also has responsibility for finance and personnel oversight of the department and provides direction to the Oklahoma City division of the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP). Additionally, the office also includes a Police Chaplain's unit and the C.H.A.P.P.S. program, which assists officers in times of crisis or emotional distress.
Two people were hurt after a fire at an abandoned house in Springfield Monday morning. Authorities said the fire happened at an empty house in the area of 11th Street and Phillips Avenue.
OKC police Sgt. John Skuta told CNN that two groups of people got into a "verbal altercation" inside the event center at about 12:30 a.m. They took the argument outside and shots were fired, he said.
Then-Deputy Chief Ron Bacy assists La'Niyah Burris during the Oklahoma City Police Athletic League's "Shop with a Cop" event at Academy in 2023. Bacy was named the department's police chief on Friday.
Bryant was a firefighter starting in 1977 before becoming the fire chief of Oklahoma City from 2005 to 2017. [2] [3] He was also the president of the International Association of Fire Chiefs. [4] In May 2017, President Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Bryant as Administrator of the United States Fire Administration (USFA). [5] [6]
This was the first EF5 tornado to strike Oklahoma since 1999, when an F5 tornado killed 36 people in and around southern and central parts of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. [31] Another intense EF3 tornado struck the El Reno area two years later on May 31, 2013, and also struck several storm chasers, three of whom were killed, in addition ...
Springfield Police Chief Ken Scarlette speaks during a press conference at the city Council Chambers on Sept. 5, 2024. A teen who had resisted arrest and discharged his gun near officers late Sept ...
In 1927 Bryce became an Oklahoma State game agent, but resigned, intending to pursue college. Following this and during a shooting competition at Shawnee, Oklahoma, Bryce's marksmanship was noticed by an Oklahoma City Police Department night chief who suggested that he should join his police department, which he did in 1928 at age 22, the youngest detective in the department.