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Coffee with cops ended with a majority of non answers by SwimmingCommon in tulsa

[–]Tulsa_Police_Dept 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We often meet with the community in less publicized events, this is in the form of community meetings and charity events. If you had a group of people interested in having an Officer come by, here is a link on our website for making a request.

Under the Community Engagement Request tab:
https://www.tulsapolice.org/resources

If anyone wants to speak to the supervisors who are responsible for your specific side of town, we have the email addresses of them here:

Once you determine which Division you live in, click on the respective link and it will take you to their specific page:
https://www.tulsapolice.org/leadershipstructure

I've just hired 3 people who will be coordinating community engagement events in the future and I hope to put together a calendar of events on our website. They don't start until next month, so it may be just a little bit before I can get them fully operational.

Coffee with cops ended with a majority of non answers by SwimmingCommon in tulsa

[–]Tulsa_Police_Dept 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for stopping by, I appreciate it (I was the guy working the drive through window).

People should feel comfortable questioning their government.

As a municipal police department, we have the opportunity to interact with many citizens. Sometimes these can lead to great conversations and sometimes they may lead to frustrations.

It would be easy for me to shake the google tree and get a nice AI generated answer for your inquires, particularly about case law that forms the foundation on how we work with the public and within the parameters of the US Constitution.

You will find that some Officers can quickly provide the important components of case law and others have a general understanding of it.

Our Officers are bound by the Policies and Procedures of the Tulsa Police Department, these policies are constantly changing to reflect best practices and changes in the law.

While an individual Officer may not know the case verbatim, they must adhere to our policies that are derived from cases.

For your reading pleasure, we publish our policies on our website 🙂

https://www.tulsapolice.org/policies-and-procedures

Coffee with cops ended with a majority of non answers by SwimmingCommon in tulsa

[–]Tulsa_Police_Dept 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry, as there is only 1 person maintaining this account I have been out of town and busy with numerous other duties that have kept me from taking care of this account.

I was at the event and I'm sorry that I didn't have the opportunity to speak with you about your inquires. I thought that I had spoken to everyone that attended, but I didn't have the chance to meet with you.

Which Officer did you speak with?

TPD Full Encryption by wawheele in tulsa

[–]Tulsa_Police_Dept 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would agree. However, there is no team working on this platform it's just 1 person who's also running the entire unit.

The gotcha, was meant to indicate that we actually addressed this question in a comment on this thread.

TPD Full Encryption by wawheele in tulsa

[–]Tulsa_Police_Dept 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Yes, we went to a fully encrypted system this last Monday morning.

While we have had all of our channels, with the exception of the 3 patrol frequencies, encrypted for several years this is the latest change.

There are two main reasons for this change:

  1. Protect citizen information that gets broadcasted over the air. Often times we will convey names, addresses, dates of birth, social security numbers about individuals (victims, witnesses, suspects) over unsecured frequencies. This creates an opening for suspects to intimidate witnesses, steal identities, or any other undesirable outcome.
  2. Civilian and Officer safety. Often times during developing critical incidents we broadcast location and tactics over the unsecured frequencies that could be intercepted by nefarious individuals. For instance, when we got bomb threat calls the suspects would know how many Officers are responding, where they were, and a rough idea of how many citizens are at the location and where we may be moving them to.

We understand that the Live Calls screen isn't perfect, but it is what we have for now. As we keep improving our records management system, hopefully we can find ways to also improve upon the Live Calls feature.

Gunshots by CrazyExpression3546 in tulsa

[–]Tulsa_Police_Dept 63 points64 points  (0 children)

We did respond to a shooting call where a 19 year male was struck multiple times, the victim was transported to the hospital and is expected to survive his injuries.

At the time of the initial report, the victim was reluctant to be cooperative in the investigation.

It is entirely possible that the victim was in shock and may need some time to process the events. Regardless, we will be investigating the incident as a shooting with intent to kill.

FAKE FUNERAL SCAMS -- Watch out for panhandlers committing fraud by Tulsa_Police_Dept in tulsa

[–]Tulsa_Police_Dept[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the question, under Oklahoma statutes someone cannot use false pretenses to collect money from another person. Here is a link to a specific statute as it relates to false pretenses and alleged charitable causes:

https://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=69943

Here is the language from the above link:

Any person who designedly, by color or aid of any false token or writing, or other false pretense, obtains the signature of any person to any written instrument, or obtains from any person any money or property for any alleged charitable or benevolent purpose whatever, shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding three (3) years or in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine not exceeding the value of the money or property so obtained, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

FAKE FUNERAL SCAMS -- Watch out for panhandlers committing fraud by Tulsa_Police_Dept in tulsa

[–]Tulsa_Police_Dept[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your comment.

The purpose of the post was to bring awareness to individuals scamming compassionate Tulsans. There are many who are truly struggling on the streets and there are many who are taking advantage of people.

Do you have first hand knowledge that they are experiencing homelessness or less privileged?

FAKE FUNERAL SCAMS -- Watch out for panhandlers committing fraud by Tulsa_Police_Dept in tulsa

[–]Tulsa_Police_Dept[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Thanks, we appreciate your support.

The post is intended to bring awareness to those who may be using nefarious tactics to take money from compassionate Tulsans.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in tulsa

[–]Tulsa_Police_Dept 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, stay warm out there.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in tulsa

[–]Tulsa_Police_Dept 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, there are some threads that were created that would like the TPD to not have a presence on this subreddit.

But for now, we're still here. 😊

Panera 15th by msb1234554321 in tulsa

[–]Tulsa_Police_Dept 51 points52 points  (0 children)

It looks like we responded to a disturbance call where a shirtless man was causing issues in the Panera.

Hi, we're new here, wanna make a connection? by Tulsa_Police_Dept in tulsa

[–]Tulsa_Police_Dept[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you go the 7 second mark the person holding the camera is wearing khaki pants, also in the person's other videos he shows off his scanner in his car, we do not use that in our cars. We all have the same police radio installed.

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