US EditionAG Drummond Says OHP Cannot Pull Troopers From OKC and Tulsa to Patrol Rural Areas
Attorney General Gentner Drummond's opinion requires Oklahoma Highway Patrol to maintain interstate highway patrols in Tulsa and Oklahoma metro areas, countering a plan to reduce coverage.
- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced that the Oklahoma Highway Patrol must continue patrolling highways in the Tulsa and Oklahoma City metropolitan areas, preventing the scheduled withdrawal planned for November 1.
- The plan to reduce OHP presence in metro areas arose due to increased patrol demands in rural Oklahoma, but Drummond found that OHP lacks legal authority to abandon interstates in urban municipalities.
- Drummond emphasized that under Oklahoma law, OHP holds mandatory primary enforcement authority on all interstates and must maintain patrols to ensure public safety, especially in high-traffic metropolitan areas.
- Officials including Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols and Tulsa Fraternal Order of Police President Jeff Downs supported the opinion, noting the strain on local law enforcement amid a 140-150 officer shortage in Tulsa Police Department.
- Drummond pledged to collaborate with DPS and law enforcement to develop a compliant plan, warning that abandoning metro patrols would jeopardize public safety for Oklahoma's four million residents.
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Duncan BannerOklahoma Voice: Oklahoma Highway Patrol must continue to work metro highways, AG decides
OKLAHOMA CITY – A plan to remove Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers from metro and urban areas is illegal, according to a legally binding opinion released Wednesday by the state’s top attorney.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol must continue to work metro highways, AG decides
Attorney General Gentner Drummond listens to a question during a press conference on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (Photo by Janelle Stecklein/Oklahoma Voice)OKLAHOMA CITY – A plan to remove Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers from metro and urban areas is illegal, according to a legally binding opinion released Wednesday by the state’s top attorney. The agency cannot make “the arbitrary decision to foist its responsibility” onto the municipal and cou…
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