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'UNPRECEDENTED' TAKEOVER: Okemah officials ask state for help policing

Summary by KJRH
While a federal law enforcement takeover in the nation's capital attracts controversy, there's now a state law enforcement takeover in rural Oklahoma.Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued what even his office called an "unprecedented" move in dispatching 15 state law enforcement agents to the city of Okemah on Aug. 18, where just four members of its police department remain on staff. All others, including fired Chief Patrick Williams…

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KJRH broke the news in on Monday, August 18, 2025.
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