A week after Broken Arrow Police Chief Lance Arnold was put on administrative leave due last week due to investigation of “operational concerns,” many residents and police officers are voicing support for the city’s top cop.
Many of his supporters attended the Broken Arrow City Council meeting Tuesday to express disappointment on how the decision about Arnold was handled. Two speakers brought up Arnold’s support and empathy when a police cadet, 40-year-old Frank Leinen, died last year during the second day of his Broken Arrow Police Department training.
The Fraternal Order of Police Local 170, which represents the rank-and-file officers at BAPD, has said it respects the process of a fair and impartial investigation but criticized how the announcement of the action with Arnold was handled, saying BAPD employees were given no advance word and learned about it at the same time as the public and news media…