The Oklahoma Highway Patrol is expected to hand off its duties on November 1 in the OKC metro and Tulsa, leaving several police departments scrambling to find resources to patrol interstates within their city limits.
OHP said it is shifting troopers to focus on higher-need areas across the state. Department leaders are now frustrated with the timeline they’ve been given to carry out the changes.
In a press release last week, OHP announced they were reassigning troopers away from interstate highways in OKC, Tulsa, Norman, Moore, Edmond, Midwest City, and Del City…