Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond held a news conference in Oklahoma City about a ‘pressing public safety issue.’
2 News Anchor Erin Christy is at that news conference and said Drummond said it is illegal for OHP to eliminate Tulsa and OKC metro areas from their patrols.
Drummond OHP is bound by law to continue serving the state’s major metropolitan areas and does not have the authority to carry out its stated plan to abandon interstates in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Del City, Edmond, Midwest City, Moore, and Norman.
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“The most fundamental function of government is to provide public safety for its citizens,” Drummond said. “The Oklahoma Highway Patrol is vested with primary law enforcement authority on our interstates, and that authority imposes a mandatory duty. I will not allow Gov. Stitt or OHP leadership to put Oklahoma citizens at risk by refusing to patrol our most densely populated areas.”…