A 2023 policy change is allowing Oklahoma City police to shield some police reports from public view.
In February, Oklahoma Watch filed a public records request with the Oklahoma City Police Department to gather information about a Yukon teacher confronted by vigilante predator-catchers at his home.
The interaction was livestreamed on social media. The video concluded as officers led the man out of his home and placed him in a police car. But he wasn’t arrested, and that’s where the Oklahoma City Police Department dug in…