One of the issues leading to Broken Arrow Police Chief Lance Arnold being placed on paid leave was his handling of an warrantless arrest that he admitted violated city policies, but his attorney said Monday that officers were re-trained with the approval of the city’s legal department.
Emails shared in the media and cited by Arnold’s attorney, D. Mitchell Garrett Jr., show there was disagreement between city administrators and Arnold over his handling of an arrest in March. The case involved two BAPD officers who arrested someone just inside the threshold of the home’s entrance during a felony domestic violence incident.
Later that month, Arnold sent an email to the police department with the subject line “Mindset and Culture Shift about Policy and Procedures.”…