“Gassing,” according to Double-Tongued Dictionary, is prison slang for “throwing feces or bodily fluids at someone.” In a video Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office public information director Mark Myers posted to his personal Twitter page on Dec. 6, sheriff’s office employees seem to be getting a similar treatment from the plumbing in the Oklahoma County jail. […]
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Social policing
Social media has grown into one of the most efficient tools for law enforcement agencies to solve crimes. But bigoted and racist posts from officers’ personal accounts cause people to question how they can equally police all communities. Despite individual officers across the nation making headlines for negative social media posts, officials say overwhelming benefits […]
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Jail operations
Oklahoma County jail will no longer be operated by the sheriff. While still in the initial stages, Oklahoma Criminal Justice Authority (jail trust) is moving forward with the process to hire an outside jail administrator to take over the operations of the jail. There is no concrete timeline yet for the application or interview processes […]
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Jails on ICE
Oklahomans are tackling a national immigration issue at the local level. Activists are urging state and municipal law enforcement agencies to not assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) amid reports of immigration raids and detained asylum seekers. Last Saturday, immigration advocates gathered outside Fort Sill, a military base near Lawton set to house more than […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Back to black
Two OKC high schools started the school year with spray-painted graffiti on their walls.
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To catch a crook
Mark Myers Credit: Mark Hancock Such platforms let police elicit realtime crime tips and create a dialogue not possible with traditional media. “It gives the public a chance to have a two-way conversation with us,” said Myers. The OCSO’s Facebook and Twitter accounts have become the most popular of their kind across the nation. According […]