Oklahoma Department of Public Safety official resigns post

 
By ZIVA BRANSTETTER and BARBARA HOBEROCK - Tulsa World
Published: February 14, 2012

A Department of Public Safety executive resigned Monday, one day after a Tulsa World story detailed his firing from the Department of Corrections for excessive force and civil rights violations.

Scott Barger , executive assistant to Public Safety Commissioner Michael Thompson , resigned Monday, according to an email from Chris West , a spokesman for the agency.

Thompson did not issue a statement regarding B...


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