More changes are needed to control prison growth, Oklahoma legislative leader says Updated: Thu, May 10, 2012 Oklahoma House Speaker Kris Steele led efforts this year to get legislation passed that requires supervision of all felons leaving prison and a grant program for local law enforcement agencies. Read More

Tulsa woman arrested in infant son's death Published: Thu, Feb 4, 2010 Authorities arrested a Tulsa woman Thursday morning on a second-degree manslaughter charge that was filed after her infant son died of suffocation. According to police, Shemirah Mache Benson was sleeping on a couch with her 7-month-old son, Dan Benson, on Nov. 5. The infant — the second of Benson’s children to... Read More

Ron Palmer out as Tulsa police chief Updated: Fri, Jan 22, 2010 Police Chief Ron Palmer will turn in his resignation to Mayor Dewey Bartlett today at the mayor's request, sources have told the Tulsa World. Bartlett will name veteran law enforcement official Chuck Jordan as Tulsa's interim police chief. Jordan rose to the ranks of sergeant in the Tulsa Police Department... Read More

Decline in crime linked to anti-meth law Updated: Tue, Feb 17, 2009 About four years ago, Oklahoma became the first states to pass an anti-methamphetamine law that made it more difficult to buy ingredients needed to manufacture the drug. In recent years that law has led to noticeable decreases in crime in many small towns that were once plagued by methamphetamine... Read More

Violent Crime on the Decline, FBI Shows Updated: Mon, Jan 7, 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Crime dipped slightly for the first half of 2007, the FBI reported Monday, signaling a stop to a 2-year increase in violence nationwide. Violent crime - including murders, rapes and robberies - dropped by 1.8 percent between January and June last year, the FBI's preliminary data show.... Read More

FBI report: Muskogee leads state in per-capita killings Updated: Sun, Jul 2, 2006 TULSA, Okla. - A report issued by the FBI said that the eastern Oklahoma town of Muskogee had the state's highest per-capita rate of killings in 2004 and one of the highest in 2005. The FBI's Uniform Crime Reports said that Muskogee had five killings in 2004 and four in 2005. Muskogee has a population of about... Read More

Nichols Hills vacationers urged to report to police Updated: Wed, Jun 14, 2006 NICHOLS HILLS - For those leaving for summer vacation this year, police are reminding residents to call for extra home checks while away, said Police Chief Richard Mask. Officers will make extra patrols near homes where residents are away, and check back yards, doors and windows for any signs of a break-in, Mask... Read More

Violent Crime on Rise in Big U.S. Cities Updated: Tue, Jun 13, 2006 PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- FBI statistics Monday confirmed what big cities like Philadelphia, Houston, Cleveland and Las Vegas have seen on the streets: Violent crime in the U.S. is on the rise, posting its biggest one-year increase since 1991. In Philadelphia, homicides jumped from 330 in 2004 to 377 in 2005,... Read More

Violent crime rises in state Updated: Tue, Jun 13, 2006 More violent crimes were reported in Oklahoma during 2005, a trend also seen across the nation, a report released Monday by the FBI shows. Violent Crime on Rise in Big U.S. Cities FBI Web site Violent crimes in Tulsa were up by 6.5 percent, while Oklahoma City saw a 5 percent jump in the crimes, and the... Read More

Violent crimes up in 2005 Updated: Mon, Jun 12, 2006 Law enforcement agencies throughout the nation reported an increase of 2.5 percent in the number of violent crimes in 2005 when compared to figures reported for 2004, according to preliminary FBI 2005 crime statistics released today. FBI report The increase is the largest margin in 15 years,... Read More

2005 broke homicide trend Updated: Mon, Jan 30, 2006 New numbers show Oklahoma City's murder rate has climbed. Read More

Three metro slayings in 48 hours worry some residents Updated: Wed, Aug 24, 2005 Oklahoma City police dealt with three murders within a 48-hour period this weekend. Some people have started wondering about their safety in the city. Dave Jordan tells us police say the deadly crime rate isn't out of control. Read More

Big plans for CrimeTracker database Updated: Tue, Jan 18, 2005 A user asked a valid question about our CrimeTracker page today. Why has the Crime Tracker info not been updated since April 2004? Will it ever be updated, or is it obsolete? It just so happens that we have been working on improving the CrimeTracker database to make it more interactive and useful to our users.... Read More