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Tulsa police chief outlines youth-violence response, immigration policy and outreach plans
Summary
Tulsa Police Chief Dennis Larson told the Hispanic Affairs Commission the department is focused on reducing shootings by young people, targeting violent individuals in small groups, expanding bilingual recruitment and keeping immigration status from driving stops or investigations.
Tulsa Police Chief Dennis Larson told the Hispanic Affairs Commission that reducing shootings by younger people is the department’s top priority and outlined tactics the department uses to target the most violent individuals while protecting community members’ constitutional rights.
Larson said the department identifies “violent impact players” — people who drive shooting activity in small groups — and concentrates resources to remove them from the street. “Our SWICs have gone down 50% in the last 3 years,” Larson said, referring to shootings with intent to kill, and added that the reduction shows the department’s strategy is “doing the right things.”
Larson described the department’s immigration…
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