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Moore police chief: 'Odd Patrol Live' episodes highlight department's community-focused approach
Summary
Moore Police Chief described the city's participation in the reality-policing program 'Odd Patrol Live' (formerly Live PD), saying one episode has aired and producers plan seven more; he said the program highlights the department's emphasis on humility and procedural justice.
Moore Police Chief addressed the City Council on June 2 about the department’s participation in Odd Patrol Live, the successor to Live PD on A&E, saying the show has aired one episode featuring Moore and that producers plan additional episodes.
"They pulled it and aired it on their show on 3 separate occasions, which prompted them to call us and ask if we would participate in this program," Chief Gibson said, referring to initial social-media clips the production team selected. He said discussions with the show's producers began in January and that the city negotiated changes to the contract before agreeing to participate.
Chief Gibson described the response from residents as "tremendously positive" overall while acknowledging that "there's gonna be people that are not gonna like it." He said Moore’s leadership approved limited participation and that the department currently has one episode aired and seven remaining in the scheduled run.
The chief framed the department’s on-camera approach as intentionally different from some agencies, emphasizing service and restraint. "We police different in our community. We really embody and empower our officers to respond with our core values, one of those being humility," Gibson said. "We don't make mountains out of molehills. We operate internally off a system called procedural justice." He said that approach should be visible in the program and that other regional agencies, including Oklahoma County, had shown interest.
Clint Biley, the department’s public information officer, was identified in the presentation as the staff member who posts departmental video and social-media content that caught the producers' attention. Chief Gibson said the show’s producers were interested in "showing the 95%" — the routine, service-oriented work of policing — not only fast-paced incidents.
Council members and the mayor thanked the department for participating and for work across fire, police and communications divisions. No council action was required on the briefing.
