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Tulsa police chief details anti-violence tactics, immigration policy and community outreach
Summary
Chief Dennis Larson, Tulsa Police Department chief, told the Tulsa Hispanic Affairs Commission he is prioritizing efforts to remove repeat shooters, increase bilingual recruitment and avoid immigration‑status inquiries in ordinary policing.
Chief Dennis Larson, chief of the Tulsa Police Department, told the Tulsa Hispanic Affairs Commission that reducing gun violence among young people is his top priority and described a string of tactics the department has used to target repeat shooters.
Larson said the department identifies what it calls ‘‘violent impact players’’ — individuals it believes are most likely to pull a trigger — and focuses enforcement and interventions on those people to break up groups that fuel shootings. ‘‘Our SWICs have gone down 50% in the last 3 years,’’ he said, using the department acronym for shootings with intent to kill.
He outlined other department priorities in a roughly 40‑minute presentation and question-and-answer session. Larson said Tulsa Police does not use…
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