- Muskogee Police Department (Oklahoma)
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Muskogee Police Department Abbreviation MPD Agency overview Formed 1898 Annual budget Approximately $6 million Legal personality Governmental: Government agency Jurisdictional structure Operations jurisdiction* City of Muskogee in the state of Oklahoma, USA Size 46.0 square miles (119 km2) Population 38,310 (2000) General nature Operational structure Headquarters Muskogee, Oklahoma Police Officers 91 Unsworn members 28 Elected officer responsible John Tyler Hammons, Mayor Agency executive Rex Eskridge, Chief Website Muskogee Police website Footnotes * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. Muskogee Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Consisting of 91 sworn officers and 28 civilian employees, the department serves a population of over 40,000 people.
The department is under the supervision and operational command of Chief of Police Rex Eskridge, a member of the department since 1969 and police chief since 1992.
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History
The Muskogee Police Department was established in 1898. Prior to its establishment, law enforcement in Muskogee was provided by the United States Marshals Service and a city marshal.
Organization
Mission
The mission of the Muskogee Police Department is enhancement of the quality of life of residents and visitors through effective crime reduction, preservation of peace, and responsiveness to social changes in the community, accomplished through a police-community partnership focusing on proactive policing and crime prevention.
Structure
The Department is headed by a Police Chief, with an Assistant Chief as the Chief's primary deputy. Under the Chief and Assistant Chief are three divisions, each headed by a Police Major:
- Police Support Services Division – responsible for headquarters staff, central administrative funcations, communications and dispatch
- Investigations and Special Services Division – responsible for investigating crimes and other special services
- Law Enforcement Patrol Division – responsible for general law enforcement
Specialized Units
The Muskogee Police Department Special Operations Team provides a highly trained and highly skilled tactical team as a resource for the Department in handling critical incidents.
The Special Operations Team responds to the following:
- Hostage Situations: The holding of any person(s) against their will by an armed or potentially armed suspect.
- Barricade Situations: The standoff created by an armed or potentially armed suspect in any location, whether fortified or not, who is refusing to comply with police demands for surrender. This includes armed suicidal suspects.
- Sniper Situations: The firing upon citizens and/or police by an armed suspect, whether stationary or mobile.
- Apprehension: The arrest or apprehension of armed or potentially armed suspect(s) where there is the likelihood of armed resistance.
- Warrant Service: The service of search or arrest warrants where there is a likelihood of armed or potentially armed suspect(s) and there is the potential of armed resistance.
- Personal Protection: The security of special persons, such as VIPs, witnesses, or suspects, based on threat or potential threat to the well being of those persons.
- Special Assignments: Any assignment, approved by the Chief of Police or SOT Commander, based upon the level of threat or the need for a special expertise.
The Special Operations Team has a team membership with the National Tactical Officers Association.
The Department also has K-9 Units and Horse Patrol Units.
The department was brought into the computer age in 1995 by Vince Jacobs and Tommy Taylor, aided by a grant from the Department of Justice. A state-of-the-art PC based computer network was installed along with a new phone system to replace the IBM System 36 and old antiquated phone network.
Crime
Since 1995, crime rate has reduced 45% in Muskogee. According to records by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, in 2002, 2008 and 2009, no murders were committed for the entire year.[1]
Fallen officers
Since the establishment of the Muskogee Police Department, 8 officers have died in the line of duty.[2]
Officer Date of Death Details Police Officer L. F. Harvey Tuesday, March 10, 1908 Gunfire Police Officer Sam Neal Sunday, December 26, 1915 Gunfire Traffic Officer Leslie Jennings Tuesday, July 15, 1924 Struck by vehicle Night Captain Charles W. Bowman Sunday, June 5, 1927 Gunfire Patrolman John Emond Hensley Tuesday, July 31, 1934 Gunfire Police Officer Romie H. Hinson Sunday, December 9, 1934 Gunfire Chief of Detectives Ben L. Bolton Thursday, December 5, 1935 Gunfire Captain Charles Owen Purdin Tuesday, September 17, 1957 Motorcycle accident See also
References
- ^ Donna Hales (2008-12-31). "No murders here in 2008". Muskogee Phoenix. http://www.muskogeephoenix.com/local/local_story_003003528.html.
- ^ The Officer Down Memorial Page
External links
Categories:- Law enforcement agencies of Oklahoma
- Muskogee, Oklahoma
- Municipal police departments of Oklahoma
- United States law enforcement agency stubs
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