Tulsa Police Department

NATIONAL FAITH & BLUE WEEKEND On Saturday, we were proud to take part in two events celebrating National Faith and Blue Weekend! The Mingo Valley Division attended a major event at God's Shining Light Church in east Tulsa. Chief Larsen spoke to the crowd about the weekend, and Officers were on hand answering questions about the department. Officers with the K-9 Unit and Helicopter Unit also attended the event, which featured free haircuts, a cook out, basketball games, face painting, a car show, and much more! Officers from the Gilcrease Division also attended a Faith and Blue event Saturday afternoon at the TCC Northeast campus! The Tulsa Police Bomb Squad K-9 made an appearance, and kids and families got the chance to check out the robot! The event also featured a cookout, games, candy, and a helicopter appearance! ------- ABOUT FAITH & BLUE: Started in 2020, Faith & Blue was launched to facilitate safer, stronger, more just and unified communities by directly enabling local partnerships among law enforcement professionals, residents, businesses and community groups through the connections of local faith-based organizations. The event is free. The initiative aims to re-calibrate police-community relations through solutions-focused, in-person, socially distanced and/or virtual activities that are organized jointly by faith-based or other community groups and law enforcement agencies. For more information on Faith & Blue, visit: https://faithandblue.org/

Chief Larsen Speaks at Naturalization Ceremony Thursday morning, Chief Larsen was honored to serve as the keynote speaker at the City of Tulsa Gov's 44th naturalization ceremony inside City Council Chambers at City Hall. Nearly 20 individuals from 10 countries took the oath of allegiance and officially became U.S. citizens, representing Burma, Colombia, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Laos, Mexico, Peru and Vietnam. The League of Women Voters Metropolitan Tulsa were on site to assist the new citizens in registering to vote. #TulsaPolice

COFFEE WITH A COP! This morning, we got the chance to take part in three events at several McDonald's locations across the city celebrating 'National Coffee With a Cop Day'! As Major Roberts and Captain Meulenberg explain, there's a lot more to it than just a free cup of coffee! We take any chance we can get to foster positive interactions with the Tulsa community, and events like these provide the perfect setting for that. If you missed the events today -- we're planning many more in the future! #TulsaPolice

Happy #918day, Tulsa! Today is September 18th, which means it's 918 Day in Tulsa! As part of that, Mayor G.T. Bynum is making stops all around the city between 9:18 a.m. and 9:18 p.m.! Tulsa Police Chief Dennis Larsen is joining the mayor on this year's tour. They stopped by the Tulsa Police Training Division for lunch with our Special Operations Team, and got the chance to check out the new heliport that's currently under construction. Special thanks to 2 Pops Catering for providing today's barbecue lunch! #TulsaPolice

Meet and Greet with Hispanic/Latine Community Leaders! On Tuesday, Chief Larsen, Deputy Chief Wollmershauser, and Major Ohnesorge took part in a meet and greet with Hispanic/Latine community leaders at OSU Tulsa. The event was hosted by the Tulsa Area United Way and the Tulsa Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce! Chief Larsen answered questions about the Tulsa Police Department and talked about ways to strengthen communication and relationships in the Hispanic community. We appreciate everyone who came out! #TulsaPolice

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEWEST 911 DISPATCHERS! This week, three new City of Tulsa 911 Dispatchers graduated from the academy! Congratulations to Casey, Brett and Harrison on their graduation! They spent the past six weeks going through an extensive academy, learning everything form Tulsa geography to call types, interviewing skills, and 10-codes. The new dispatchers will spend the next several weeks working one-on-one with a trainer for on-the-job training! The Tulsa Public Safety Center is HIRING and looking for new applicants. Head over to https://lnkd.in/gVfKKKPN to learn more information about the job and starting an application! #TulsaPolice

Gov. Stitt Signs Bill Regarding Search Warrants Earlier this month, the Tulsa Police Robbery Lieutenant, Captain over the Detective Division, and other Officers traveled to Oklahoma City for a ceremonial bill signing of SB 1660 with Gov. Kevin Stitt. Officers previously traveled to OKC to testify in front of a committee about the issue. SB 1660 enables Officers to apply for and obtain a search warrant for a person that has a confirmed felony arrest warrant or misdemeanor arrest warrant for Domestic Assault and Battery, and applies to third-party residences. Previously, when Officers confirmed a suspect with a felony arrest warrant or domestic arrest warrant was at a third-party residence, meaning not the suspect's home residence or the address of the warrant, Officers could not apply for an arrest warrant to search the property for the wanted person. Officers would have to wait, leave, or attempt to write a warrant for evidence in the crime being investigated. This created an obstacle for Officers. Suspects with felony arrest warrants could go into a house that had no relation to the crime under investigation and use the third-party residence as a safe haven, leaving Officers without probable cause to write a warrant for evidence. Tulsa Police Detective A. Derycke first brought up the issue and started working on a solution. The change in the law will take effect on November 1st, 2024. We're proud of our Officers for their work on this change in the law! #TulsaPolice

Congratulations on 2 Big Promotions! We want to recognize Mark Wollmershauser Jr for promoting to Deputy Chief of Police and Mark Ohnesorge for promoting to the rank of Major. Deputy Chief Mark Wollmershauser Jr. is a lifelong Tulsan and has served on the Tulsa Police Department for 19 years, most recently as the Training Director at the Academy holding the rank of Major. Throughout his career, he has served in all three Bureaus of the department and all three uniform divisions. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and the Police Executive Research Forum’s Senior Management Institute for Police. Deputy Chief Wollmershauser is assigned to the Operations Bureaus as Section Chief. The Operations Bureau encompasses all Patrol Divisions and the Special Operations Division which has, the Special Operations Team, Bomb Squad, Motorcycles, K-9, Incident Management Team, Air Support, Dive Team, Special Response Team, and the Mental Health Unit. Major Mark Ohnesorge has served the Tulsa Police Department for 16 years. Spending time in the field and Detective Division as a Crime Scene Investigator, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant while in Crime Scene. Major Ohnesorge spent time in multiple divisions as a Lieutenant, including Patrol, Detective Division, Training Division, and the Special Investigations Division. In 2020, he was promoted to the rank of Captain and was assigned to Mingo Valley Patrol Division before returning to the Training Division to supervise our recruiting efforts. Major Ohnesorge also served as the commander of the department’s Incident Management Team where he worked on some of Tulsa’s largest disaster response operations- including the 2019 flood, 2020 COVID response, and the 2022 St. Francis Active Shooter response. Major Ohnesorge has been assigned as the Training Director of the Training Academy filling the spot vacated by Deputy Chief Wollmershauser. For more information about your Tulsa Police Department, check out this link. https://lnkd.in/gS2bQeZ4 P.S. We haven’t taken their new “senior” photos yet, so their collar brass hasn’t been updated yet. #TulsaPolice

We’ve taken part in SO many back-to-school bashes and expos this year, and we’ve loved interacting with the community! On Saturday, Officer Broostin from the Riverside Division stopped by the Back to School Community Resource Fair at SageNet Expo to get to know the local community! Families were able to explore the patrol car, ask any questions, and learn more about how Officers serve in their area. Tulsa Fire Engine 21 with the Tulsa Fire Department was also in attendance, allowing the community to check out the truck and interact with the firefighters! The event was a huge success, providing free backpacks, haircuts, immunizations, and a wide variety of services and community resources to the thousands of families who were present. Thank you to the organizers at the Back to School Community Resource Fair for letting us take part in such a supportive and engaging community event! #TulsaPolice

Congratulations to our newest graduating class! These newest Officers are graduating after 30 weeks of intense and challenging training. They’re not done yet, they still have 16 weeks of field training before they are given a patrol car and out on their own. It's a full 11 months after they walk into the academy until their initial training is complete. Our department provides some of the best initial and continuing training in the country. Our officers can consistently perform at exceptional levels in the toughest of situations. We are built on trust, driven by integrity, and defined by excellence. We’d like to recognize the universities from which our new graduates hold degrees: Oklahoma Wesleyan University, University of Oklahoma, Rogers State University, Oklahoma State University, and Northeastern State University Are you ready to #BeTheDifference www.JoinTPD.com #TulsaPolice #trust #integrity #excellence #JoinTPD