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The Public Information Office provides the community with a wide variety of information about the Oklahoma City Police Department. We have over one thousand police officers and several hundred non-sworn employees working together in several dozen different units of the police department to keep the 620 square miles of Oklahoma City as safe as possible. The Open Records Act and our department's policies and procedures are some of the guidelines we follow in releasing information from our office. This is mainly done by daily discussions with local television, newspaper, and radio reporters. Some of the other ways we disseminate information include media interviews, news releases, the Citizen Alert Program, and this website. Captain Steve McCool serves as Public Information Officer and commands this unit. Click here to contact him. Sgt. Paco Balderrama serves as Assistant Public Information Officer. Click here to contact him. Master Sgt. Charles Phillips coordinates the Crime Stoppers program. Click here to contact him, and here to learn more about this program. Master Sgt. Greg Giltner coordinates the Cops Helping to Alleviate Police Problems (CHAPPS) program. Click here to contact him, and here to learn more about this critical incident response and peer support program. Master Sgt. Gary Knight serves as Assistant Public Information Officer and Technical Writer. MSgt. Knight coordinates the Citizen Alert Program and is in charge of web design for the police website. Click here to contact him and here to learn more about Citizen Alert.
The Oklahoma City Police Honor Guard is
commanded by Staff Sergeant David Baxter. Click
here to contact him. The
Oklahoma City Police Honor Guard was originally formed in April of 1964
following the death of Officer Mark Zelewski. To read more about our
fallen Oklahoma City Police Officers,
click here. The
Honor Guard performs a number of ceremonial routines at funerals for
Police Officers killed in the line of duty. The routines were taught to
officers by members of the "Old Guard" who are charged with guarding the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The Honor Guard includes other routines
such as the Color Guard, stationing of Casket Guards, and the "21-Gun
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