Tulsa Police Dept. Teams With OSU Tulsa To Create Staffing Pipeline

The Tulsa Police Department is struggling with staffing this year. A new degree program at OSU Tulsa is providing a direct pipeline from school to the force.

Thursday, December 16th 2021, 4:25 pm

By: David Prock, Shannon Rousseau


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The Tulsa Police Department is struggling with staffing this year.

It also had a lot of officers retire and now it's facing the challenge of filling those empty positions. A new degree program at OSU Tulsa is providing a direct pipeline from school to the force. Chris Benge from OSU Tulsa and Officer Jesse Guardiola from TPD joined News On 6 at 4 to talk about the new program.

Shannon Rousseau

Shannon Rousseau joined News On 6 in 2019 as an anchor and reporter. She comes to Oklahoma from KTTC in Rochester, Minn. where she spent three years as the weekend anchor, producer and reporter. During her time in the north, Shannon survived three winter

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