Oklahoma Sen. Regina Goodwin pulled over by Tulsa County deputy, Mayor Nichols and her attorney arrive at scene

Oklahoma State Sen. Regina Goodwin was pulled over for allegedly running two stop signs. Bodycam footage shows a tense interaction with deputies, which escalated before she was ticketed and released. Mayor Nichols and other officials stopped by to check on her during the incident.

Wednesday, January 22nd 2025, 9:49 pm

By: Chloe Abbott


Oklahoma State Senator Regina Goodwin got pulled over on a traffic stop by a Tulsa County Deputy. 

Body camera footage of the stop shows Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols showed up, as well as Goodwin's attorney, and a Tulsa City Council.

Why was Senator Regina Goodwin pulled over?

Body camera footage of the stop shows a Tulsa County deputy tells Senator Goodwin she ran two stop signs near the 200 block of East Archer Street.

The video shows Goodwin refused to provide her driver license, even after the deputy asked for it more than a dozen times. 

It then shows the deputy handcuffing Goodwin then putting her in his car. 

Who was at the traffic stop?

Before Goodwin was put inside the deputy's car, the video shows her attorney, Mike Manning at the scene.

In the video Manning says, "I realize Senator Goodwin can be strong-headed at times, but don't you think you can write her a citation."

Mayor Nichols says he was at city hall when a mutual friend told him Goodwin got pulled over down the street. 

So he says he went over to check on his friend.

"This is just someone who got pulled over who happens to be a state senator and a common friend that we have who happens to call her former colleague who is the mayor who was close enough and in the area to stop by who then had a very calm and fine exchange with sheriff's deputies, and at the end of the day that's all that happened," said Mayor Monroe Nichols. 

The body camera shows Nichols asking a deputy what happened, and Nichols never mentions he's the mayor of Tulsa. 

Mayor Nichols, said "You know, I don't know, I mean maybe, maybe it's not something that happens everyday with the mayor, but before I was mayor I was always Monroe, and you know how you had a friend who could have been in a situation where maybe it's good to have a friend there with you and that's all that was."

Tulsa City Councilor Laura Bellis is also seen on the body camera video at the scene and told News On 6 she was running an errand, and she saw Senator Goodwin, pulled over and stopped to make sure she was safe, as she would do that for anyone she knows.

What was the conclusion of the traffic stop?

Senator Goodwin was let out of the deputy's car, and the deputy took the handcuffs off of Goodwin. 

Goodwin was ticketed for failing to stop for a stop sign. 

The deputy told Goodwin's attorney he initially planned to give her a warning.

"I was just going to give her a verbal warning and tell her not to do that but her demeanor the way that she was, I can't have that, okay? I'm the one in control of the traffic stop, not her.

If I don't allow other people to do that when I do a traffic stop, I'm not going to allow her either," said the Deputy. 

Senator Goodwin's Comments

"Let the courts handle it," said Senator Goodwin

News On 6 reached out to her attorney, Mike Manning, but has not heard back. 

Chloe Abbott

Chloe Abbott joined News On 6 as a multimedia journalist in October 2023. She now serves as a reporter. Before joining the News On 6 team, she worked in Shreveport, Louisiana for two years as an anchor/MMJ for the ABC affiliate, KTBS. Chloe has covered severe weather, crime, sports, and Mardi Gras. 

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