Citizen Report No. 1669143135 - 1583562901

Tyler Skinner

Wilson Police Department

1065 SH-70A

Wilson, Oklahoma 73463

(580) 668-2136

Date of Offense

February 20, 2022

Offense(s)

False Statements

Supporting Document(s)

Wilson PD Public Statement

News Article

Statement

CLEET #: 0163473

License Type: Fulltime Peace Officer

License Status: Active

License Effective Date: 01/06/2022

License Expiry Date: N/A

On or about the 20th of February, 2022. Wilson Police Officer, Tyler Skinner, reported that he had been shot in his chest by an unknown assailant and said he wasn’t injured because he had been wearing a ballistic vest. Right after the fake incident reportedly happened, the City of Wilson offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.

Tyler Skinner later admitted to the Wilson Police Department and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation that the shooting between him and an alleged suspect did not happen. The cause for the fabricated story is still unknown, however, the Wilson police chief, Kevin Coley he believed that it may be a mental health issue.

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Definition of Offense(s)

False Statements

False statements by a police officer fall under the category of police misconduct and refer to instances where a police officer deliberately makes false or misleading statements under oath, in official reports, or in any other official capacity.

Oklahoma Open Records Act

Title 51 Oklahoma Statutes § 24A.1 et seq.

The Oklahoma Open Records Act is a series of laws designed to guarantee that public has access to all public records of governmental bodies. Section 24A.2 defines records as "all documents, including, but not limited to, any book, paper, photograph, microfilm, data files created by or used with computer software, computer tape, disk, and record, sound recording, film recording, video record or other material regardless of physical form or characteristic, created by, received by, under the authority of, or coming into the custody, control or possession of public officials, public bodies, or their representatives in connection with the transaction of public business, the expenditure of public funds or the administering of public property." This specifically includes all records of the transfer of public funds.

According to the Oklahoma Open Records Act, anyone may request public records and no statement of purpose is required. However, if the purpose is commercial, fees will be charged for document collection. There is no restriction on the use of records and the law does not specify a time limit for responses to requests.

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Citizen Report No. 1669143135 - 1583562901

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