Citizen Report No. 1670108206 - 1583995348

Jeff Watts

Stillwater Police Department

701 South Lewis Street

Stillwater, Oklahoma 74074

(405) 372-4171

https://stillwatero…

Date of Offense

January 18, 2022

Offense(s)

Deprivation of Rights

Misconduct

Obstruction of Justice

Supporting Document(s)

Complaint received by Payne County District Attorney

Statement

CLEET Number : 0063039

License Type : Fulltime Peace Officer

License Status : Active

License Effective Date : 11/22/1991

License Expiry Date : N/A

On or about January 18, 2022, an email was receive by District Attorney Laura Thomas containing complaints that Stillwater Police Chief Jeff Watss, participated in the following acts of misconduct:

Conspiracy to protect known false information in police report
Interference with investigations of minor children.

Other individuals involved in these act include:

Stillwater City Manager Norman McNickle
Stillwater Mayor Will Joyce
Stillwater Police Officer Sharae Lejeune

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Definition of Offense(s)

Deprivation of Rights

Acting under color of law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom to willfully deprive or cause to be deprived from any person those rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution and laws of the U.S. (taken from U.S.C.

Misconduct

The term police misconduct refers to illegal or inappropriate action engaged in by law enforcement officers.

Obstruction of Justice

The term “obstruction of justice” refers to any action that a person willfully takes to obstruct, or hinder, the administration of justice.

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.

We the People

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Citizen Report No. 1670108206 - 1583995348

Date of Offense

Offense(s)

Supporting Document(s)

Statement

Definition of Offense(s)

Deprivation of Rights

Misconduct

Obstruction of Justice

Oklahoma Open Records Act

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