Citizen Report No. 1699381903 - 1072681137

Michael Windle

Wewoka Police Department

114 West Fourth Street

Wewoka, Oklahoma 74884

(405) 257-3366

http://www.cityofwe…

Date of Offense

November 2, 2023

Offense(s)

Cooperative Misconduct

Supporting Document(s)

Tiktok Video from @erinchristynews

Statement

CLEET Number : 0038790

License Type : Fulltime Peace Officer

License Status : Active

License Effective Date : 10/31/1991

License Expiry Date : N/A

On or about November 2, 2023, a journalist approached the Wewoka Police Department during regula business hours to inquire about public records and gather statements from public officials regarding the "Gang War" plaging the town of slightly over 3,000 residents. The journalist was met with department employees locking the door, in violation of O.S. 51§ 24A.5(7).

The journalist's Tiktok Video reporting on the matter can be viewed here, or click the video link under supporting documents.

We will not stand by as our brothers and sisters are brutalized, criminalized, and silenced.

We reject a world where the powerful profit from our poverty and our lives are treated as expendable. We will not wait for justice to be handed down from above.
We will organize, resist, and take it for ourselves.

WE ARE NO LONGER ASKING...
#ReformIsNotARequest

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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.