Oklahoma’s Attorney General Gentner Drummond says a proposed plan to shift Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) troopers out of the state’s urban areas and into rural regions is not only illegal, it's also dangerous.

The plan, announced in July, would reassign troopers away from cities like Oklahoma City and Tulsa, leaving local police departments to cover interstate traffic enforcement within their boundaries.

A Fundamental Duty of Government

Drummond made it clear: protecting citizens is the of government, and that means keeping troopers on interstates in populated areas.

“The most fundamental function of government is to provide public safety for its citizens... I will not allow Governor Stitt or the Highway Patrol leadership to put citizens at risk by refusing to patrol our most densely

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