Taylor's Search For Tulsa Top Cop Turns Ugly

Tulsa Mayor Kathy Taylor's search for a new police chief has turned ugly, with three rejected Tulsa officers prepared to file merit grievances because Taylor has ignored them to seek a chief from outside the city.

Deputy Chief Bill Wells, Major Paul Williams and Major Rob Turner are being represented by an attorney with Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 93.

Taylor's search for a new chief is being watched carefully given her membership in New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's coalition of mayors that favor gun control in their cities. While Taylor has been silent on the issue in Tulsa, she has attended coalition meetings in New York, Washington and Chicago in support of the group's agenda.

It has been speculated that Taylor wants an anti-gun chief in Tulsa and the three present officers are all advocates of gun ownership by private citizens. That is why, the speculation goes, she bypassed the three local officers and continues a nationwide search.

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