Catoosa Police Department

The mission of the Catoosa Police Department is to enhance the quality of life in our city by providing quality police services. We work in partnership with the community to promote safety and security, enforce laws, prevent crime, and safeguard the constitutional rights of all people.

The City of Catoosa is located in Northeastern Oklahoma just minutes from Tulsa. Our community is progressive and growing with a strong small town atmosphere. Our city covers 15 square miles and has a population of 7,000. We also have a daily vehicle population of over 85,000 vehicles traveling to and through our city.

One of the earliest known law enforcement officers for Catoosa was Town Marshal George Washington Cochran Sr., he was also a deputy U.S. Marshal for Indian Territory. C.T. Ramsey was elected Town Marshal in 1935, for a term of 60 days. J. O. Britt was appointed Town Marshal in June 1936, and resigned in September 1938. No mention is made of Catoosa having a Town Marshal from September 1938 until August 1947, when a Mr. Moorhead was paid $25 per month to act as City Marshal on a month to month basis. Apparently Mr. Moorhead held this position until November 1947. No records indicate that Catoosa had any law enforcement from November 1947, until February of 1953. Records also indicate that Catoosa still had a jail at this time.

In 1973, the city hired J.B. Hamby as its first chief of police. J.B. Hamby was killed in the line of duty by two gunmen during an armed holdup of he Catoosa Tag Agency in 1978. Shortly thereafter Benny Dirck was appointed to be Chief of Police. Benny Dirck served until 1999 when Raymond G. Rodgers Jr. was appointed to the position. Raymond G. Rodgers Jr. served until his retirement inMarch 2010. Clifford L. Arneecher was appointed Chief of Police on August 23, 2010.

Currently the Catoosa Police Department is staffed with 12 state-certified police officers. These officers include a Chief of Police, one Assistant Chief, one Lieutenant, and 9 uniformed Patrol Officers, also one civilian Clerical Clerk.

We have a critical response team, which consists of one team of trained officers for situations that may arise such as major crime scenes, search warrants, officer involved shooting investigations, hostage or barricaded suspects and other needs, as requested by the Chief of Police. Our department has the Computer Aided Dispatch System (CADS) that will allow us immediate access for individual officer tracking within or outside our jurisdiction.