The collection
Catalogued, photographed, and waiting for a case.
A selection of the artifacts accessioned so far. Every object is numbered, and every number has a story behind it. The collection grows with each donation.
Equipment & tools
The gear of the job.
ACC. 2024-011
Brass patrol whistle
Before the radio, a whistle was how an officer called for help.
ACC. 2024-006
Handheld radio
A portable two-way radio with belt clip and remote speaker-mic.
ACC. 2024-007
Dispatch headset and report
An early headset alongside a typed departmental report.
ACC. 2024-008
Vindicator radar gun
Handheld traffic radar with a coiled power cord to the patrol car.
ACC. 2024-019
Gas deployment kit
A cased Special Operations kit with launcher and canisters.
ACC. 2024-021
Dive team full-face mask
Used by the department’s dive team for underwater search and recovery.
Uniform & insignia
What the badge looked like.
ACC. 2024-013
Uniform shirt with badge
The olive-green uniform shirt and seven-point star worn for decades.
ACC. 2024-004
Auxiliary Police cap
Worn by the volunteer Auxiliary officers who backed up sworn patrol.
ACC. 2024-015
Patches
Tulsa Police shoulder patches and the Special Operations rocker.
ACC. 2024-022
Special Operations collar pin
The S/O lightning-bolt insignia of the Special Operations Team.
ACC. 2024-016
Department star decal
The seven-point star as it appeared on patrol vehicles.
ACC. 2024-018
Motor officer boots
Tall leather boots worn by the department’s motorcycle officers.
Vehicles & paper
On the road and on the record.
ACC. 2024-020
Kawasaki Police 1000
The department’s motor officers rode the KZ1000 Police for years.
ACC. 2024-014
Patrol bicycle
A Trek police bicycle with rear bag and light bar.
ACC. 2024-017
Officer paycheck stub
A City of Tulsa earnings statement from a paper-payroll era.
ACC. 2024-009
Policies and Procedures Manual
The department manual, with a hand-drawn Tulsa skyline on the cover.
ACC. 2024-001
History of the Tulsa Police Department
Ron Trekell’s 1989 history, the collection’s founding reference.
ACC. 2024-002
Badge and flag
Commemorative artwork of the Tulsa Police star over the flag.
Photo archive · Mounted Patrol
The mounted unit, in pictures.
Thirty-four prints from the mounted patrol’s years on Tulsa’s streets, scanned for the archive. Select any photograph to see it full size.
Donate an artifact
Have something that belongs here?
Badges, uniforms, equipment, photographs, paperwork, patches, anything with a Tulsa Police story. The museum accepts both gifts and loans, and every item is catalogued and credited. We can also scan photographs and return the originals.