Oilton OK - DA Investigating "Altercation" Between OPD Sergeant Beers And 77-year-old Man

Oilton OK - The Oilton PD released video of a police officer attempting to arrest a homeowner after a scuffle. OPD said Sergeant Beers received a phone call that several people who worked for OG&E were soliciting solar panels in city limits. Beers was told that it was one female and two males driving a car with Michigan plates. Beers found the female and told her they couldn’t solicit without a permit. The female said she was with two other males that were driving around and gave Beers a description of the vehicle that matched the one Beers was originally told about.
A short time later, Beers found the vehicle and the two males parked in a driveway of a home. Beers got of out his patrol vehicle to investigate and talk to the two males. While Beers was speaking to the males while they were sitting in their car, the homeowner started “obstructing” Beer’s investigation. The video shows Beers asking the homeowner to step back several times, as well as the homeowner showing aggression and threatening Beers. Beers asked neighbors across the street to help with calming the homeowner to deescalate the situation before the homeowner was taken into custody, but they refused.
The homeowner made more threats towards Beers. Beers also asked the homeowner to keep his hands out of his pockets, but the homeowner didn’t comply. Beers tried to arrest the homeowner for obstruction and threatening acts of violence, and which point the homeowner resisted and made more threats against Beers. The homeowner was asked to turn around and put his hands behind his back, but he refused. Beers let the homeowner know it was a lawful order, but the homeowner still refused. Because the homeowner was threatening Beers and approaching him, Beers was “forced for his own safety and the possible safety of the public to physically take the homeowner into custody.”
The homeowner continued resisting, trying to hit Beers with a fist and eventually kicking him. The homeowner was eventually restrained from harming Beers, at which point Beers believed the homeowner may have been having a medical emergency. Beers gave medical aid and called for EMS. The video shows Beers trying to console the homeowner and giving him his medication. The homeowner was later loaded onto a medical bed and “can be seen staring and growling at Sgt Beers.”
“It is unfortunate that these events had to take place but it is the opinion of this department that Sgt Beers acted accordingly based on training and officer safety as a Full Time State of Oklahoma CLEET Certified Police Officer,” OPD said.
“The report’s been turned over to the DA’s office and OSBI has been contacted as well for them to follow up on this for better clarification and to make sure everything’s done fairly for both sides,” Stout said.

In related news: A protective order was filed against the Oilton Police Chief Carl Stout. The PO was filed by Chief Carl Stout's wife. The couple filed POs against each other in January of 2021, and a couple years later, she filed two others in 2023, which were dismissed. Stout has now filed for divorce.
The current protective order does not allow Stout to carry a firearm until the next hearing on May 14. There will be a interim chief until the a decision is made by the city council.
This is months after the entire department was at risk after the former police chief, Larry Harriss, was fired in November. Stout, who had been the prior police chief, was then rehired into the position.
According to the department, there are only two full time officers, and a reserve officer will act as chief in the meantime.