DOJ finds State of Oklahoma, OKC and OKCPD discriminate against people with behavioral disabilities

WASHINGTON - On Friday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its investigation findings showing the State of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City and Oklahoma City Police Department (OKCPD) discriminated against people with behavioral health disabilities based on reasonable cause.

The DOJ highlighted specifically the following:

• Oklahoma unnecessarily institutionalizes, or puts at serious risk of unnecessary institutionalization, adults with behavioral health disabilities in the Oklahoma County area...