Sheriff Landy Offolter reports the highway patrol’s new resource reallocation program is a big boost for McClain County.

Starting November 1 the Oklahoma Highway Patrol will reallocate its resources to areas of the state that have the greatest need for patrol presence.

OHP reports it is confident the professional law enforcement agencies within the Oklahoma City and Tulsa metropolitan areas are equipped to provide public safety services on the portions of the interstates that travel through those areas.

The patrol will shift its valuable resources out of these two metropolitan areas to Oklahoma’s interstates and highways that have a significant volume of traffic covered by a smaller law enforcement footprint.

With this move the OHP will be adapting to the evolving needs of the state as other highway patrols across the country.

“This is going to be a big help for us,” Offolter said. “Just recently we responded to an accident and had to wait two hours for a Trooper to make it on scene.”

Starting in November, a Trooper will be on duty here.

For the Oklahoma City metro, OHP will entrust responsibility for interstates inside the incorporated city limits to Oklahoma City, Edmond, Moore, Norman, Midwest City and Del City.

For the Tulsa metro, OHP will entrust responsibility for incorporated city limits to all of the respective municipalities.