Tulsa, Okla. — Officer Betty Shelby has announced her resignation from the Tulsa police department.
“I have found that sitting behind a desk, isolated from all of my fellow officers and the citizens of Tulsa, is just not for me.” Shelby wrote in a letter.
Shelby’s resignation will be effective August 3, 2017.
Read the full letter below.
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Shelby was found not guilty of a manslaughter in the death of Terence Crutcher.
Shelby shot and killed Crutcher in September of 2016.
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