Deputy Chief Brian Jennings - Special Operations

Deputy Chief Brian Jennings has served with the Oklahoma City Police Department since June of 1991. He began his career as a patrol officer in the Springlake Division where he also served as a Field Training Officer. Jennings was promoted to lieutenant in 1999 and served in various assignments including Inmate Processing, Patrol and Special Events. He was promoted to captain in 2004 and was assigned to the Operations Bureau and the Police Community Relations unit. In 2011, Jennings was promoted to major and he was assigned to Santa Fe Division. Jennings has served as the major at Springlake Division, Uniform Support Division and as the Director of Training. He was promoted to Deputy Chief in May of 2018 and initially assigned to Operations/ Metro. He now oversees Special Operations.

Jennings has a bachelor of science in criminal justice from Oklahoma City University and a masters of criminal justice from the University of Central Oklahoma. He is a graduate of the Police Executive Research Forum’s Senior Management Institute for Police and the FBI National Academy.

Some of Deputy Chief Jennings’ career accomplishments include serving as a member of the Oklahoma City Police Department Honor Guard for 20 years, recipient of the Medal of Valor and S.R. Bryant Community Service Award, volunteering for Special Olympics, and is active with the Police Athletic League.

Deputy Chief Jason Clifton - Operations North 

Deputy Chief Clifton has served with the Oklahoma City Police Department since January 1994. He began his career as a patrol officer assigned to both the Hefner and Southwest Divisions, where he served as a Field Training Officer. Clifton also served on the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force before transferring to the Investigations Bureau, where he worked in both Sex Crimes and Assaults. Clifton has enjoyed working his way through the ranks and has extensive experience throughout the department with supervisory assignments in Operations, Administration and Investigations.

Clifton has a master’s degree in management from Southern Nazarene University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Louisiana at Monroe. He is a graduate of the Senior Management Institute for Police as well as the FBI National Academy, and is a member of numerous professional organizations.

Clifton has made significant changes to the department’s focus on victims and their families through work with the YWCA-OKC, the Child Abuse Response and Evaluation Center and the Oklahoma Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault.

Clifton’s career accomplishments include his work with directing summer camps for at-risk inner-city youth, managing collaborative grants to work with high crime neighborhoods to empower residents to work with police in solving issues, working with advocacy partners to create the Oklahoma City Family Justice Center - Palomar, enhancing the department’s Victim Services Unit to better serve victims and his work on criminal justice reforms.

Deputy Chief Vashina Butler - Administration

Deputy Chief Vashina Butler has served with the Police Department since June 1991. She's the highest-ranking woman in OKCPD history and the first to earn the rank of Deputy Chief. 

Within the department, Butler has had numerous assignments including patrol officer, Field Training Officer supervisor (FTO), DARE Instructor (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) and GRAVE Instructor (Gun Resistance and Violence Education), Investigations Training Officer Supervisor and Command Post Supervisor. In 1999, Butler was promoted to Lieutenant and was assigned to the Springlake Division as a patrol supervisor.  She transferred to the Investigations Bureau in 2006, where she supervised several units, including the White Collar Crime Unit, Missing Persons and Domestic Violence. 

In 2011, Butler was promoted to Captain and assigned to the Operations Bureau as the Hefner Division’s Second Shift Commander. Butler has also been the Executive Officer/Day Shift Commander for the Springlake Division. In 2013, Butler became the Commander over the Police Community Relations Unit (PCR). There she was the Commander over the Police Athletic League (PAL), Truancy Unit (now the YES Unit), School Resource Unit, Family and Community Teamwork (FACT), Triad Unit and Bilingual Unit. Butler served as the Commander over Building Management and the Inmate Processing Unit from July 2017 to March 2020. In March 2020, she was promoted to the rank of Major, and then promoted to Deputy Chief in April 2021.

Chief Butler attended the University of Oklahoma and Southeastern Oklahoma State University, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and psychology. 

In 2011, Butler attended the Municipal Leadership Program, and in 2016 she was selected to attend the FBI-LEEDA Command Institute for Law Enforcement Executives. In 2017, Butler attended the Senior Management Institute for Police Executives. She was selected as the Impact Woman of the Year by the Women of Color Expo in 2019 for her involvement and leadership in the community. In 2019, she was also one of the Police Department’s Reflections of Courage award recipients.

Butler has been involved in many community and law enforcement based programs and organizations throughout her career. Since 2015, she has been a member of the OSU-OKC Criminal Justice Program Advisory Board. She has also served as the Coordinator for the OSU-OKC Cops Program Assessment Center since 2012. Butler joined the National Association of Women in Law Enforcement Executives in 2016. Butler is a current member of the OKC Human Rights Commission Task Force, OKC Community Policing Working Group and the Equity Working Group. Butler has been a supporter of Positive Tomorrows since 2000, as well as a volunteer for Special Olympics since 2000.

Deputy Chief Bobby Tompkins - Operations South

Deputy Chief Bobby Tompkins has served with the Police Department since January 1994. He began his career as a patrol officer in Hefner and Southwest Divisions. Tompkins then served in the IMPACT unit and as a child abuse detective before getting promoted to Lieutenant.

As a Lieutenant, Tompkins served in Bricktown, IMPACT, Gang Enforcement, School Resources, Bricktown-Special Events and Bike Patrol. He was promoted to Captain in 2014 and commanded the Southwest Division, Bricktown and Police Community Relations. In June 2018, Tompkins was promoted to Major and assigned to lead the Springlake Division, Investigations, and Special Operations-Criminal Intelligence. In April 2021, Tompkins was promoted to Deputy Chief.

Tompkins has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Central Oklahoma, and a master’s degree earned in 2011. He is a graduate of the Senior Management Institute for Police at Boston University.

Tompkins’ career accomplishments include many years of working with the community and youth by volunteering and serving on boards including the United Way, Police Athletic League, Community Relations Board and the Coalition to End Poverty. Tompkins also created OCPD’s Homeless Outreach Team and the Police Department’s Youth Leadership Academy.