“I look forward to working with my colleagues on the Council in the months ahead to develop a program that will deliver both.”

Jerad Lindsey, chairman of the Tulsa FOP, said his organization is not out to pick a fight with the mayor.

“We are just trying to preserve our members’ right to be part of the process going forward,” he said.

Moore’s letter to Bynum notes that the city is legally obligated to “deal with officers in good faith.”

“Part of good faith duty means that any significant changes in working conditions, such as the ones you propose, or policies on how officers do their jobs or when they can be disciplined, must be bargained,” Moore wrote.

Moore’s letter chides Bynum for not discussing his plan with the FOP before making it public, saying it could probably have been established with existing resources and within current policies.

“Nonetheless, that was your call,” Moore wrote. “The FOP response is to accept your plan as a proposal which we will dutifully and lawfully negotiate with you.”

Although the specifics of Tulsa’s OIM have yet to be finalized, it is expected to operate and be structured like Denver’s OIM.