Tulsa Police Chief Chuck Jordan deserves praise for his handling of last week’s fatal shooting of Terence Crutcher by a Tulsa police officer.

Jordan’s actions have been transparent, fast and wise. Despite the fact that police dash-cam and helicopter video showed something “very disturbing” that happened near 36th Street North and Lewis Avenue, Jordan made sure the public quickly got a chance to see what was recorded. That’s a stark contrast to what has happened in other cities facing similar situations. Before he released the video, Jordan did the right thing, he showed it to the Crutcher family and watched it with them.

He also met with Marq Lewis, leader of We the People Oklahoma, the group formed in response to the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office’s mishandling of a similar shooting in 2014, and listened to his concerns.

It wasn’t the first time that Jordan has reached out to north Tulsa. In an op/ed column he wrote for the Tulsa World prior to the Crutcher shooting and published Sunday, Jordan called for leveling the playing field between north Tulsa and south Tulsa, a prescient analysis of issues that underlie the current tension.