Council votes to make arbitration and disciplinary records public for police arbitration case

After convening in executive session under the Oklahoma Open Meetings Act to discuss an arbitration request from Kenneth Bennett and the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 116, the Pryor Creek City Council returned to open session and voted to make related disciplinary documents public on Jan. 16, 2026.

A council member moved to release the final disciplinary action documents, arbitration transcripts, exhibits and pleadings regarding Kenneth Bennett, and the council seconded and approved the motion by recorded vote. The motion language read that the materials would become public on Jan. 16, 2026.

The meeting record indicates the city attorney had recommended executive session for confidential attorney communications under the Oklahoma Open Meetings Act; no other details of the arbitration or the disciplinary action were discussed in open session at length during this meeting.