Oklahoma Police Captain Faces Disciplinary Action for Refusing to Attend Islamic Event

By Patrick Manning & Todd Starnes
Published February 23, 2011
FoxNews.com


Captain Paul Fields is under internal investigation after he refuses to take order from a higher ranking officer. Fields was ordered to assign officers to the Islamic Society of Tulsa's Law Enforcement Appreciation Day.

Captain Paul Fields is under internal investigation after he refuses to take order from a higher ranking officer. Fields was ordered to assign officers to the Islamic Society of Tulsa's Law Enforcement Appreciation Day.

The Tulsa Police Deptartment is investigating a captain who refused an order to assign officers to attend an upcoming Islamic event because he said it would violate his religious beliefs.

Capt. Paul Fields was reassigned after he refused to order officers under his command to attend the Islamic Center of Tulsa’s Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, a spokesman for the department said.

“It is my opinion and that of my legal counsel that forcing me to enter a Mosque when it is not directly related to a police call for service is a violation of my Civil Rights,â€