Oklahoma's longtime state senator was arrested in a stand-off with a sheriff's deputy after a traffic stop dissolved into a “highly verbal” ordeal.
Body camera footage obtained by Fox News Digital shows Sen. Regina Goodwin, a Democrat from Tulsa, repeatedly arguing with Tulsa County Sheriff's Deputy Fredia Alaniz in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday, January 11, at 1 p.m. We showed that
The scene was recorded by Alanis' body adornment camera began with a tense exchange between a deputy and an elected official. Goodwin was turned over after Alanis said he witnessed the official fail to stop at two stop signs.
“Ma'am, I'm not going to ask you again. Can I get your driver's license or can you take me to jail for running a stop sign?” Alanis pulled her over and asked her to get her license. After repeated requests, I immediately asked Goodwin. “I'm not going to ask you again. It's not for an argument.”
The pair went back and forth, with Goodwin claiming the officer was “escalating” the traffic stop.
“That's not true. That's not true at all. I was having a conversation, and you just suddenly said, 'I'm arresting you,'” Goodwin said.
“No, I said, 'Or I can arrest you if that's what you want,'” Alaniz said.
“I think you really escalated something,” she said.
“No, sir – I mean, why would that even be an option for you?”
Alanis: “Because you refuse to give me your driver's license.”
Goodwin: “I didn't refuse to give you my driver's license.”
“I've asked you over five times to give me your driver's license and you keep arguing about your driver's license,” the officer responded.
“I didn't discuss the driver's license at all, that's not right,” she replied.
After an initial contentious exchange, Alaniz took Goodwin into custody in handcuffs and placed her in a patrol vehicle.
Her attorney, Mike Manning, witnessed the scene and spoke with a deputy.
“I realized you have a job to do,” Manning said.
“I've noticed that Sen. Goodwin can be a little strong-headed sometimes, but don't you think you could write her a citation or something? She'll give you a driver's license.”
“Yeah, yeah, I can absolutely do that,” Alanis said.
“I don't need to ask her ten times about her driver's license.”
Manning responded: “I saw it. I notice.”
“I have no problem writing her a citation or letting her go, but I'm the one conducting the traffic stop, not her,” the officer said.
“She blatantly ran two stop signs. I gave her a verbal warning and told her not to do it, but her attitude – the way she was – I didn't want to do it. I can’t have it.”
Officers also said they called Goodwin over for his superior, rolled over two stop signs, and pulled Goodwin over for “carrying” down a Tulsa street.
“She put this stop sign back here and another one a little further down. She just showed up and slowed down. [zoom] Go through them,” Alanis said.
“She was driving so fast that when she hit the puddle, it was just [splash] Shoot them. So I stood up and pulled her close. And when I got out, she came out of the car and said, “Why are you stopping me?'' You know, just got very verbal. I asked for her driver's license over and over again and she wouldn't give it to me. ”
Goodwin was eventually released at the scene with quotation If you cannot stop at a stop sign.
She faces a Feb. 25 court appearance at 9 a.m. as long as she pays her ticket in advance.
Goodwin represents Oklahoma's 11th District.
She was elected to the state Senate in 2024 and previously served in the state House of Representatives from 2014 to 2024.
Fox News Digital has contacted Goodwin's office for comment.