Downtown Tulsa Extends Free Safety Escort Hours
The Downtown Tulsa Partnership's Safety Ambassador program now offers free escorts for longer hours after teaming up with Safe Move Tulsa.
Updated on Nov. 6, 2026 in Emergency Response
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The Downtown Tulsa Partnership offers free safety escorts through its Safety Ambassador program, operating 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays. The partnership extended those hours after partnering with Safe Move Tulsa.
Why it matters
The extended schedule gives downtown Tulsa residents and visitors a free escort option across more of the day and week. The partnership ties the service to Safe Move Tulsa, an effort aiming to house 1,300 people experiencing homelessness by the end of the year.
The program provided 304 safety escorts in the 2025-26 fiscal year, staffed by seven security ambassadors. The extraction does not indicate how escort volume will change now that operating hours have been extended.
The players
Downtown Tulsa Partnership
The Downtown Tulsa Partnership is the organization that operates the Safety Ambassador escort program and extended its hours.
Safe Move Tulsa
Safe Move Tulsa is the housing initiative whose partnership with the Downtown Tulsa Partnership prompted the extended escort hours.
The details
Ambassadors are unarmed, carry no firearms, tasers or pepper spray, and wear body cameras. All seven completed basic unarmed security training through CLEET, and staffing and hours are set by available funding and when downtown sees the most activity. Calls outside operating hours are not answered.
Timeline
2021: The Safety Ambassador program launched.
2025-26 fiscal year: The program provided 304 safety escorts.
End of the year: Safe Move Tulsa aims to house 1,300 people experiencing homelessness.
Seasonal Patterns
The Safety Ambassador program began in 2021 and has now been paired with Safe Move Tulsa, a housing effort targeting 1,300 people experiencing homelessness by year's end. The extended hours build on that multi-year program by adding coverage tied to the city's broader housing push.
Downtown Tulsa residents and visitors can request a free escort by calling or texting 918-202-4093 during the program's operating hours. Calls placed outside those hours will not be answered, so plan requests around the 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday-through-Saturday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday schedule.
The takeaway
Knowing the escort hours and the phone or text line in advance makes the service easier to use when it is needed. Requests placed outside operating hours go unanswered, so timing a request within the schedule matters.
Further reading
For more on how local agencies coordinate public safety responses, see Emergency Response coverage for Tulsa.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Tulsa Flyer.
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