:Dallas Police Department

The department is headed by a chief of police who is appointed by the city manager who, in turn, is hired by the Dallas City Council. The city manager is not an elected official.

Primary responsibility for calls for police service are seven operations divisions based on geographical subdivisions of the city. Each operations division is commanded by a deputy chief of police. The divisions are designated Central, Northeast, Southeast, South Central, Southwest, Northwest and North Central and operate from facilities which are referred to as substations. Each operations division's geographical area is further subdivided into sectors which are composed of beats, each of which is normally patrolled by a uniformed officer or officers in a squad car. Calls for service are received primarily through the city's 9-1-1 system which is answered by a city-operated emergency communications center. Each substation also has an investigative unit with detectives who are assigned cases of burglary and theft which are committed within the area covered by their division.

Other crimes are investigated by specialized investigative units including the Child Abuse Squad, Family Violence Squad, Narcotics Division, CAPERS [Crimes Against Persons] Robbery, Assault, and Homicide Units, Forgery Squad and a Computer Crimes Team.

A specialized Tactical Division includes a SWAT Operations Unit, Mounted Unit, Canine Unit, Helicopter Unit and an Explosive Ordnance Squad. The SWAT Operations Unit was featured on a reality series for the A&E Network in 2006 entitled "Dallas SWAT".

Officers usually are armed with a SIG-Sauer P226 usually in 9mm with some in .357 SIG as their sidearm, but some officers do carry Glock 17 pistols.

The first Chief of Police, J. C. Arnold, was elected in 1881.{{Cite web |title=Truett and Chief Arnold |url=https://judgejenkinsfamily.weebly.com/truett-and-chief-arnold.html |access-date=2023-11-11 |website=Warwick H. Jenkins Family |language=en}} Prior to that, an elected Town Marshal and deputies had guarded Dallas since 1856.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} Arnold held the position for 17 years.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

By 1898, 34 officers patrolled the city on horseback.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} In 1907, the department acquired an automobile and two motorcycles.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

During the heyday of the Ku Klux Klan in Dallas in the 1920s, a sizable number of DPD were KKK members, including police commissioners and police chiefs.{{Cite web|title=When Dallas Was the Most Racist City in America|url=http://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2017/june/when-dallas-was-the-most-racist-city-in-america/|access-date=2021-06-06|website=D Magazine|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=Phillips|first=Michael|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dRHUAAAAQBAJ|title=White Metropolis: Race, Ethnicity, and Religion in Dallas, 1841-2001|date=2010|publisher=University of Texas Press|isbn=978-0-292-77424-7|pages=85|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=TSHA {{!}} Dallas Ku Klux Klan No. 66|url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/dallas-ku-klux-klan-no-66|access-date=2021-06-06|website=www.tshaonline.org}} One list of members includes at least 106 Dallas police officers, which at the time was the majority of the police department.{{cite thesis |last1=Morris |first1=Mark N. |title=Saving Society Through Politics: the Ku Klux Klan in Dallas, Texas in the 1920s |date=December 1997 |url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279068/ }} During this period, the DPD did not protect the non-white community in Dallas and did not pursue cases involving racial violence against Blacks.

In November 2021, Distributed Denial of Secrets released 1.8 terabytes of police helicopter surveillance footage from the Dallas Police Department and the Georgia State Patrol.{{Cite web |last=Murney |first=Michael |title=Leaked Dallas Police Helicopter Surveillance Footage Raises Privacy Concerns |url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/amidst-federal-data-security-investigation-18-tb-of-dpd-surveillance-footage-leaks-online-12777947 |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=Dallas Observer |language=en}} According to Wired, the footage showed helicopters capturing everything from cars lined up at a drive-through, and people standing in their yards and on the street.{{Cite news |last=Newman |first=Lily Hay |date=November 5, 2021 |title=1.8 TB of Police Helicopter Surveillance Footage Leaks Online |language=en-US |work=Wired |url=https://www.wired.com/story/ddosecrets-police-helicopter-data-leak/ |access-date=April 24, 2022 |issn=1059-1028}} Non-profit advocacy group Fight for the Future called the leak "a crystal-clear example of why mass surveillance makes our society less safe, not more safe."

According to The Officer Down Memorial Page, between 1892 and 2016, 84 members of the Dallas Police Department died in the line of duty. The best-known instance was the murder of Officer J. D. Tippit by Lee Harvey Oswald, approximately 40 minutes after Oswald shot President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963.

Other notable deaths include the murder of Officer Robert W. Wood on November 28, 1976, which was later examined in Errol Morris' documentary, The Thin Blue Line.{{cite news | url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24696848.html?dids=24696848:24696848&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+22%2C+1989&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=%60Blue+Line%27+inmate+freed+after+12+years&pqatl=google | title='Blue Line' inmate freed after 12 years | journal=Chicago Tribune |date=March 22, 1989 | access-date =2008-03-11}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Additionally, Senior Corporal Victor Lozada, a motorcycle officer in the Traffic Division, was killed on February 22, 2008, while serving as part of an escort to Senator Hillary Clinton's motorcade near downtown Dallas for a presidential campaign event; Senior Corporal Lozada's funeral was attended by over 4,500 police officers as well as Senator Clinton.{{cite news | url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa080222_wz_officerhurt.197253ed.html | title=Officer killed in Clinton motorcade | newspaper=Dallas Morning News |date=February 22, 2008 | access-date =2008-03-11}} On January 6, 2009, Senior Corporal Norman Smith, an 18-year veteran, was shot and killed while attempting to serve an arrest warrant.{{cite news|url=http://dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/010709dnmetofficershot.45d6022c.html |title=Details unfold in Dallas officer's shooting death |newspaper=Dallas Morning News |date=January 8, 2009 |access-date=December 25, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113140541/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/010709dnmetofficershot.45d6022c.html |archive-date=January 13, 2010 }}

The 2016 shooting of Dallas police officers is the deadliest single incident for law enforcement officers in the U.S. since the September 11 attacks in 2001. On July 7, 2016, Micah Xavier Johnson ambushed and fired upon a group of Dallas Police Department (DPD) and Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) officers, killing five officers and injuring nine others. Two civilians were also wounded. The shooting happened at the end of a protest against the police killings of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota.

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===Deaths of Officers Rawlings and Daniels===

On 15 August 1899 at about four in the morning, two Dallas police officers killed each other in what was described in the press as a duel. Officer Albert P Rawlings and Officer Charles A Daniels killed each other at the corner of Main and Poydras streets. The two men had a long-standing grudge. {{cite news |title=That Texas Tragedy |url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85049554/1899-08-15/ed-1/?sp=2&st=image&r=0.359,0.318,0.262,0.125,0 |access-date=6 January 2025 |publisher=Evening Times-Republican |date=15 August 1899}}

{{main|Murder of Santos Rodriguez}}

Early in the morning of July 24, 1973, Dallas police officers Darrell L. Cain and Roy Arnold were investigating a burglary, from a vending machine, of eight dollars. Two children, twelve-year-old Santos Rodriguez and thirteen-year-old David Rodriguez were taken from their home and brought to the scene of the crime.{{cite web |url=http://www.testclear.com/court_cases/cases/Texas-Darrell-L-Cain,-Appellant-vs-The-State-of-Texas,-Appellee-No-52,217.aspx |title=Case Details: Darrell L. Cain, Appellant vs. The State of Texas, Appellee |website=Testclear.com |access-date=2016-07-08}} In an attempt to frighten Santos into confessing, Officer Cain, thinking he had emptied his service revolver of all its ammunition, aimed it at the boy and pulled the trigger twice. The second time, the gun discharged killing Santos, who was still handcuffed.{{cite web |url=http://airwolf.lmtonline.com/news/archive/072698/pagea12.pdf |title=Shooting horror still vivid memory for former policeman |website=Airwolf.lmtonline.com |access-date=2016-07-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022637/http://airwolf.lmtonline.com/news/archive/072698/pagea12.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 }} Cain was found guilty of murder by a jury in November 1973 and sentenced to five years in prison. He served half of it.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/dfw/news/retired-officer-remembers-the-night-santos-rodriguez-was-killed/ |title=Retired Officer Remembers The Night Santos Rodriguez Was Killed |publisher=CBS Dallas / Fort Worth |website=Dfw.cbslocal.com |date=2013-07-27 |access-date=2016-07-08}} The City of Dallas apologized to the Rodriguez family forty years later.{{cite news |date=2013-09-23 |title=Editorial: Dallas finally apologizes 40 years after police officer murdered boy |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2013/09/24/editorial-dallas-finally-apologizes-40-years-after-police-officer-murdered-boy/ |newspaper=Dallas Morning News |location=Dallas, Texas |access-date=2020-06-11}}

On March 18, 2009, NFL player Ryan Moats's mother-in-law, Jonetta Collinsworth, died from breast cancer. Moats, his wife Tamisha (Collinsworth's daughter) and other family members rushed to Baylor Regional Medical Center in Plano, Texas, when they were informed that she was close to death. After driving through a red light, Moats was stopped by police officer Robert Powell who delayed him for more than 10 minutes outside the hospital's emergency room, allowing the rest of the family to leave, even after Moats's ordeal was corroborated by a nurse in the hospital to Powell. Powell even drew his gun at Moats during the incident. By the time Moats reached Collinsworth, she had died. Moats questioned whether race could have played a factor in the interaction due to the nature and tone of the officer's remarks to the family; When asked if he felt if Officer Powell be fired, Moats said, "I really don't know. All I know is what he did was wrong. I mean, he stole a moment away from me that I can never get back. I'm really not the judge on what should happen to him. I think maybe his superiors and the Dallas police should handle what should happen to him."{{cite web

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Officer Powell issued an apology to Moats. Police officials investigated Powell's actions; he was placed on administrative leave but later resigned from the department.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=4017382 |title=Officer delayed Moats as relative died |work=ESPN.com |publisher=ESPN |date=March 26, 2009 |access-date=March 26, 2009}}{{cite web |url=http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/29994542/ |title=NBC Sports | News, Video, Now |website=Nbcsports.msnbc.com |access-date=2016-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007182258/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/29994542/ |archive-date=2012-10-07 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/032609dnmetcopstop.3e9c080.html |title=Dallas police chief apologizes for conduct of officer who drew gun on NFL player outside hospital |work=The Dallas Morning News |date=March 26, 2009 |access-date=March 26, 2009}}{{cite news|author=J.D. Miles |title=DPD Cop Involved In Stop Of NFL Player Resigns |url=http://cbs11tv.com/local/powell.resigns.dallas.2.973181.html |work=CBS11 News, Dallas |date=2009-04-01 |access-date=2009-04-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403070748/http://cbs11tv.com/local/powell.resigns.dallas.2.973181.html |archive-date=April 3, 2009 }}

After Moats' incident with Officer Powell, former Cowboy Zach Thomas acknowledged that Powell was the same officer who handcuffed and jailed his wife Maritza after she was pulled over for making an illegal u-turn in July 2008.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=4024877|title=Another Allegation Surfaces Against Dallas Police Officer|date=29 March 2009 |publisher=ESPN|access-date=March 29, 2009}}

Beginning on December 31, 2001, the local ABC-affiliate, WFAA, began broadcasting a series of investigative reports alleging that hundreds of pounds of cocaine and methamphetamine seized by undercover officers of the DPD Narcotics Division during 2001 were actually not illegal substances.{{cite news

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|newspaper=Dallas Morning News |access-date=2008-03-18}} The subsequent "fake drug" scandal led to dismissal of over 80 drug cases by the Dallas County District Attorney's office, multiple investigations, the indictment of three current or former DPD narcotics officers, the release of defendants (many whom were falsely accused Mexican immigrants) who had pleaded guilty to cases where later investigation revealed no illegal drugs were involved and the prosecution of multiple informants that had been used to make cases that were subsequently dismissed. In 2003, the Dallas City Manager fired Dallas Police Chief Terrell Bolton, due in part for his department's lack of oversight of the Narcotics Dept. officers involved in these fake drug arrests. He sued the City of Dallas over that firing but his case was dismissed with prejudice in 2005. Many of the 25 victims of the false arrests and wrongful prosecution won Federal Civil Rights Violations lawsuit settlements and actual jury case awards against the City of Dallas. One attorney who sued the city on behalf of what was a large percentage of Mexican immigrants who spoke little English, said, "the total cost could climb to as much as $8 million once all 25 cases are resolved."{{cite news|url=http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Wrongly-jailed-immigrants-in-Dallas-get-5-6-1662960.php|title=Wrongly jailed immigrants in Dallas get $5.6 million|author=Thomas Korosec|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|date=February 19, 2005|access-date=December 25, 2011}}{{cite news

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In December 2009, Dallas police officers received word that two white men were fighting in the downtown area. Failing to locate the described men, Officer Matthew Antkowiak discovered a black man crossing the street and made a pedestrian stop of him which turned into a scuffle. Other officers then joined in. The man, Ronald Jones, ended up spending fourteen months in jail on various charges. When Jones’ defense attorney viewed video tapes of the beating, he believed that the police reports had been falsified. The City contended that while the reports were inaccurate and incomplete, this was attributed in part to Officer Antkowiak's inability to accurately relate the events to the officer that did the actual report (Officer Antkowiak claimed to have suffered a closed-head injury during the incident that aggravated a prior confirmed injury). Mr. Jones was released and in March 2014 awarded $1.1 million by the city to settle the matter. Officer Antkowiak retired on an unrelated medical claim and is no longer employed in law enforcement. He has set up a private firm to train policemen. No other disciplinary action was taken against any official.Dallas settles for $1.1 million in false arrest case, Rebecca Lopez, 26 March 2014, WFAA.COM retrieved 3 April 2014

{{main|Killing of Tony Timpa}}

On August 10, 2016, Dallas Police killed Tony Timpa, a 32-year-old resident who had called 911 for aid, telling the dispatcher that he had schizophrenia and depression but not taken his prescription medication. Timpa was already handcuffed when a group of officers restrained him on the ground while he squirmed, repeatedly crying out, "You're gonna kill me!". After he fell unconscious, the officers assumed he was asleep and, rather than confirm that he was breathing or feel for a pulse, joked about waking him up for school and making him breakfast. They kept him prone on grass for nearly 14 minutes and zip-tied his legs together, one pressing his knee into Timpa's back. One of the paramedics called to the scene administered the sedative Versed. The responders began to panic only as they loaded Timpa's body onto a gurney, one exclaiming, "He didn’t just die down there, did he?" Timpa died within 20 minutes of police officers' arrival, of "cocaine and the stress associated with physical restraint", according to his autopsy.{{cite web |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/investigations/2019/07/31/you-re-gonna-kill-me-dallas-police-body-cam-footage-reveals-the-final-minutes-of-tony-timpa-s-life/ |title='You're gonna kill me!': Dallas police body cam footage reveals the final minutes of Tony Timpa's life|date=June 22, 2020}} It took over three years for footage of the incident to be released. The footage contradicted claims by Dallas Police that Timpa was aggressive.{{cite news |last=Theibault |first=Reis |date= 31 July 2019|title= Police laughed and joked as he lost consciousness in handcuffs. Minutes later, he died.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/08/01/police-laughed-joked-he-lost-consciousness-handcuffs-minutes-later-he-died/ |location=Washington DC |access-date=31 July 2019 }}{{cite web |title=Cops Caught Joking as Man Dies in Their Custody {{!}} NowThis |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll5xLJByPi8 |website=Youtube |publisher=NowThis News |access-date=Aug 2, 2019}} The officers involved were Sgt. Kevin Mansell and Officers Danny Vasquez and Dustin Dillard.{{cite news |title=Charges against 3 Dallas officers dropped in arrest death |url=https://apnews.com/fc5be415de72477d8c9a133e9843641e |access-date=29 May 2020 |publisher=AP News |date=March 19, 2019}} Criminal charges against three officers were dropped in March 2019 and they returned to active duty.{{cite news |title=Family Discusses Video Showing 2016 DPD Arrest, Man's Death |url=https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/body-camera-footage-in-tony-timpa-death-released-tuesday/209946/ |work=NBC DFW |date=August 2, 2019}}

{{main|Murder of Botham Jean}}

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On September 6, 2018, Dallas patrol officer Amber Guyger, in uniform but off duty after a daylong shift,{{cite news|url=http://lite.cnn.io/en/article/h_441efc7b72afec9000cb5ff11938d032|title=Amber Guyger is found guilty of murder in the shooting death of Botham Jean in his apartment|date=October 1, 2019|publisher=CNN}} entered the apartment of Botham Jean and shot and killed him. Guyger said that she had entered the apartment believing it was her own and shot Jean believing he was a burglar.{{Cite news|url=https://www.fox4news.com/news/dallas-officer-goes-home-to-wrong-apartment-kills-man-inside|title=Dallas officer goes home to wrong apartment, kills man inside|date=September 7, 2018|work=Fox 4}}{{cite web |url=https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article218333735.html |title=Dallas police officer's arrest affidavit contradicts search warrant for victim's apartment |first=Nichole |last=Manna |date=September 13, 2018 |work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |access-date=September 14, 2018 }} She then called 911. Jean was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died from his wound. The investigation was taken over by the Texas Rangers, who were responsible for Guyger's arrest three days later.{{Cite news|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2018/09/13/evidence-botham-jeans-home-supports-officer-amber-guygers-account-shot-across-room-officials-say|title=Watch: Botham Jean's family, supporters label latest details released in his death as 'smear campaign'|date=2018-09-13|work=Dallas News|access-date=2018-09-14|language=en}} Guyger was charged with manslaughter, a 2nd degree felony in Texas, which carries a sentence of 2 to 20 years in a state prison and/or a fine not to exceed $10,000.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amber-guyger-dallas-police-officer-who-shot-killed-botham-jean-updates-today-2018-09-08/|title=Amber Guyger identified as Dallas officer who fatally shot man in his apartment|date=September 8, 2018|work=CBSNews}} On September 24, Guyger was terminated from the police force, after being placed on administrative leave since the shooting.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45632941|title=Dallas cop who killed man in flat fired|date=2018-09-24|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-09-24|language=en-GB}}

Following the shooting, an attorney representing Jean's family accused the Dallas police department of smearing Jean's reputation.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/botham-jean-shooting-amber-guyger-search-warrant-drug-paraphernalia-marijuana-today-2018-09-13/|title=Dallas police accused of smearing man killed by cop in his own apartment|access-date=2018-09-14|language=en}} The lawyers also disputed the account of the incident that Guyger told officials, which was recorded in the arrest warrant affidavit, and asserted that two independent witnesses had come forward to give recollections that conflict with Guyger's account.{{Cite news|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/dallas-police/2018/09/10/affidavit-amber-guyger-says-saw-silhouette-heading-dark-apartment-shot-silhouette-after-commands-ignored|title=Victim's family disputes official account of the moments before Amber Guyger shot Botham Jean|date=2018-09-10|work=Dallas News|access-date=2018-09-14|language=en}}

On November 30, 2018, Guyger was indicted on murder charges by a Dallas County grand jury.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/special-reports/botham-jean/sources-fired-cop-amber-guyger-indicted-on-a-murder-charge-in-botham-jean-killing/619078538|title=Sources: Fired cop Amber Guyger indicted on a murder charge in Botham Jean killing|date=2018-11-30|work=WFAA|language=en|access-date=2018-11-30}}

On September 22, 2019, the day before the trial began, Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot took part in an interview regarding the trial in spite of a gag order issued by Judge Tammy Kemp in January of that year. After questioning jurors, who reported that they had not seen the interview or other media coverage of the trial, Kemp denied the defense's motion for a mistrial, and sequestered the jury.{{Cite news|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2019/09/23/dallas-county-da-spoke-about-amber-guyger-case-on-eve-of-murder-trial-much-to-judge-s-dismay/|title=Sources: Dallas County DA spoke about Amber Guyger case on eve of murder trial — much to judge's dismay|date=2019-09-23|work=Dallas News|language=en|access-date=2019-09-23}}

On October 1, 2019, Guyger was found guilty of murder.{{cite web |title=Amber Guyger found guilty of murder at trial in fatal shooting of neighbor Botham Jean |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/amber-guyger-found-guilty-murder-trial-fatal-shooting-neighbor-botham-n1060506 |website=NBC News |language=en}}

On October 2, 2019, Guyger was sentenced to 10 years in prison.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/amber-guyger-sentencing-resumes-after-murder-conviction-death-botham-jean-n1061146|title=Amber Guyger sentenced to 10 years for murdering neighbor in his apartment|website=NBC News|language=en|access-date=2019-10-03}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Dallas-County-Jury-to-Decide-Punishment-for-Convicted-Murderer-Amber-Guyger-561939951.html|title=Guyger Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Murder of Jean|last1=Staff|first1=NBC 5|last2=Reports|first2=Wire|website=NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth|language=en|access-date=2019-10-03}}

On October 5, it was revealed that Joshua Brown, a key witness for the prosecution, was killed after being shot more than once the previous night.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Man-Fatally-Shot-at-Dallas-Apartment-Complex-562267151.html|title=Witness in Guyger Trial Shot, Killed in Dallas|first1=Claire|last1=Cardona|first2=Chris|last2=Blake|first3=Scott|last3=Gordon|website=NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth}} Despite speculation about the motive behind Brown's killing, the slaying had nothing to do with the Jean case.{{Cite web|date=2019-12-08|title=3 men indicted on capital murder charges in slaying of Joshua Brown, witness in Amber Guyger's trial|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2019/12/08/3-men-indicted-on-capital-murder-charges-in-slaying-of-joshua-brown-witness-in-amber-guygers-trial/|access-date=2021-02-11|website=Dallas News|language=en}}

Bryan Riser was a former 13-year veteran on the Dallas police force. He was arrested on March 4, 2021, for the two unconnected murders of Liza Saenz and Albert Douglas in 2017.{{cite web |title=Dallas police officer who faces 2 capital murder charges ordered pair of hits in 2017, authorities allege |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2021/03/04/dallas-police-officer-charged-with-two-counts-of-capital-murder/ |website=Dallas News |publisher=Dallas News |access-date=5 March 2021 |archive-date=4 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304221731/https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2021/03/04/dallas-police-officer-charged-with-two-counts-of-capital-murder/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Dallas police officer arrested and charged in connection with two 2017 murders |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dallas-police-officer-arrested-charged-connection-two-2017-murders-n1259653 |website=NBC News |publisher=NBC News |access-date=5 March 2021 |archive-date=5 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305133831/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dallas-police-officer-arrested-charged-connection-two-2017-murders-n1259653 |url-status=live }} Riser was charged with two counts of capital murder.{{cite news |title=Dallas Police Officer Charged With 2 Counts of Capital Murder |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/04/us/bryan-riser-dallas-police-murder.html |work=New York Times |date=4 March 2021 |access-date=5 March 2021 |archive-date=4 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304222711/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/04/us/bryan-riser-dallas-police-murder.html |url-status=live |last1=Levenson |first1=Michael }}{{cite web |title=Dallas officer charged with 2 counts of capital murder |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bryan-riser-charged-capital-murder-dallas-texas-police-officer/ |website=CBS News |publisher=CBS News |access-date=5 March 2021 |archive-date=5 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305133834/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bryan-riser-charged-capital-murder-dallas-texas-police-officer/ |url-status=live }} One of the men connected with the murder of Saenz told police that he and Riser had been connected with burglaries and that Riser had paid him and others{{cite web |title=Cop accused in murder of Liza Saenz, Albert Douglas at Santa Fe Trestle |url=https://oakcliff.advocatemag.com/2021/03/dallas-police-officer-capital-murder-liza-saenz-albert-douglas/ |website=Advocate Oak Cliff |publisher=Advocate Magazine |access-date=30 April 2022 |archive-date=7 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307172331/https://oakcliff.advocatemag.com/2021/03/dallas-police-officer-capital-murder-liza-saenz-albert-douglas/ |url-status=live }} $3,500 to kidnap and kill Albert Douglas, then later promised $6,000 to kill Saenz.{{cite web |title=Dallas police officer charged with arranging two killings |url=https://apnews.com/article/dallas-officer-charged-2-counts-capital-murder-f2fe7901959a0b24f391ca7db412e960 |website=AP News |publisher=AP News |access-date=5 March 2021 |archive-date=4 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304235552/https://apnews.com/article/dallas-officer-charged-2-counts-capital-murder-f2fe7901959a0b24f391ca7db412e960 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Dallas police officer faces two capital murder charges |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/04/us/dallas-police-officer-faces-murder-charges/index.html |website=CNN |date=5 March 2021 |publisher=CNN |access-date=5 March 2021 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305030040/https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/04/us/dallas-police-officer-faces-murder-charges/index.html |archive-date=2021-03-05 }}

Between 2022-2023, Sergeant Katherine Silvia obtained roughly $17,080.77 in fraudulent overtime compensation. Silvia was terminated by Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia. https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/crime/dallas-police-officer-fired-accused-stealing-overtime/287-0ac24d52-5fe6-414d-b548-1447dc6c35aa

Members of the department who are captains and below are protected by the city's civil service system with promotion based on the results of competitive examinations. Senior corporals typically are officers who serve either as field training officers in the Patrol Division or who serve as detectives in one of the department's investigative units. The rank of captain has not been in use since 1992, however, those who were captains were allowed to keep it as well as those who were demoted from any chief position, as chiefs once demoted must retain their last civil service rank. There is currently only one captain remaining as of 2018. Majors, deputy chiefs and assistant chiefs are appointed by the chief of police without examination and do not hold civil service protection for these ranks. Division commander and bureau commander are non-civil-service titles based on assignments. Members may hold both assignment titles and civil service or appointive ranks. On October 4, 2012, Chief David Brown created a new major rank in between captain and deputy chief.{{cite web|last=Kalthoff |first=Ken |url=http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/DPD-Major-Promotions-Boost-Command-Staff-172750481.html |title=DPD Major Promotions Boost Command Staff | NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth |website=Nbcdfw.com |date=2012-10-04 |access-date=2016-07-08}}

Breakdown of the makeup of the rank and file of DPD as of 2016:{{Cite web|url=https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OASP/legacy/files/FirstResponders_DPDCase_Study.pdf|title=Promising Practices for Increasing Diversity Among First Responders|date=December 2016|website=Department of Labor|page=6|access-date=1 October 2019}}

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