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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 5, 2014

Dallas Police to Sideline Officers for a Month After Shootings, Other Traumatic Events

On the heels of six shootings by police last month, Dallas PD commanders will now mandate that officers who fire their weapons go through more frequent psychological counseling and that they remain off the streets for a full month.

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Articlesby David GriffithJune 23, 2014

Hemorrhage Control

Officer Joshua Burns might have bled out and died if it wasn't for a new emergency medical program that the Dallas PD had implemented just weeks before he was shot. As part of that program, 3,200 Dallas officers had been trained in basic hemorrhage control techniques and issued Tactical Medical Solutions' Downed Officer Kit (DOK).

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 18, 2013

Video: Officer Shooting Mentally Ill Man Caught on Camera

Footage from a neighbor's surveillance camera appears to show a Dallas PD officer shooting an unarmed, stationary mentally ill man. The officer had said the man advanced toward him while raising a knife.

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Videosby Staff WriterOctober 18, 2013

Officer Shooting Mentally Ill Man Caught on Camera

Footage from a neighbor's surveillance camera appears to show a Dallas PD officer shooting an unarmed, stationary mentally ill man. The officer had said the man advanced toward him while raising a knife. Read the full story here.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 11, 2013

Dallas Chief: Typing While Driving Prohibited

Dallas Police officers may type on mobile dashboard computers only in emergency situations. The prohibition on using MDCs isn't specifically spelled out in the Dallas PD's standard operating procedures.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 24, 2012

Drunk Suspect Jumps Out of Moving Dallas PD Unit

Dallas police say a man who had been arrested for public intoxication and criminal mischief late Sunday night tried to jump head-first out of a squad car traveling on a local freeway at 60 mph.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 5, 2011

Dallas PD Upgrades Surveillance Gear On Copters

The upgrades, made possible by a federal grant, included a BMS digital video microwave system, an upgrade of existing L-3 Wescam camera systems and auto-tracking, Avalex digital video recorder upgrades, and AFS engine inlet barrier filters.

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Videosby Staff WriterJanuary 8, 2010

Dallas SWAT Takes Down a Pair of Crack Houses

The Dallas PD's SWAT unit takes down a pair of fortified crack houses and overwhelms the suspects, who have little time to react before they find themselves wearing handcuffs.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 15, 2009

Experts Say Dallas PD Manipulates Violent Crime Stats

In a one-week sample of cases from this summer, a Dallas Morning News review estimated that the department's tally of aggravated assaults should have been at least 50 percent higher.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 27, 2009

Dallas PD Heads to El Paso To Hire Spanish Speakers

Officers from the Dallas Police Department headed to El Paso this weekend to recruit "borderland" officers to fight crime in the northern Texas metropolis, KFOX reports.

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