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Dallas police chief search draws 8 local and national applicants

Former Police Chief David Brown retired in 2016.

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Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax has announced the official list of candidates who will interview for the position of new Police Chief. The position became empty following the 2016 departure of former Police Chief David Brown, who retired in September. The position has been occupied by interim chief David Pughes, who did not apply for the job.

Applicants include officers from within the Dallas police department, as well as officers from other major cities including Seattle, Detroit, and Los Angeles.

The candidate are:

• Malik Aziz, Deputy Chief, Dallas Police Department
• Carmen Best, Deputy Chief, Seattle Police Department
• Steven Dye, Chief, Grand Prairie Police Department
• U. Renee Hall, Deputy Chief, Detroit Police Department
• Michel Moore, First Assistant Chief, Los Angeles Police Department
• Luther Reynolds, Assistant Chief, Montgomery County (Maryland) Police Department
• Gary Tittle, Assistant Chief, Dallas Police Department
• Rick Watson, Deputy Chief, Dallas Police Department

Over a three-day period in July, Broadnax has assembled five panels comprised of various community stakeholders and partners, who will participate in the interview process. The timeline for that process is as follows:

July 10: Candidates will tour various police facilities and parts of Dallas and will attend a reception Monday evening with key community stakeholders.

July 11: The candidates will participate in panel interviews with partners in the law enforcement community, leaders from the faith-based community, members of the various police associations, advocates who lead police support groups, and other neighborhood and community leaders. The day will conclude with a citizen meet-and-greet from 6 to 8 pm in the second-floor foyer at Dallas City Hall.

July 12: City Manager’s staff will interview the candidates.

The City Manager will determine next steps after the interview process is concluded.

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Fugitive News

Dallas Police Department arrests 99 fugitives in summer crime program

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The Dallas Police Department has a new round of arrests in Operation Justice Trail, a coordinated effort led by Police Chief Daniel Comeaux to apprehend individuals with violent felony warrants, with 99 fugitives arrested and taken into custody during June.

The program is a partnership between the Dallas Police Department and the United States Marshals Service which began on May 1, with a goal to identify and take into custody violent criminals. During the firest month of May, a nearly-identical haul of 98 violent felons were arrested, and the initiative will continue through the summer.

“Our goal is simple: to make Dallas the safest large city in America,” Chief Comeaux says in a statement. “We know that a small percentage of violent criminals are responsible for a disproportionate amount of crime. By focusing our efforts on these individuals, we are sending a clear message—violence will not be tolerated in our city.”

These 99 fugitives, who collectively have 616 total arrests for crimes such as Assault on a Public Servant, Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance, Murder, Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon, Sexual Abuse of a Child, Reckless Driving, and Stalking, were taken into custody by the Dallas Police Department Fugitive Unit and U.S. Marshals North Texas Fugitive Task Force between June 1–30.

Of those 99 fugitives, 22 were women and 77 were men. Three had arrests for Illegal Entry into the U.S., and one had an arrest for Alien Inadmissibility - Section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).

Officials told Fox 4 that officers used "a combination of the city’s camera system and old-fashioned good police work" to make the arrests.

North Texas Crime Stoppers is offering a guaranteed $1,000 reward for tips submitted to the crime stoppers tipline that lead to the arrest of any individual with an existing felony warrant for specific crimes, until August 31.