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Transparency Initiative
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Implementation Date
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Proactively established a Constitutional Policing Unit.
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December 2023 |
| Revised the General Orders to require Task Force Officers to comply with the Department's policies regarding the use of the body worn camera. |
August 2023 |
| Formed the Tactical Training Group to provide better, unified training for specialized units. |
July 2023 |
| Published an independent analysis of the Department's use of force data. |
March 2023 |
| Unveiled the Police Force Analysis System, a public dashboard showing detailed officer use of force data. |
March 2023 |
| Published an independent analysis of the Department's compliance with Texas Racial Profiling Law requirements. |
December 2022 |
| Implemented a one-year deadline for completing all Internal Affairs Division investigations. |
September 2022 |
| Implemented a requirement for all personnel who are issued a body worn camera to wear their assigned body worn camera at all approved off-duty employments. |
August 2022 |
| Revised the General Orders to ensure the Chief of Police reviews and assigns discipline on all alleged employee conduct investigations involving the violation of any local, state, or federal law, or conduct that has been the subject of any criminal investigation (including Class C citations). |
August 2022 |
| Created the Special Response Group, which is tasked with responding to civil unrest/disorder, public demonstrations, special events, natural/weather-related disasters, man made disasters, or mutual aid based on the needs of the Department. |
February 2022 |
| Initiated a multi-year expansion of the Rapid Integrated Group Healthcare Team (RIGHT Care). |
November 2021 |
| Created a History of Policing in America course in partnership with the University of North Texas at Dallas. |
August 2021 |
| Became the first major-city police department in Texas to fully embrace an innovative peer-intervention program called Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement (ABLE). |
June 2021 |
| Implemented an Early Warning System to assist the Department and its supervisors in identifying potential officer misconduct. |
November 2020 |
| Published all use of force policies to dallaspolice.net. |
August 2020 |
| Published the Department's General Orders on dallaspolice.net. |
August 2020 |
| Updated the Department's crowd control and less lethal policies in response to the May 2020 George Floyd incident. |
July 2020 |
| Revised the General Orders to require the Chief of Police's authorization prior to the deployment of CS gas. |
July 2020 |
| Created and implemented a body and dashcam policy to release critical incident videos within 30 days. |
June 2020 |
| Implemented a Duty to Intervene policy. |
June 2020 |
| Began monthly reporting of officer contact data on all traffic stops and citations. |
June 2020 |
| Revised the General Orders to include a prohibition of chokeholds to align with a preexisting Roll Call Training Bulletin established in 2004. |
June 2020 |
| Acquired a contract for the purchase and installation of hardware and software upgrades for body worn, in-car, and interview room camera systems. |
April 2020 |
| Authorized critical incident monitoring by the Director of the Office of Community Police Oversight. |
January 2020 |
| Supported the creation and implementation of the Community Police Advisory Board, as approved by the Dallas City Council. |
October 2019 |
| Began hosting Understanding Implicit Bias courses. |
January 2019 |
