by Ron DeLord | Nov 28, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
When The Dallas Morning News asked me to write a column on how Dallas police officers are impacted by the negative national media narrative of our profession, I immediately thought of the son of a well-respected Dallas police sergeant. Recently, as the officer was...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 28, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Dallas police officers involved in shootings will now be able to keep their names out of the news longer and return to the job more quickly. In a nod to the Dallas Police Association, Chief David Brown has agreed to withhold officers’ names for 48 hours after a...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 4, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
National, state and local police associations joined Wednesday to call for “a change in the leadership philosophy” at the Dallas Police Department. The Dallas Police Association has been especially vocal about Brown’s leadership. But they got help from the cavalry on...
by rondelord | May 30, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
For the Dallas Police Department, a picture is worth 500 words. Police officials this week released a new one-page general order — an official directive to officers — on the right of the public to photograph police activity. The officials said now that mobile devices...
by rondelord | May 4, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
After eight years with the Dallas Police Department, Kenneth King headed west earlier this year in search of a better life. He didn’t have to go far. King is one of eight officers who in recent months have joined the Fort Worth Police Department, where his base salary...
