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RecentCoin 2007-09-12 14:43 Dallas Police
Kunkle’s argument is that the false alarms are sucking up too many resources. I can see a point here. Why should the entire tax base have to fund a program that’s apparently being abused by a small segment of the community? So, why not see if we can even that out a bit? If they’re such a problem, maybe they should carry more of the burden?
RecentCoin 2007-08-21 12:45 Dallas Police
Well, I did some poking around. MADD is getting $175 per DWI in Dallas [Ed Note: We received a letter from a MADD volunteer taking issue with this figure but we were unable to verify his claims (see comments below).].
Allen Gwinn 2007-08-18 05:06 Dallas Police
On the heels of the revelation that even revising reporting methods won't help soften Dallas' position as the most crime-ridden major city in America, has come a dramatic rise in residential burglaries in Northeast Dallas. But could confusion and miscommunication be contributing to the Northeast Division's inability to get a handle on the situation?
RecentCoin 2007-05-29 10:04 Dallas Police
Let's see what Chief Kunkle has done since he started that might have ticked off the "rank and file" causing them to vote "no confidence"... How about disciplining the TAC officer that was parking his patrol car to go off with a hooker? How about firing the officer that hadn't show up for work in more than a year? How about firing the officers that had been caught driving drunk?
Allen Gwinn 2006-06-12 09:19 Dallas Police
Before reading this story, you really should read or watch The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. While slogging through the 1-inch stack of Internal Affairs reports that led to the firing of Dallas Police Officer Shelly Pierce, a warning from the Guide popped into my head. "On no account should you allow a Vogon to read poetry to you." I'm not going to explain it. Go see the movie or read the book. You'll understand.
Michael Davis 2006-06-09 06:32 City of Dallas Dallas Police
I’ve never seen a police chief get such grief for firing some officers. Chief Kunkle is trying to set precedent that bad officers will not be tolerated. If we have 3,000 officers and 9 or 10 get fired, that shows the Chief is getting rid of bad apples. Read the news articles, look at the violations, and you tell me if you feel it’s warranted. That means 99% of other officers are doing their job.
Allen Gwinn 2006-05-21 00:03 City of Dallas Dallas Police
When the bar turned up the music, Avi Adelman, of BarkingDogs.Org fame, complained. But instead of the peace and quiet he hoped to find, Adelman ended up getting a ticket himself. A little over an hour later, Adelman received a profanity-laced email. The sender was traced back to a computer at the Dallas Police Department's Central Operations Division.
Allen Gwinn 2005-12-08 20:54 Dallas Police
The end is near for Senior Cpl. Robert Becker. He fought the good fight on Dallas' streets, but there's one battle he can't win: his six-year struggle with the stomach cancer that has left tumors inside and outside his body.
Allen Gwinn 2005-12-07 20:47 Dallas Police
In a classic case of "he should-a known it would make national news headlines," Franklin Ohio Police Lieutenant Wayne Bowling nailed 68-year-old Beverly Kidwell with his taser. Kidwell got tired of waiting in the lobby to be arrested on an assault warrant. According to Franklin Police (who are preparing a press release), Kidwell apparently tried to leave and that's when Bowling drew his taser and fired. Five times. Surveillance pictures show Bowling shooting Kidwell while she was seated on a bench. Kidwell was taken to an area hospital.
Allen Gwinn 2005-10-12 16:13 Dallas Police
In the mood for a good laugh? You know, sometimes the City of Dallas can be its own worst enemy. We have referred previously to a city-prepared Microsoft Powerpoint presentation being used to promote the city's "Verified Response" proposal. Under Verified Response, the police department would no longer respond to burglar alarm calls unless a crime-in-progress were verified by someone such as a security guard or neighbor. Though the city's presentation lacked many details it really needed, an interesting statistic jumped out of it: the Dallas Police Department's calculation showing that police officers average 4.4 "active work" hours per 8 hour shift. "Active work," according to the City Manager's office, is the amount of time a police officer averages on the street actually answering calls and enforcing the law. To a statistics misfit (like me), this statistic screams: "take a closer look."
Allen Gwinn 2005-08-12 15:00 Dallas Police
The salary data has been up a little over 72 hours. In that time, there have been around 11,000 searches. So, obviously, there are a number of people poking around. The comments I've gotten, surprisingly enough, have been overwhelmingly positive (somewhere around 99% positive!). However, I thought it appropriate to respond to something that, I think, has become the de-facto "party line" of the critics: 
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EXCLUSIVE: But we want to see them! Dallas.Org obtains burglary video from one crime victim that police detectives wouldn't look at.
Tension between bar owners and neighborhood residents are nothing new on Lower Greenville. So it should come as no surprise that when Suede Bar and Grill opened what they claimed to be the "biggest rooftop bar patio in Texas" complete with live music, someone was bound to call the police.