Dallas police will receive close to $1.4 million to purchase a new system that will analyze officers’ use of force over the next four years and evaluate...
García said he held a meeting with Dallas police associations and spoke with the vendor, Police Strategies LLC, to discuss implementing the new service, which he views as integral for a department “wanting to be proactive.”38 complaints about officer use of force in 2021, down from 59 in 2020, according to police data. In 2020, there was an uptick in complaints tied to the downtown protests that stirred after the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.
“My officers have to use force at times and force doesn’t look pretty — it’s not a choreographed dance,” García said. “I don’t want to run from it, I don’t want to hide from it, but we’re going to be judicious in how we do it, and we need to show our community that’s how we’re applying that.” The chief has planned for months to launch a comprehensive use-of-force public dashboard in Dallas. One of his notable moves while top cop in San Jose, Calif., was overseeing the launch of anHe has said that the Dallas dashboard would look similar to that one. He also has said the department would start reporting use-of-force data to the FBI, which itLeaders from the three biggest Dallas police associations were supportive of the new system.
Terrance Hopkins, president of the Black Police Association of Greater Dallas, said he believes the system would contribute to the department’s transparency by adding another layer of checks and balances. “We still have underserved communities here who do not have a great working relationship with the police department or their trust level,” Hopkins said. “That has been damaged. We’ve got to do our part in repairing that. If we don’t, what does that say about us?”
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