Dallas Police

[sports2398]

Any info in this dept/academy, etc ? Can't seem to find any links for there academy.

[cecilVA]

Big department, okay morale, the mayor recently fired their Chief whom many officers didn't like. Although I dont' think the Mayor is too popular either with the rank and file. Decent pay, although other smaller depts in the Metroplex pay better. Pretty good retirement. Dallas has a god amount of crime so no shortage of action. Couldn't tell you much about the academy however, other than whats on the DPD website.

[crazy fan]

Correction, morale is through the floor. Many officers are only staying around because they are close to retirement. Retirement for them is VERY good. I believe it's 96% of max pay. Apparently the academy has fallen off from what they were a few years ago. Find another department. You'll be paid better, and you'll have a better experience.

[camorgan]

saying the morale is through the floor there is putting it mildly. I've heard not a single cop there say much of anything good about their working conditions (real and mental) in some time.

[cecilVA]

Lol, I stand corrected. Scratch that dept off the list of places to apply at.

[sports2398]

Lol, I stand corrected. Scratch that dept off the list of places to apply at.

Ok, thanks! lol

[Charlie]

DPD was once an excellent department for all intensive purposes but generally it is experiencing a similar fate like many other large urban departments have faced across this country. As someone else put it, from what I have generally heard, morale is STILL pretty low. And they recently got rid of a very poor chief whose legacy will likely reverberate for quite sometime. I suspect it might be sometime before DPD will recover from all the long term "damage" they've sustained.

In my opinion, I would not recommend going to DPD for the time being. I think a lot will depend upon WHO their next Chief will be and what actions that new Chief will do to remedy all of the problems and issues that department is facing.
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Charlie