What's up with Dallas (TX) PD?

[CincyCop]

Looks like Dallas PD really needs Police Officers...I saw this posted in the men's head at the Cincinnati Reds Great American Ball Park today...$10K signing bonus.

[txinvestigator1]

Looks like Dallas PD really needs Police Officers...I saw this posted in the men's head at the Cincinnati Reds Great American Ball Park today...$10K signing bonus.

DPD has HUGE issues. They recently lowered their physical agility standards to try to get more people to pass.

Their management policies suck, and you can see the effects of the poor moral on the troops.

Years ago DPD was THE place to work. Today it is THE place to avoid.

[SERENAs UNIT]

Wow....I had NO idea it was THAT bad.

We live just n/e of Dallas, so we get DFW news broadcasts....

I THOUGHT the new chief was doing good.....?

[chewy]

DPD has HUGE issues. They recently lowered their physical agility standards to try to get more people to pass.

Their management policies suck, and you can see the effects of the poor moral on the troops.

Years ago DPD was THE place to work. Today it is THE place to avoid.

kind of like the Army eh?!

[TXCharlie]

I have an extended family member in the DPD who loves Chief Kunckle - But that's in comparison to former Chief Bolton, who was a clown and embarassment to the whole city.

TX, what are the issues besides low pay, high crime, and too few officers?

Lowering physical agility standards for Reserves is a plus to me - As soon as my knee heals up, I'm applying :D - But the strange thing is, they will not tell me what the standards actually are!!! It would be nice to have a list of them as goals to meet, before I actually show up on their doorstep :confused:

OH BY THE WAY - Don't take the $10k signup bonus too literaly. It's $6k when you get into the Academy, but you don't get the other $4k for another 18 months, as I remember, if you're still on the job.

[mpd145]

you think thats bad, try livin in dallas theyre everywhere

[TXCharlie]

Oh also...

No one mentioned that Chief Kunckle has recently fired something like 15 or 20 officers over the last couple of months - I lost track of the exact number, but one report said he'd fired over 30 officers since he took office.

It sounded like most of them needed firing, though.

[CincyCop]

kind of like the Army eh?!

Is this Coast Guard vs. Army?

Cool!

:D

[chewy]

Is this Coast Guard vs. Army?

Cool!

:D

Well, I wasn't attacking the Army (after all someone has to be willing to run at the bullets 'cus us Coasties are usually smarter than that! :D), I just commented on the lower standards because the Army just recently announced that they were raising the age limit for new hires and made the physical requirements for those older soldiers easier than the regular new hires. If the Coast Guard did the same I might just sign up again!

[txinvestigator1]

Wow....I had NO idea it was THAT bad.

We live just n/e of Dallas, so we get DFW news broadcasts....

I THOUGHT the new chief was doing good.....?

I think Kunckle is doing good. However, he has years of mismanagement to try to repair, and that moronic mayor does not make it any easier for him.

Did you see the Becky Oliver story on the Dallas officers at Love Field? It is unacceptable that all of that was going on. No one knew.

That is just an example.

[TXCharlie]

I think Kunckle is doing good. However, he has years of mismanagement to try to repair, and that moronic mayor does not make it any easier for him.

I used to support Mayor Miller until she screwed the cops out of the pay raises she promised, and treated the Guardian Angels' founder Curtis Sliwa shamefully when he came to town - In fact they still have my & Bob Weir's letter on their site.
http://www.guardianangels.org/pdf/657.pdf

Weir is a retired NYPD Sgt and runs a local newspaper - Here's the full text of his encounter with the Guardian Angels & Mayor Miller:
Guardian Angels in America's murder capital

He's also a regular contributor to the American thinker - I think you'd like this one too:
Bloodstained sidewalks and Nobel Prizes

Any-hoo, now I just consider Miller another Democrat who needs to leave office, even though she's done some very good things, such as helping to get rid of Chief Bolton and leading the crusade against spending taxpayer money on sports stadiums. She has made several anti-gun comments so I don't want her in higher office.

[hutchins]

Dear CincyCop,

The fact that you are taking pictures in the men's bathroom scares me. You need to seek help. Please warn other RP members when you are about to taka a picture.

:D :D

[matt87]

Chief Kunkle seems to have his stuff together, from what I've read. But with a lousy city government there is onyl so much you can do.

[madsnax]

If they're in dire need of Officers they should lose the degree requirement. Lots of people without degrees would love to give it a shot.

[matt87]

If they're in dire need of Officers they should lose the degree requirement. Lots of people without degrees would love to give it a shot.

I somewhat agree. They just don't offer enough incentive to work there with a degree, when other departments in the area pay more, have higher morale, better equipment etc.