David Brown (police officer)

For other people of the same name, see David Brown.

David O'Neal Brown is the Chief of the Dallas Police Department, which serves the city of Dallas, Texas.

Education

A Dallas native, Brown is a graduate of South Oak Cliff High School and attended the University of Texas at Austin before enrolling in the Dallas Police Academy, originally with the intention of becoming a prosecutor.[1] He earned a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences from Dallas Baptist University in 1999 and an MBA from Amberton University in 2001[2] and has graduated from the FBI National Academy and also from the FBI National Executive Institute, the Senior Management Institute for Police, the National Counter-Terrorism Seminar in Tel Aviv, and the United States Secret Service Dignitary Protection Seminar. He is certified by the State of Texas as a Master Peace Officer and a Police Instructor.[3]

Career

After joining the Dallas Police Department in 1983, Brown worked in patrol divisions, SWAT, and internal affairs.[1][4] He became First Assistant Chief of Police in 2005; in 2007–08 he served as Assistant City Manager.[2] He was appointed police chief in April 2010[5] and sworn into office on May 4, 2010.[4][6]

Brown has a reputation as a tough boss.[1][2] As chief, he has publicly dismissed bad cops and sought to increase transparency, including equipping officers with body cameras,[7][8] and to reform training on the use of lethal force.[9]

Family

Chief David Brown is married to former Dallas police Sergeant Cedonia Brown.[1][6] His son David Brown Jr. murdered 23-year-old Jeremy McMillian and 37-year-old Lancaster, Texas police officer Craig Shaw on June 20, 2010. David Brown Jr. died in an ensuing shoot out with officers responding to the scene.[10] The Dallas County medical examiner found PCP in David Brown Jr's blood.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Scott Goldstein, Dallas Morning News, "Dallas Police Chief David Brown is a private man in a most public job", TXCN, May 23, 2010, archived at the Wayback Machine, June 30, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Scott Goldstein, "Hometown cop David Brown is accessible to residents but stern with those under his command", Dallas Morning News, April 1, 2010, updated November 26, 2010.
  3. ↑ "David O. Brown: Chief of Police", official biography, City of Dallas, retrieved September 2, 2014 (pdf).
  4. 1 2 Frank Heinz, "Dallas Has a New Top Cop: David Brown sworn in at 3 p.m. Tuesday", NBC DFW, May 4, 2010.
  5. ↑ Shelley Kofler, "Veteran Officer Named Dallas Police Chief", KERA News, April 28, 2010.
  6. 1 2 Scott Goldstein, "Retired Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle has left the building — with his margarita machine"; "Update: David Brown sworn in as Dallas police chief", crime blog, Dallas Morning News, May 4, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Police Chief David Brown To Spend $1M+ On Body Cams", CBS DFW, August 20, 2014.
  8. ↑ Nomaan Merchant and Jim Salter, Associated Press, "US Police Reaching Out to Black Communities", Black Press USA, August 28, 2014.
  9. ↑ Radley Balko, "Two-and-a-half cheers for Dallas Police Chief David Brown", Opinions, The Washington Post, January 16, 2014.
  10. ↑ James Meikle and Associated Press, "Dallas police chief's grief after his son kills policeman and young father", The Guardian, June 23, 2010.
  11. ↑ Tanya Eiserer, "Autopsy finds PCP in bloodstream of Dallas police chief's son", Dallas Morning News, June 30, 2010, updated November 26, 2010.


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