{"id":263420,"date":"2026-04-23T22:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/263420\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T22:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:26:12","slug":"daniel-comeaux-reflects-on-1-year-as-dallas-police-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/263420\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Comeaux reflects on 1 year as Dallas Police Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"

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DALLAS – Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux has been on the job for one year, and he spoke about the past 365 days with FOX 4’s Shaun Rabb in a wide-ranging interview.<\/p>\n

“Super exciting. So happy that I put in for the job, so happy that the city manager chose me,” Comeaux says.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Learning curve as police chief? <\/p>\n

“I wouldn’t say there’s been a big learning curve because law enforcement is law enforcement, and leadership is leadership,” Comeaux said. “As the chief position, it’s more important about leadership than it is about being boots on the ground running the streets. I’m not running the streets anymore, so it’s about leadership.”<\/p>\n

Crime-stopping initiatives <\/p>\n

One of Comeaux’s biggest successes has been with crime-stopping initiatives in different sectors of Dallas, including Operation Clean Sweep. Last month, the Dallas Police Department announced 61 arrests of violent criminals as part of the operation.<\/p>\n

“The operations that we’ve been doing in partnership with the U.S. Marshals, I think, is super important to Dallas,” Comeaux said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“We’re putting bad people in jail, and also I feel because we’re doing that, in certain areas, like response time, they’ve gone down. Every single month over the last eleven months, response times have gone down.”<\/p>\n

Officer-involved shootings <\/p>\n

There have been eight officer-involved shootings with Dallas Police in 2026. Does Comeaux think that’s due to people being more willing to risk confrontation with law enforcement?<\/p>\n

“Let’s just hope it’s something that’s just happened in these first four months, and it’s not a trend, but the officers are doing a really good job of protecting everyone in the community,” Comeaux said. “Unfortunately, sometimes it comes to gun violence between a suspect and an officer which it’s unfortunate.”<\/p>\n

\"\" Politics on the job <\/p>\n

Comeaux says he didn’t expect to deal with politics every day as much as he has as Dallas Police Chief.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“One of the things that I try to do my very best is not to get involved in politics. I don’t understand some of the things and some of the things it’s above me.”<\/p>\n

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently threatened to pull $90 million in funding if the city does not comply with state ICE policies.<\/p>\n

“Look, we’re going to be in compliance with the state. I have a team coming up with the necessary general orders where we can be in compliance,” Comeaux tells Rabb.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“But understand, the Dallas Police Department is not immigration. We’re going to do everything to answer all the 911 calls and take care of everyone that lives in Dallas.”<\/p>\n

Future of the Dallas Police Department <\/p>\n

When Comeaux became Dallas Police Chief, the city was under a mandate from voters to add nearly 1,000 more officesr. Comeaux says recruiting for that initiative is going well.<\/p>\n

“We’re one of the few departments that can say we have more officers right now in 2026 than we did 13 years ago and that’s an amazing stat.”
As for the department’s future? Comeaux sees DPD being known as the best in the country.<\/p>\n

We’re going to keep going to the top. My goal is for us to be known as the No. 1 police department in the United States.”<\/p>\n

The Source: Information in this story comes from an interview with Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux and previous FOX 4 reporting.<\/p>\n

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