\n Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux discussed recruiting, proactive policing, downtown safety, and team culture on Let\u2019s Talk Local. | Image by DX <\/p>\n
Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux says his long-term goal is to make the Dallas Police Department known as the most proactive police department in the country.<\/p>\n
Comeaux joined Sarah Zubiate Bennett on Let\u2019s Talk Local to discuss his vision for DPD, the department\u2019s recruiting gains, downtown safety, and the leadership culture he says is helping drive crime down.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want everyone to know that we are the most proactive police department in the United States and keeping everyone safe,\u201d Comeaux said.<\/p>\n
Comeaux said that means officers are not simply waiting for emergency calls.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re not just sitting by dispatch waiting for 911 calls to come in,\u201d Comeaux said. \u201cWe\u2019re going out looking for the worst of the worst to put them in jail, especially those who have felony warrants.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said DPD also works with federal partners daily to target serious offenders.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019re out there selling drugs in Dallas, you need to be worried about us knocking on your door at six in the morning,\u201d Comeaux said.<\/p>\n
Comeaux credited part of the department\u2019s progress to rebranding DPD and building a culture officers want to join and remain part of.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople want to play for this team now and they want to stay on this team,\u201d Comeaux said.<\/p>\n
The chief said DPD recently held a three-day recruiting event that drew 337 applicants, something he said had not happened in Dallas before.<\/p>\n
Comeaux also said the department has changed how it approaches leadership and staffing. He pointed to bringing experienced civilian professionals into key roles, including communications and human resources, so officers can focus on policing.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re civilianizing certain positions throughout the police department to make us better,\u201d Comeaux said.<\/p>\n
Comeaux said the department continues to see crime reductions, but he emphasized that DPD is not finished improving.<\/p>\n
\u201cLook, we\u2019re not done,\u201d Comeaux said. \u201cWe\u2019re not done.\u201d<\/p>\n
He compared his role to that of a general manager building a winning sports team.<\/p>\n
\u201cI get to put the players in the right position to succeed,\u201d Comeaux said.<\/p>\n
Comeaux discussed recruiting, violent crime, leadership, downtown safety, and the legacy he hopes to leave in the full Let\u2019s Talk Local episode.<\/p>\n
Watch the full conversation with Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux on Let\u2019s Talk Local.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux discussed recruiting, proactive policing, downtown safety, and team culture on Let\u2019s Talk Local.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,68277,104,103,4081,9294,109,126518,126517,129607,1225,112232],"class_list":["post-365890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-crime","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-dallas-police-department","tag-daniel-comeaux","tag-downtown-dallas","tag-dpd-recruiting","tag-lets-talk-local","tag-police-recruiting","tag-public-safety","tag-sarah-zubiate-bennett"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}