Comments on: What the Dallas Police Dept. Will Never Tell You

By: Former reporter

Former reporter — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:49:59 +0000

Rare opportunity? You guys need to get over to DPD more often. As for the list, it’s also a way to answer as few questions as possible to the media, who like to know how a suspect was identified (that’s part of the “who” in our 5 w’s). Did the suspect confess? Also something inquiring minds want to know.

By: DPD

DPD — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:47:11 +0000

18. Number of hooks let go due to no chase policy.

By: Scout0820

Scout0820 — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:41:01 +0000

17. “You’re not that drunk. As long as you promise to drive straight home, I won’t take you in…”

By: Dallasite

Dallasite — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:51:49 +0000

13. Dallas’ crime rankings.
14. The next weird cube thing being built next to the convention center.
15. “I read this on a blog…”
16. The number of exonerated convicts in Dallas.

By: JB

JB — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:36:28 +0000

5. ongoing investigations
6. Robocop
7. Walker, Texas Ranger
8. Pete Delkus’ forecast
9. Wade Phillips
10. that weird cube thing that was just built downtown
12. Chief Kunkel’s “Dartboard face of the week”
11. Oprah
12. The City of Arlington

By: In the know

In the know — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:51:23 +0000

Police withhold some information to make sure a confession is real and to protect witnesses. Nothing unusual about that. There has been some turnover among the PIOs and they get little or no training before they are sent out to deal with reporters in the nation’s fifth largest media market.

By: Publicnewssense

Publicnewssense — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:37:16 +0000

How about wrecking the case by giving defense attorneys a way to cast doubt on the truthfulness of officers — if a PR guy says one thing and the cop on the stand says something else, who is lying?
Haven’t you ever been to a criminal trial?

By: Michael Davis

Michael Davis — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:01:44 +0000

It’s also to protect witnesses.

By: Opie T. Miest

Opie T. Miest — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:00:24 +0000

Plus avoiding tainting the jury pool. Plus withholding key information that will allow officers to determine if an informant or a spontaneously confessing kook is telling the truth.