Dallas Police transparency is coming says Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia in a statement on a new public dashboard.
Dallas Police Department revealed its new use of force database yesterday.
The website can be viewed here.
There is a new tool for citizens to monitor Dallas Police Department use of force data. The dashboard will provide current data back to 2014.
“You know, it’s the most polarizing issue in American law enforcement, is use of force,” said Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia.
“We’re trying to be as transparent as possible,” Garcia added.
Transparency is key when it comes to maintaining trust between law enforcement and the community per Chief Garcia.
He said bringing the database to the public was an effort that took about two years to complete.
The public will find it breaks down data into the subject’s gender, race, age, and area the incidents happened.
DPD administrators said the information will help the public know what is occurring. It will also help DPD measure if there’s evidence of questionable cultures of policing.
“There’s things in the report that there are disparities in some areas,” Said Garcia.
He went on “we found that there is no disparate treatment when they utilize force, regardless of race or ethnicity.”
Dallas Police Transparency Will Be Change
The new transparency does not reflect recent activity by Dallas Police to make up policy on the fly. Cases of protecting First Amendment rights have been covered by Other Side Dallas previously.
There have been other efforts by Chief Garcia to reduce the public’s connection to real time police data.