Dallas Police Department Officer Tyrone Williams was arrested for Sexual Assault of a Child. He was transported and booked into the Lew Sterret Justice Center.
Tyrone Williams – One Of Many Criminal DPD Officers
Dallas Police have suffered numerous officers acting poorly in the past year. Earlier in 2021, Keith Huber was arrested for Family Violence Assault – Bodily Injury.
Additionally, a DPD Officer arrested in Fort Worth has an interesting history. Dallas police officer, Senior Corporal Daniel Collins, was arrested Thursday on a charge of transportation of child pornography, officials said. According to his Facebook page he appears to also be a self avowed “ISIS hunter.”
Another officer, Brian Deininger, continues to lead field sobriety training despite his own issues with alcohol impairment behind the wheel.
An early morning Fair Park raid by the Dallas Police Department in conjunction with the FBI resulted in almost two dozen people being arrested. The raid which included four hundred agents happened west and southwest of Fair Park.
Fair Park Raid Details
Suspects arrested were connected to organized gang activity, including murder and drug sales. Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia in February had referred to drug houses as a detriment.
Despite being one of thirty-five sectors in Dallas, the area where the raid occured makes up ten percent of all violent crime in Dallas. In 2018 there were 10 murders and 315 aggravated assaults in the area. In 2020, murders more than doubled to 23 and Agg Assaults was 485.
Federal authorities, including the FBI, said the area where the raid happened is one of the most violent areas in the Metroplex, and Dallas police said the area makes up 10% of all violent crime across the city.
An FBI taskforce called “Safer Streets,” was launched to combat violent crime in the area.
In addition to Chief Garcia, FBI Special Agent in Charge Matthew J. DeSarno, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah, DEA Dallas Special Agent in Charge Eduardo Chávez, and ATF Dallas Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey Boshek II were all present during the briefing at the FBI Dallas Headquarters.
Shah said they decided to move in now, because they feared the violence would only get worse in the summer months.
“Dallas is bracing for sure and we watch with alarm as summer will spike in the summer,” said Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah. “But the chaos of the pandemic has made everything even more volatile.”
Shah said the inclusion of federal investigators, and federal charges – which often carry steeper penalties than state charges – acts as a possible deterrent.
“The know the difference between state time and federal time, and they do not want to get federal time,” Shah explained, saying that the operation today achieved two goals: taking violent criminals off the street and sending a message to would-be-criminals that the Feds are watching.
Chief Garcia added, “the message today for the residents is simple: DPD is not alone in keeping community safe, DPD is not alone in weeding out the criminal element and DPD is not along in seeding the community with hope,” he said.
Last summer when Governor Abbott sent in the Texas Rangers to patrol much of the same area, local City Councilman Adam Bazaldua responded sharply. He was oe of the ringleaders to defund Dallas City Police last summer in favor of bike lanes, art, and solar power programs.
Dallas Police Department had two officers shot at an apartment off Bonita per one source. So far Dallas Police PIOs have not confirmed this information as it is an active incident.
Sources state that the two officers are in “stable condition.”
Officers Shot – SWAT On Scene
Dallas SWAT is on scene and more than twenty units had formed up at a Command Post.
This follow an incident where officers were shot at earlier in the month leading to the discovery of three dead. In November, officers were attacked near the city border with Mesquite.
Chief Eddie Garcia came out swinging saying drug houses a detriment to our neighborhoods in a tweet just two days after a Dallas City Council Public Safety committee meeting focused on drug arrests.
Drug houses are a detriment to our city. Today, Dallas SWAT served a warrant at a high risk location. 6 people were arrested for narco. But, it was the 10th time in 3 yrs we’ve hit this location. My message to landlords: Be warned, be responsible or we WILL hold YOU accountable.
On Monday, new Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia halted a resolution to stop arrests for small amounts of marijuana at his very first Public Safety Committee meeting.
A City Council resolution against arrests for less than two ounces of marijuana has been under review for months since Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot began refusing to prosecute those cases.
Drug Houses A Detriment To More Than Neighborhoods
During the meeting Garcia noted, “The real victims were those businesses in that area that have to struggle with drug dealers posting up in front of their business and having a 24-hour weed sale in front of their businesses. That is something that certainly affects our city.”
Dallas Police Monitor Tonya McClary, who runs the Officer of Community Police Oversight, said 6,000 misdemeanor cases last year, including many for small amounts of marijuana, unfairly targeted African Americans. She complained these arrests leave them with harmful criminal records.
Garcia said you can not arrest your way our of crime and that he intends to have a new violent crime plan by April.
Garcia has been on the job for only one week, but faces an uphill battle with three dead this weekend in an apartment shooting. He is also not following in the steps of his predecessor, Reneé Hall, who was cozy with violent criminals leading to her leaving early after it was disclosed.
Tonight three dead in Northeast Dallas after Dallas Police Department officers responded to a reported active shooter.
Dallas Police had been called to the active shooter incident in the 9800 block of Summerwood Circle at 4:30 p.m.
As officers approached the scene, one of their vehicles were hit and they retreated to safety and activated SWAT.
Officers entered the scene after 7:00 p.m. finding two dead women and a dead man at the incident. Per reports, Dallas Police did not fire their weapons.
Three Dead In Northeast Dallas – Hard Start For Eddie Garcia’s Tenure
Chief Garcia was introduced to Dallas in late December after his selection and he has been on the job for less than a week. Reducing violent crime was task number one for the new chief after his predecessor saw crime rates skyrocket.
Dallas Police Department Senior Corporal Keith Huber was arrested for Family Violence Assault – Bodily Injury. He was transported to the Waxahachie Jail.
Keith Huber photo from Waxahachie Jail. A previous picture incorrectly listed Stephen Vineyard who is subject of a second story forthcoming.
Senior Corporal Huber has been with the department for nearly two decades – coming on the force in May 2002.
Huber was also charged with assault causing bodily injury of a family member in October 2016 for a September 2016 incident. Huber turned himself into the Ellis County Sheriff’s Department on Friday in connection with that incident. Those charges were dismissed in November 2018.
Keith Huber – Not Only Officer With Incidents
Dallas Police have suffered numerous officers acting poorly in the past year.
Additionally, a DPD Officer arrested in Fort Worth has an interesting history. Dallas police officer, Senior Corporal Daniel Collins, was arrested Thursday on a charge of transportation of child pornography, officials said. According to his Facebook page he appears to also be a self avowed “ISIS hunter.”
Another officer, Brian Deininger, continues to lead field sobriety training despite his own issues with alcohol impairment behind the wheel.
Two people were shot Monday afternoon in a Pleasant Grove convenience store incident.
Dallas Police Department officials said it happened Monday afternoon at the Mini Mart on Scyene Road near North St. Augustine Drive.
The two victims are in stable condition at a local hospital and police are not commenting further on motive.
Pleasant Grove Convenience Store Incident – Just One More?
While the shooting was happening, D7 Council Member Adam Bazaldua was tweeting about race issues with COVID19 vaccination sites.
He was a leading voice on defunding Dallas Police Department in summer of 2020, but a campaign insider said he is terrified of Kevin Felder or Tiffinni Young jumping into the D7 council race.
“Adam is dismissing Not My Son’s Tramonica Brown,” said another source.
The final budget partially defunded police overtime, but removed some of the pork projects that had been substituted originally.
Who made the call to rescind yesterday’s memo about Dallas Police dispatch and who made the call to issue it unsigned? Those are the questions Dallas is asking this morning.
The second day of the New Year was a communications debacle as an unsigned memo came to light stating several calls with potential for violence would not be dispatched. Among them were burglary of a motor vehicle, runaways, and incidents involving child custody.
Rescind Statement And Investigation
Council Member Jennifer Staubach Gates issued her own statement against the dispatch orders stating the matter was internal and draft in nature. She said it was “premature for DPD to initiate these changes before briefing the Public Safety Committee and before the new Chief begins.”
Chief Garcia is scheduled to start work sometime in February and the next Public Safety Committee meeting is scheduled for January 11, 2021 at 1:00pm.
An internal call diversion memo intended for Dallas Police Department dispatch personnel was rescinded today after social media outrage.
The memo for 911 Call Center staff regarding KPMG’s recommendations to divert certain Priority 4 calls to the Dallas Online Reporting System (DORS) or an Expediter was released to the public on social media.
The memorandum was sent prematurely per Dallas Police. The department is still in the evaluation phase on this item and will have further dialogue on recommendations and next steps. Therefore, the actions set out in the memorandum have been rescinded at this time.
The controversy comes less than a week after Chief Eddie Garcia was introduced to the public in his first press conference.
Call Diversion Memo
The internal memo showed several types of calls which would go undispatch in most cases by Dallas Police.
There are several call types listed for nonresponse including runaways and interference with child custody that propensity for violence.
These efforts were made possible through the Texas Department of State Health Services’ allocation of 2,000 Moderna COVID-19 vaccines.
Recent new infections have ranged from 1500 to 2000 per day. During the summer Dallas was a hot zone for COVID19 then with far lower infections per capita.
Dallas First Responder Vaccinations Process
The process consists of a check-in, vaccination stations, made up of strike teams (two paramedics and one documentation officer) specially trained to administer the vaccine, and an evaluation area where members can be monitored for potential side-effects before leaving.
The City expects 250 first responders to be vaccinated per day and expects this first Moderna allocation to be followed in the coming months by additional vaccines to inoculate remaining City of Dallas first responders.
In the weeks leading up to the vaccine allocation, DFR, DPD and the Office of Emergency Management put together a plan for a drive-thru style vaccination process using a parking garage at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center.
In addition to those that will be vaccinated with this allotment, there have been over one hundred DFR members to receive their first round of the vaccine through Parkland Hospital and Dallas County Health and Human Services.
Tracking is being done electronically; first responders will be automatically scheduled for their second round of the vaccine intwenty-eight days.
