Friday, September 2, 2016

NBC: Dallas Police Chief David Brown, Who Led Force Through Cop Killings, Is Retiring

By Jon Shuppe and Tom Winter, Sept. 2, 2016, NBC News

The Dallas police chief who helped steer the city through the killings of five officers during a July protest march said Thursday he's retiring.

David Brown, a 33-year veteran of the force, said in a statement that the decision was "difficult," but didn't say why he was stepping down.

Instead, Brown recalled the 1980s crack cocaine epidemic that inspired him to become a police officer "to be part of the solution." And he urged the public to remember the five officers shot to death by a gunman on July 7.

"I know the people of Dallas will never forget the ultimate sacrifice they made on the streets of our city that awful night," Brown said in a statement.


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