Dallas PD First Major-City Police Department In TX To Embrace Peer-Intervention Training
All 3,600 officers are expected to complete the training by early 2022
DALLAS (June 24, 2021) – The Dallas Police Department has become the first major-city police department in Texas to fully embrace an innovative peer-intervention program called Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement (ABLE), which provides practical strategies and tactics to help officers reduce mistakes. The ABLE training program, funded through a $300,000 grant from the Dallas City Council in January, is administered by the Caruth Police Institute (CPI) at the University of North Texas at Dallas (UNT Dallas).
During a briefing today at UNT Dallas, Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia, along with Caruth Police Institute leaders and Dallas Assistant City Manager Jon Fortune, reported the program is fully under way, and the entire force of approximately 3,200 officers – from chiefs and patrol officers to new recruits –