Kunkle, 72, served as chief in Dallas from 2004 until his retirement in 2010. Kunkle also served as police chief in Grand Prairie and Arlington, after beginning his career as a Dallas beat cop in 1972.
Former Dallas police chief David Kunkle died on Friday, according to multiple reports. Kunkle, 72,
from 2004 until his retirement in 2010. Kunkle also served as police chief in Grand Prairie and Arlington, after beginning his career as a Dallas beat cop in 1972.with Lewy body dementia. According towhen breaking the story, Lewy body dementia is “a disease caused when protein deposits, called Lewy bodies, develop in nerve cells in the parts of the brain tasked with thought, memory and movement.”“Ultimately, it’s going to be fatal.
During his time as chief in Dallas, Kunkle developed a reputation for gaining positive results and ushering in favorable changes throughout the department. WFAA notes that Dallas’ in each of his six years on the job. “The city reached its lowest number of murders in 40 years, dropping from 248 murders the year he started to 148 when he left,” the WFAA report states.“I had the honor of meeting Chief Kunkle the week that I arrived in Dallas,” he wrote. “He left a legacy, and [a] very high bar to achieve for any leader of this organization.”Since we started the, it has been defined as the free, independent voice of Dallas, and we'd like to keep it that way.
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