DALLAS TEXAS, A STATE OF AFFAIRS OR A STATE OF CONFUSION

Dallas Texas citizens are seeing a rise in violent crime, longer police response times and less convictions of some non-violent crimes.  Why?  What’s going on?  How did things get this bad?  Why are Officers leaving or simply not applying to work in Dallas Texas?  How is the moral of the good men and women trying to protect that city impacting job performance?  On this special edition of Behind the Blue Curtain FRIDAY, 8pm central 7pm eastern will have 37-year Veteran Dallas Police Officer Nick Novello as out guest.  Nick pulls no punches and tells it like it is.  Nick has been a guest on the show several times.  Nick publicly advocated for change within the Department and with the City of Dallas’s handling of the Police Retirement System and pay, both of which are major factors in recruiting quality applicants and retaining skilled veteran officers.  If you’d like to call in the number is (646) 716-4621.

Dallas police arrested a 59-year-old man in connection with the city's first homicide of the year. Stanley Jemison told a detective that he shot 35-year-old Kerwin Clemons one time in the chest just before 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 1 in the OK Food Mart 6's parking lot in east Oak Cliff, according to an arrest warrant from Dallas police.   Dallas had 500 violent deaths in 1991, when the city’s population was much smaller.  Dallas Homicides involving a gun have increased 32% from a year ago, to 167. And domestic violence killings are up 55%.