UNT System
Communities Foundation of Texas and the Dallas Police Department announced today the creation of the W.W. Caruth, Jr. Dallas Police Institute, to be developed in collaboration with the University of North Texas and located at the new UNT Dallas Campus.
The groundbreaking institute will prepare and empower leaders in the Dallas Police Department and serve as a national research site for urban law enforcement agencies. The result will be a well educated, better trained police force to respond to the city's crime challenge while effectively protecting and serving the citizens of Dallas.
"My hope and my dream is that we will one day look back and see this as the most important day in the history of the Dallas Police Department," Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle said during the press conference where the gift was announced. Kunkle said his department had insisted that every program of the institute be delivered in Dallas.
To do so, the Dallas Police Department turned to the University of North Texas, and specifically the new UNT Dallas Campus in the city's Southern sector. Launched nearly a decade ago, the UNT Dallas Campus will soon become a freestanding university, and the only public university within the city limits of Dallas.
"We're delighted to be able to partner with the Dallas Police Department for this project," said UNT System Chancellor Lee Jackson. "Working with the department is a unique opportunity to combine academic and street-level insights to develop the new and better practices in police strategy and tactics."
Pictured in the photo are: (from left to right) Brent Christopher, President and CEO, Communities Foundation; Dallas Police Chief, David Kunkle; Dallas Mayor, Tom Leppert; and UNT System Chancellor Lee F. Jackson.