Dallas Police Review Board

New York's Michele Andre will lead the office providing support to the city of Dallas' Community Police Oversight Board. The role has been vacant for almost a year.

Kim Tolbert wrote in a memo Monday that a written reprimand and sensitivity training were enough punishment for the officers who mocked Dynell Lane after he urinated himself in a Deep Ellum pizzeria last year.

Dynell Lane said he was prevented from using a pizzeria restroom and urinated himself. Officers were later caught on camera laughing about the incident.

Ten of Dallas' 15 City Council members appear supportive of pulling money from the police department and reallocating it toward community investments, as…

Dallas is adding three city staff members to support its newly revamped citizen police oversight board, and expanding that board’s authority. The former…