Dallas Police briefing: firearms inventory and ammunition tracking need modernized systems
DPD briefed the Finance Committee on a firearms and ammunition audit that found manual tracking, siloed unit databases and clerical errors; DPD says it—s centralizing control under quartermaster and launched a digital forms system but estimates full inventory software by 2027.
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Lieutenant Scott Corker and Major Chuck Merritt told the committee that an external/internal firearms inventory audit covering Oct. 1, 2021—6 Dec. 31, 2023 found a lack of consistent cross-unit communication, paper or spreadsheet tracking, and clerical errors that produced apparent—but later reconciled—missing firearms. Corker said the audit "highlighted what the audit already showed, that we need a better process in place to track these weapons on a day to day basis."
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