Dallas oversight board approves OCPO reviews of two officer‑involved incidents, recommends independent vehicle‑pursuit review and opens a new probe

The Community Police Oversight Board on Wednesday approved two Office of Community Police Oversight reviews and voted to ask the Dallas Police Department to establish a vehicle‑pursuit review process. The board also voted to open an independent OCPO investigation into a separate complaint concerning alleged mistreatment and a failure to accommodate a complainant with disabilities.

The board considered three OCPO items:

1) CN2024002 — an officer‑involved shooting that followed a 14‑minute vehicle pursuit on July 25, 2023. OCPO's review agreed with Internal Affairs that the use of deadly force by the on‑scene officer was justified. OCPO found multiple DPD pursuit‑policy violations, including: crossing a divided highway, exceeding the department's three‑vehicle pursuit limit, and officers driving code‑3 to "catch up" to an active pursuit without supervisory direction. OCPO recommended that DPD establish an independent review process for high‑speed vehicle pursuits that would be conducted by reviewers not involved in the incident.

The board voted to approve OCPO's findings on CN2024002. The motion passed unanimously. The board directed OCPO to send the…