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Denton Police report 2024: recruitment gains, fewer traffic fatalities, new tech pilot
Summary
Deputy Chief Derek Bradford presented the Police Department's 2024 annual report highlighting recruitment successes, a drop in traffic fatalities, peer-support expansion and a pilot of AI-assisted report drafting; council asked for more year-over-year context and performance metrics.
Deputy Chief Derek Bradford presented the Denton Police Department's 2024 annual report to City Council on April 1, outlining staffing and recruitment efforts, community engagement initiatives, and operational data.
Bradford said the department expanded recruitment efforts by creating a 16-member auxiliary recruiter team to supplement a dedicated sergeant and two officers; he attributed record civil-service test participation to that outreach. The department also revamped its peer-support program, held an open house for potential recruits and graduated a Basic Peace Officer Course (BPOC) class. "We set up a team of 16 officers…to go out and reach out to different places," Bradford said, and described last year's outreach as "very successful."
Traffic and enforcement data: Bradford reported eight fatal traffic accidents in 2024, a 50% decrease…
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