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Published on April 30th, 2017 | by Landon Buford

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Retired Dallas Police Chief David O. Brown To Discuss Challenges For Modern Law Enforcement

 

 

DALLAS , TX Retired returns to the spotlight in Dallas on June 7 when he discusses his life and the challenges of modern law enforcement at a program delivered by the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth and the AT&T Performing Arts Center.
The program is the debut event on Chief Brown’s tour for his biography, Called To Rise: A Life in Faithful Service to the Community That Made Me. Each ticket purchase includes a free autographed hardback copy of the record.
The conversation with Chief Brown will be moderated by Keven Ann Willey, Vice President and Editorial Page Editor of The Dallas Morning News.
Tickets go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Friday, May 5, for this 7:30 p.m. The event staged in partnership with the Council and the AT&T Performing Arts Center. Prices are $26, $36, $46 and $76. For tickets: See www.attpac.org, call 214-880-0202 or visit the AT&T Performing Arts Center, Winspear Opera House Box Office at 2403 Flora Street. The Box Office is open 10 a.m.– 6 p.m. Seven days a week.
The longtime Dallas police officer’s biography goes on sale nationally and internationally the day before his Dallas appearance. Chief Brown’s co-author is Michelle Burford, a founding editor of Oprah Winfrey’s O Magazine.
Chief Brown, a native of Dallas’ South Oak Cliff neighborhood, joined the Dallas Police Department in 1983, working his way through patrol and SWAT duty, internal affairs assignments and the assistant police chief rank before being appointed chief in April 2010.

He retired in the fall of 2016 after helping the city through one of its most difficult challenges of the 21st century, the July 7, 2016, ambush of a protest march in downtown Dallas.
Four Dallas officers and a DART officer were shot down. In a nationwide first, Chief Brown used an armed robot to end a standoff with the assailant. His cool, calm demeanor in ending the attack drew praise from across the state.

The Dallas Morning News is the media sponsor for Chief Brown’s appearance.

Contacts:

World Affairs Council

Larry Powell

214-965-8407

[email protected]

AT&T Performing Arts Center

Cindy Evans (Media Inquiries)

214-978-2882

[email protected]

 

 

 

 


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