DPD Police Chief Reneé Hall Resigns

Dallas TX

10 September, 2020

5:06 PM

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From Preston Hollow Advocate: By Marissa Alvarado September 8th, 2020 Hall was DPD's police chief since 2017. Dallas Police Chief Reneé Hall, the city's first Black woman chief and Lake Highlands neighbor, resigned today, according to a statement from city manager T.C. Broadnax. "Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax has accepted Dallas Police Chief Reneé Hall's letter of resignation effective November 10, 2020," the statement said. "City Manager Broadnax has alerted members of the Dallas City Council and Chief Hall has notified her Command Staff." Hall's resignation comes after the George Floyd protests where DPD arrested 185 protesters during the first weekend of protests between May 29 and June 1. On Monday, June 1, marchers were trapped on the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, and 696 people were detained. Read more at the Preston Hollow Advocate. The Preston Hollow Advocate is part of a chain of hyperlocal websites covering communities around Dallas.