DPD Chief Eddie Garcia New DPD Chief Eddie Garcia wants his officers and the LGBTQ community to be safe DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writertaffet@dallasvoice.com When more than 100 police officers joined Chief Eddie Garcia to raise the official Dallas city Pride flag, none of the officers were told to attend; they were told they were welcome to attend.
That’s the atmosphere Garcia wants his department to have, and officers and the public are responding to it. Many more officers said they would have attended but were unable to because they were out around the city patrolling. “We’re going to be loud about being allies,” Garcia told Dallas Voice this week. “Raising the Pride flag in front of headquarters was important.” While other Dallas