Megan Thomas DPD Officer Megan Thomas steps in as Officer Chelsea Geist is promoted DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writertaffet@dallasvoice.com Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia named Officer Megan Thomas as new LGBT police liaison earlier this month, replacing Officer Chelsea Geist, who received a promotion to the crime response team.
Geist said she had hoped to continue in her liaison position at least through Pride month but had to take the position when it opened.
Her last official act as liaison was being among the officers who raised the official city Pride flag over Dallas police headquarters.
Thomas has been on the Dallas police force since 2018. Her law enforcement experience before that included stints with a sheriff’s office in