Today is my last day at @dallasnews.com and it's still hard to believe it snuck up. Words can't express my gratitude for DMN's chance on me when I was a breaking news fellow.

I'm leaving after ~4 years covering Dallas PD, which has been an incredible opportunity to work on important stories.

There are more people in the audience today than the usual monthly oversight meetings. Board member Ozzie Smith thanks those who came out to hear the Chief’s views and is outlining the six pages of questions they’d hoped to ask.

“This is not the meeting that we had anticipated as a board.”

Chief Daniel Comeaux opens his remarks at Dallas’ Community Police Oversight Board by addressing yesterday’s protests. He said he’s sad officers had rocks and bottles thrown at them, but he’s proud of their strength and only one person was arrested.

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I’m eternally grateful to @dallasnews.com, where I’ve grown as a journalist and met people whose friendships I’ll always treasure. I'm honored to have reported on stories from DPD's loss of evidence to the unnoticed death of a man in hospital police custody to the departure of our DPD chief.