Former Dallas police chief David Kunkle died Friday after being diagnosed with Lewy body dementia. Kunkle was hired to serve as chief of the Dallas Police...
Kunkle first wore a badge in 1972 as a beat cop in Dallas’ Northwest Patrol Division. He has also served as police chief in Grand Prairie and Arlington.García said in a statement to all department employees Friday that Kunkle was known as a progressive chief who was “willing to make tough decisions.” His leadership echoes today in how “we police our city and in our current policies and procedures,” García said, adding Kunkle was the youngest captain in the department’s history.
After Kunkle turned 69 in November 2019, he was first diagnosed with Lewy body dementia, a disease caused when protein deposits, called Lewy bodies, develop in nerve cells in the parts of the brain tasked with thought, memory and movement. Kunkle saw doctors after a trip for his birthday where the couple returned early because Kunkle wasn’t acting like himself. He was confused about where he was and why he was there.
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