12 former Dallas cops who became police chiefs elsewhere (PHOTOS) - Dallas Morning News (blog)
Floyd Simpson, who Aziz regards as a mentor, worked his way up over 25 years in Dallas to the assistant chief rank. Simpson was a popular and respected commander who rose to the rank of deputy chief under Terrell Bolton and assistant chief under David Kunkle, with whom he was a running partner. He was a finalist for the Dallas chief job in 2010. In 2012, he went to Corpus Christi , where he implemented some similar programs that he had seen in Dallas. Dallas officers, many of whom were also big Simpson fans, were nonetheless taken aback by the outpouring of support in Corpus Christi after Simpson’s death. The intersection of Park Lane and Greenville Avenue had the most number of accidents during 1997. In an effort ot bring this to the public’s attention and underscore the serious danger of running red lights, Robert Jackson Jr. , Executive... Assistant Chief Robert Jackson twice served as the department’s acting chief – after Bill Rathburn left to run security for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and again in 1999 after Ben Click retired. But after Terrell Bolton demoted him all the way to sergeant upon taking office, Jackson — who had been a contender for the permanent job — quit and sued Bolton. Source: crimeblog.dallasnews.com
