Mandate #46 training was conducted at Cobb County Public Safety Training Center Marietta, GA. Training Included: Emergency Vehicle Operator Course (EVOC), Firearms, Pursuit Termination Techniques (PIT), Defensive Tactics, Courtroom Demeanor & Court Orientation, Crimes Against Children, Patrol Rifle Cert, 1st Aid/CPR, Fingerprinting, ASP Cert, Use of Force, Judgmental Shooting, Backup Drills w/ Firearms, K-9, Deescalation Training, Taser Cert, OC Cert and Exposure, Firearms Night Fire, Building Clearing (S.W.A.T.), Vehicle Pullovers, Active Shooter, Impaired Driver, Traffic and Tactics, Officer Survival and hours of Physical Training. The overall Basic Law Enforcement course is 408 hours / Extended Basic Course 270 hours.
Robert Johnson ( Corsicana TX PD Chief ) is not only a 31 Year Law Enforcement Veteran. 23 Year Chief of Police and is currently serving as the Chief of Police for Corsicana, Texas; he is also an accomplished actor.
In the deadliest single incident for law enforcement officers in the United States since the September 11 attacks, The Dallas shootings claimed the lives of 5 officers and injuring 9 others surpassing two 2009 shootings in Lakewood, Washington, and Oakland, California, where four officers each were killed.
DPD Senior Cpl. Lorne Ahrens, age 48, who had been with the department since 2002.
DPD Officer Michael Krol, 40, who had been with the department since 2007.
DPD Sgt. Michael Smith, 55, a former Army Ranger[51] who had been with the department since 1989.
DART Officer Brent Thompson, 43, a former Marine who had been with the department since 2009. Thompson was the first DART officer to be killed in the line of duty since the department's inception in 1989.
DPD Officer Patricio "Patrick" Zamarripa, 32, a former Navy sailor and Iraq War veteran who had been with the department since 2011.