In 1995, members of the Dallas Police Department were a part of the multi-agency assistance following the Oklahoma City bombing. Years later, this patch was left on the Memorial Fence – a place where visitors leave personal items as a token of remembrance.

As the details unfold in Dallas, it reminds us of our mission to teach and instill an understanding of the senselessness of violence, especially as a means of effecting government change. We must keep working to convey the imperative to reject violence…and offer assurance the world holds far more good than bad. Let’s come together to live these truths in support of our neighbors to the south in Dallas.