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Mar 18, 2026

Southlake Police Department Earns National CALEA Reaccreditation

The Southlake Police Department has once again earned reaccreditation through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA).
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Mar 14, 2025

Southlake Police Ceremony Honors Officers, Civilians

The ceremony took place March 11th at Police Headquarters.
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Oct 29, 2024

Chief Casey Promotes/Awards Officers

On October 25th, a promotional and awards ceremony was held at Southlake Police Headquarters with family and friends of the department present.
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Oct 3, 2024

Chief Casey Promotes Jose Luna to Assistant Chief

On October 2nd, 2023, Chief Casey promoted Captain Jose Luna to Assistant Chief of the Southlake Police Department in a ceremony at police headquarters.
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Aug 14, 2024

Southlake SROs Receive National Awards from L.E.A.D.

SOUTHLAKE, TX  – Kimberly Smith, school resource officer (SRO) at Southlake Police Department, was awarded “Texas Instructor of the Year” from L.E.A.D. (Law Enforcement Against Drugs & Violence), a nationwide nonprofit that works with communities to help students understand the dangers of drugs and violence, and Matt Petrie, retired Southlake SRO, was awarded “L.E.A.D.er of…
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May 15, 2024

Southlake DPS Social Wins National Golden Post Award, More

The Southlake DPS social media pages won the “Best Long Form Video” Golden Post Award at the national Government Social Media Awards in Palm Springs, California earlier this month.  The winning video “The Real Cops of Southlake” was a safety-laden parody of Bravo’s “The Real Housewives” series. The video featured the trademark opening of the…
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Apr 23, 2024

Keeping Crime on a Tight Leash: City’s New K9 Training Course Provides a Paw-sitive Boost to Southlake Safety

The Southlake Police Department is dedicated to constantly improving the team to serve the people of the city with the highest level of skills.
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Mar 8, 2023

K-9 Duco Retires from the Southlake Police Department

On March 7th, 2023, the City Council recognized the retirement of K-9 officer Duco, as presented by Police Chief James Brandon. Duco is an 11-year old Dutch Shephard that came to the Southlake Police Department from the Netherlands in February of 2015.  He was partnered with Officer Nate Anderson and together they have been responsible…
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Feb 21, 2023

A Southlake Story – Police Chief James Brandon

For the past ten years, Southlake Police Chief James Brandon has led the department first as an assistant chief and now as Chief. As far back as he can remember, Brandon only ever wanted to be a cop. He started his path to Southlake with the Corpus Christi Police Department. "I can remember having conversations…
A person in a police uniform sits at a desk. The text overlay reads "A Southlake Story: Police Chief James Brandon." In the background, a safe labeled "Winchester" is visible.
Feb 21, 2023

A Southlake Story – Police Chief James Brandon

For the past ten years, Southlake Police Chief James Brandon has led the department first as an assistant chief and now as Chief. As far back as he can remember, Brandon only ever wanted to be a cop. He started his path to Southlake with the Corpus Christi Police Department. "I can remember having conversations…