David Brown

Guardian UK: Dallas police chief David Brown: veteran of tragedy helps heal heartbroken city - His unwavering calm and freedom to confess his own frailty has resonated with a nation watching him navigate the aftermath of the killing of five of his officers

In 2010, just a few weeks after he took over as chief, a gunman in nearby Lancaster, Texas, shot and killed a police officer, then died in a shootout with a dozen cops who responded to the scene. Brown received word of the gunman’s identity: his son, David Brown Jr. The son was bipolar and had the drug PCP in his blood when he died.