Preston Gilstrap:  

A 38 year and counting veteran of the Dallas Police Department; assigned to Personnel Division as a budget analyst and advertising supervisor. Founder and charter member of the Black Police Association of Dallas. Past Regional President and National Board Chair of the National Black Police Association. Founder and principal director of the NBPA International Leadership Institute. Internationally recognized source material expert on community based policing, professional standards, police use of force, police and community relations and basic and in-service training. Provided principal testimony on State of Texas racial profiling and hate crimes legislation. Regional Hate Crimes Trainer for the U.S. Department of Justice. Author of Leading from the Front with the Spirit of a Servant. More than 250 community awards, citations and commendations for professionalism and community contributions. Featured on ABC Nightline, NBC The Today Show, ABC Good Morning America, CNN, MSNBC, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Dallas Morning News, Atlanta Constitution, Washington Post, The Dallas Weekly and the BBC. Father of four. G-Poppa to seven. GG-Poppa to one. Favorite musicians: Temptations, the Dells, Parliament Funkadelics, Sam Cooke, Z.Z. Hill, Barry White, Johnnie Tay...Expand for more