DALLAS — A lawyer who said he represents the mother of slain Dallas police officer Darron Burks asked the city to make a single payment to her “in whatever amount you believe would bring the city of Dallas some good publicity,” according to a demand letter obtained by WFAA through an open records request.
The March 27 letter from Fort Worth attorney J. Shelby Sharpe alleged police department guidelines for probationary officers meant Burks should have been accompanied by another officer in the vehicle on the night he was killed. The city, however, said Dallas Police Department procedures allowed him to ride and respond to calls solo.
Sharpe said the police department has been “extremely kind and considerate of our client and has ministered to her in exemplary fashion.”…