In the cramped room of a police substation, dozens of officers peered at a television as surveillance footage of an apartment complex in Dallas’ Love Field neighborhood played out.
“This is a known dope area,” an officer barked out to cops from tactical units, including SWAT. “They have fentanyl, cocaine and meth.”
The mission outlined to them Aug. 19 was simple: Search the home of 28-year-old Christopher Sykes, described by the officer leading the investigation as a known drug dealer.
DPD’s crime plan team suspected that drug sales in the 4600 block of Lake Avenue had a ripple effect across several blocks. Disrupting that criminal network, police officials said, could also help disrupt violence — the type that weeks before had claimed a 24-year-old’s life.
