A Dallas police supervisor who accessed a female officer's hidden photos, sent intimate images to himself and deleted evidence has received a 15-day suspension. The punishment has triggered a furious response from the department's women's association, which says the outcome sends a troubling message to female officers.
According to CBS Texas, Sgt. Daylon L. Grandberry accessed the officer's phone and used her password to open a hidden photos folder. The officer discovered Grandberry was the last contact in her text messages even though she had not recently texted him, then filed a complaint while requesting that her identity remain protected because she feared retaliation.
Dallas' Discipline System Leaves Room For Appeal
Dallas police spokesman Jonathan E. Maner confirmed that Grandberry received the suspension after the department completed its administrative disciplinary process, but said the agency could not provide more details because the matter is a personnel case. The city's published charter materials describe a hearing process for police discipline that can include review by the city manager and, in some cases, a trial board or administrative law judge, although the rules and appeal posture can depend on the employee's status.
Women's Association Says Punishment Misses The Point
The Dallas Police Women's Association called the suspension a “slap on the wrist” and said Grandberry's conduct and the department's response expose deeper problems in how misconduct involving women is handled, CBS Texas reported. The association rejected Grandberry's claim that the access was accidental, citing the alleged sequence of finding the hidden folder, entering the password, sending the images to himself twice and deleting evidence.
The criticism fits the group's broader mission. The Dallas Morning News reported that the association was created to support women in the department and challenge harassment and sexism. Nationally, women made up about 14% of full-time sworn officers and 11% of first-line supervisors in local police departments in 2020, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, leaving women officers significantly outnumbered in the workplaces where they are expected to report misconduct by colleagues and supervisors.
