David Clark

Dave Clark is a detective with the Dallas Police Department and has served the department for twenty-six years.  During his tenure, he has worked patrol, undercover operations, and in the Vice Unit.  He has been assigned to the Child Exploitation Unit for the last fourteen years.  He is responsible for the investigation of cases involving sexual crimes committed against children; to include the Trafficking and Abduction of children.  Detective Clark has been the lead detective in several high-profile cases during his time in the unit.  He has also been a part of several high-risk victim operations involving the identification and recovery of juveniles being trafficked through prostitution, and the prosecution of those adults responsible for the exploitation of those juveniles.  He has interviewed over 200 juvenile victims of child abuse and has conducted hundreds of interrogations of suspects accused of sexually abusing and trafficking children.  Detective Clark has trained thousands of law enforcement detectives throughout the country in topics related to child abuse investigations.

In 2023, he was awarded the Guardian Award from the non-profit group Traffic 911 for his work with trafficking investigations.  

Professional Experience

• Patrol officer (1998 – 2002)

• Undercover operations/deployment (2002 – 2008)

• Vice Operations/Human Trafficking (2008 – 2010)

• Child Exploitation/Human Trafficking (2010 – present)

Education

• Master Peace Officers License (2010)

• University of North Texas (1996 – 1998)

• Richland College (1992 – 1995)