Kyrus Branch ‘03 is currently East District Patrol Deputy Chief for the Arlington (Texas) ​Police Department.

The 2003 Grambling State University criminal justice graduate has more than 11 years of ​teaching experience on many topics to varied audiences. Branch has taught communication ​and problem-solving skills for the Arlington Council of Governments for the north Texas ​region as well as multiculturalism, fair and impartial policing, and health and safety code ​matters to officers and new recruits.

As an adjunct professor, Branch also currently teaches criminology and criminal justice at ​the University of Texas Arlington, where he earned a master’s degree in criminal justice and ​criminology in 2016.

In 2014, Branch completed a command leadership school from the Institute for Law ​Enforcement Administration, followed by a course presented by the FBI’s Law Enforcement ​Executive Development Association in 2021.

Branch has received numerous awards and accolades for his dedication to law ​enforcement. In 2010, he was selected as Detective of the Year, due to a yearlong covert ​collaboration with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), in which more than ​$300,000 of illegal assets were seized from narcotic traffickers in the DFW metroplex.

He has also received the Vocational Service Award, sponsored by Rotary International ​District 5790, and the Arlington Independent School District’s “Kindness Award” due to his ​dedication to his stance on anti-bullying.