Dallas City Council
Recent News About Dallas City Council
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GOP official: Rise of 'unacceptable' violent crimes should be central issue in 2021 Dallas City Council races
Violent crime in Dallas is on the rise, and Susan Fountain has an idea what is behind it.
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Dispute between Dallas mayor, city council over defunding police leads to overtime pay reallocation
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson is embroiled in a dispute with the Dallas City Council over whether to defund the Dallas Police Department and although council members stopped short of that action, they did reallocate police overtime pay to hire 95 civilian workers. They will replace police officers at desk jobs so the officers can do street patrols.
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Dallas City Council parses words over defunding police
A majority of the Dallas City Council wants to rearrange how money targeted for the Dallas Police Department is spent.