‘The City Knows This is a Crisis’: Public Safety Committee Bumps Up Police Hiring Goal
Staffing within the Dallas Police Department seems to be top of mind for the Dallas City Council. In Monday’s Public Safety Committee meeting, council members voted to raise the department’s recruitment goal from 250 officers to 325 in the current fiscal year.
Dallas council members recommend increased hiring goals for new police officers
The council’s public safety committee on Monday voted 3-2 to move forward a proposal of hiring 325 new officers by the end of September instead of 250.
Dallas Public Safety Committee recommends new police officer hiring goal
"I've said before, you don't order a Dallas police officer off of Amazon," said Council Member Gay Donnell Willis of the difficulty of increasing DPD hiring numbers.
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Interim Dallas Police Chief Michael Igo said he will need to review the impact on staffing of a proposal to increase the number of new police hires from 250 to 325 by the end of September.
Dallas could increase police recruitment goals in wake of voter mandate. Here’s how high
Dallas may ramp up hiring goals for new police officers this year. The City Council’s public safety committee on Monday is scheduled to discuss whether to recommend Dallas revise its plans to hire 250 new officers and set the target at 400.
City of Dallas leaders to discuss hiring goals for police department
City of Dallas leaders are set to discuss whether to recommend the city boost its hiring goals for police officers this year. Here's what that means.
Dallas police aim to hire more officers this year
The Dallas Police Department is working to increase its ranks while balancing academy staffing with maintaining officers on patrol, Interim Chief Michael Igo told the city council on Monday.
City council committee wants to scale back Dallas police hiring goal amid push for more officers
The original proposal would have directed the city manager to boost the hiring goal from 250 new officers to 400 for the current fiscal year. But on Monday, the Dallas Public Safety Committee recommended a lower target of 325 new hires.
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Council member Cara Mendelsohn said while the city's population has grown over the last decade, its police force has shrunk.
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