DPD needs to move from 3,000 to 4,000 police officers ASAP. Dallas: where criminals thrive and businesses leave.
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City Proposes $3M to Decommission Vagrant Camps |
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The budget proposed to the Dallas City Council would authorize roughly $3 million to “decommission” homeless camps around Dallas with another $16 million going to the Office of Homeless Solutions (OHS). Our city needs to direct more resources toward solving the vagrancy crisis once and for all, and this budget proposal certainly does not guarantee victory.
One business owner told OHS, “You clean [the encampments] out. They move back the next day, and nothing’s done for the next week or [month].” Many other residents and business owners across Dallas feel the same. This sort of approach is absolutely futile. More camps need to be cleared, yes, but it’s a waste of time and money to do so if Dallas doesn’t enforce the state’s “urban camping” ban and get far more serious.
According to the city, decommissioning a camp includes not only the clearing of a camp but temporarily housing the vagrants who lived there as well. So much money is spent only for these vagrants to return to the same place weeks later after their free stay has ended. The reality is that the current approach actually enables vagrancy by keeping camp locations clean. They just go amass new “stuff”—mostly through stealing. |
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The rise of crime and vagrancy in Dallas share the same root problem: our police are underfunded and aren’t allowed to do their job and our city council isn’t putting the resources into real solutions. DPD needs to move from 3,000 to 4,000 police officers ASAP. Contact your council member and tell them to stop wasting your money, hire 1,000 more officers, and allow them to enforce the urban camping ban across our city! |
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Kidnappings Increase, Most Victims Women & Girls of Color |
Kidnapping is on the rise in Dallas and most of the victims are women and young girls of color. We know that crime rates increase when judges set bail low and District Attorneys refuse to prosecute. So why do these officials who obsess over “equity” continue to place everyone, especially women and minorities, in danger? Maybe high crime is a “feature” and not a “bug”! Read more...
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Resident Fends Off Burglary Attempt with Firearm |
With declining response times, residents in Dallas know that when they are under attack in their homes the police won’t be there fast enough to help. It now takes officers over 11 minutes to respond to top-priority 911 calls. Until this problem is solved, residents will have to take their safety into their own hands. Dallas needs more cops, and we need them now. Read more...
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Man Found Fatally Shot in Car in Dallas |
We don’t yet know the reason for this killing, but we know that it is a dangerous sign for any city. Random shootings, carjackings gone wrong, and gang violence spell disaster for a city like Dallas that was built on safety, prosperity, and a healthy business environment. If Dallas can’t guarantee the safety of its residents, they will leave and take their businesses with them. Read more...
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Each week the KDS team drives its planned route through Dallas photo-documenting and cataloguing illegal encampments to inform the city of these locations. Our team livestreams these activities giving the community a first-hand look at the vagrancy crisis in Dallas. In this episode, we found a half dozen vagrants camping in Deep Ellum! Watch here. |
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District 2 Councilman Jesse Moreno's "Fire Starter Camp" |
We named this camp in Jesse Moreno’s District 2 “Fire Starter Camp.” Fires set by vagrants are dangerously common in Dallas. There were 1,261 reports of trash fires last year, and it costs about $1,616 for firemen to respond to each. That’s a total of $2,038,129.08 taxpayer dollars to fight vagrant trash fires alone! |
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District 6 Councilman Omar Narvaez's
"Wheelchair Camp" |
This camp in Omar Narvaez’s District 6 has been dubbed “Wheelchair Camp.” Some vagrants are truly disabled, but many use wheelchairs and crutches to guilt-trip residents into giving them cash handouts. We don’t know if this vagrant is a faker, but if they wanted to get off the streets there are many programs and services to help disabled people in need! |
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District 6 Councilwoman Omar Narvaez's
"Comfort Camp" |
This camp in Omar Narvaez’s District 6 has earned the title “Comfort Camp.” If you suffered true poverty and had nowhere to go but the streets, you probably wouldn’t be collecting creature comforts like chairs and other furniture. Vagrants in Dallas are far too comfortable on the streets! |
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To Report an Encampment: Dial 3-1-1 or Call (214) 670-3111 and Click on your District Councilman to Email them with the Date and Camp Location.
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Mission Statement:
Keep Dallas Safe exists to address crime and homelessness in Dallas with the goal of transforming Dallas into the safest large city in Texas for residents and businesses. We aim to have a City Council that prioritizes crime rate which directly determines the quality of life in Dallas. We do this by fighting against the "defund the police" movement, holding accountable our city leaders' efforts towards lowering district crime rates, and highlighting our city's homelessness problems by pushing for enforcement of the prohibition of urban camping.
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