City Council Lowers Police Hiring Goal While Murder Rises |
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As if DPD wasn’t already underfunded and understaffed, Dallas’s City Council approved a budget adjustment that would unbelievably decrease next year’s officer hiring goal. Dallas needs to hire 1,000 more officers to reach the 4,000 needed to properly police a city this size. The original budget provided for only 290 new hires and now this mind-boggling cut will reduce that number to just 250!
What is more shocking is that the Chief of Police Eddie Garcia supports this cut! When top brass won’t even fight for his department, what does that say to the average resident? He should know as well as anyone that the police shortage has lethal ramifications for Dallas. Garcia said that the lower hiring goal was “more realistic.” It is shameful that our city cares so little about the safety of residents and businesses. Even aiming for 30% of the city’s recommended hiring goal, an additional 1,000 more officers, is dismissed as “unrealistic” while the city wastes millions of dollars enabling vagrants and funding Left-wing culture war projects.
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DPD needs to move from 3,000 to 4,000 police officers ASAP, but our elected officials refuse to make it happen. Residents of Dallas deserve to know why their leaders can’t keep them safe. If you agree, call Chief Eddie Garcia’s office and ask him why DPD can’t hire enough officers to patrol our city and why he thinks what’s needed for your safety is “unrealistic!” |
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The Dallas Express's Crime Boss of the Month:
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Separate Saturday Shootings Bump Up Dallas’ Murder Rate |
Dallas’s murder rate is on the rise while quality of life continues to decline. Public safety is one of the top issues in Dallas, but for some reason, our elected officials simply refuse to do what is necessary to solve it. We need 1,000 more cops, they need to be allowed to do their job, and the District Attorney has to stop letting criminals off the hook! Read more...
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South Dallas Shootout Leads to Car Chase, Murder Charge |
Shootouts and car chases are the norm in cities like LA and Chicago, but did you know that Dallas’s per capita crime is actually worse than those cities? The woke activists in our government and media lie to cover it up, but Dallas is headed in a dangerous direction. It’s time for Dallas to put an end to the death and destruction controlling our streets! Read more...
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Death in Pleasant Grove Ruled a Homicide |
It seems like every week the police find another dead body lying in a public place somewhere in Dallas. One can only wonder if these kinds of killings are connected to some form of organized crime. We know that Dallas is a hub for human trafficking and cartel drug trade. Meanwhile, the Chief of Police has approved a lower recruitment goal for DPD. We get the city we tolerate. 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 revisit the permanent camp under a bridge on Denton Drive. Watch here! |
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District 10 Councilwoman Kathy Stewart's "Street Camp" |
This camp in Kathy Stewarts’s District 10 has been dubbed “Street Camp.” It is often said that vagrants live “on the streets,” but in this case, this vagrant is literally sleeping on a street! Dangerously, this man sleeps while dozens of cars drive by on this busy highway service road. Was he just so exhausted from panhandling all day? Or is this the result of some drug cocktail he’s coming down from? |
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District 7 Councilman Adam Bazaldua's
"Public Bath Camp" |
We named this camp in Adam Bazaldua’s District 7 “Public Bath Camp.” Vagrants in Dallas live without shame – many of them even wash themselves on public sidewalks next to busy roadways. This kind of indecency would be unacceptable for normal residents – the police would surely arrest them! – but the city of Dallas makes many special exceptions for vagrants. |
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District 7 Councilman Adam Bazaldua's
"Village Camp" |
This camp in Adam Bazaldua’s District 7 has earned the title “Village Camp.” Once again, a camp that was temporarily dispersed by the authorities has been allowed to return and grow to its previous size. Vagrants steal public property for private use, and there is no exception in this neighborhood. Despite a dozen “no trespassing” signs, vagrants in this area are known to create village-like slums on vacant lots.
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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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