DPD needs to move from 3,000 to 4,000 police officers ASAP. - Dallas: where criminals thrive and businesses leave.
Crime gets worse; Dallas City Council does nothing.
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Hiring Goal for DPD Underwater |
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High crime in Dallas is driving business leaders out and city leaders want you to believe they are working overtime to fix the crime crisis in Dallas; but that is far from the truth.
On April 9th, the Public Safety Committee briefing on the state of the Dallas Police Department’s (DPD) hiring goal painted a less-than-stellar picture of the Department’s ability to attract new hires. Chronic understaffing in our city has already begun to spell disaster for our long-term and short-term crime trends. |
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Data shows, for a city the size of Dallas, DPD needs around 4,000 active officers to police the city properly. Dallas has been short of this goal by approximately 1,000 officers for years. This year, DPD attempted to alleviate the issue by setting a hiring goal of only 250 officers. However, we are over four months into the year, and have only 83 recruits on track to enter the academy.
Dallas City Council must change the culture of high crime in the city. A great start is to fully fund the Police Department to reach its hiring goal, and make the department more attractive to recruits. Contact your City Council Member today and tell them to act NOW to address our city's culture of crime! Click below to find your city council member.
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Horrifying Story: Dallas’s Crime Culture Victimizes Family
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New details have emerged about a murder that occurred last week. The victim has been identified as the suspect's stepfather. Dallas’s culture of crime has deteriorated so strongly that families are tearing themselves apart. High crime is anti-family! Read more...
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The Truth Behind Dallas Sex Trafficking Data |
The City of Dallas has become a hub for human trafficking. Being located at the intersection of the busiest highways in the country and throw in our District Attorney's soft-on-crime policies, it's no wonder that criminals see it as the perfect area to set up shop. Dallas can flip the narrative and end the human trafficking crisis in the city; but only when our City Council musters the courage to do what is right!
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Another Deadly Argument, Dallas Man Arrested |
Every weekend, without fail, there is a deadly shooting that takes place in Dallas. This story is yet another incident of an argument turned deadly. Crime is getting worse, and our City Council is doing nothing. City Council must give DPD the bandwidth to stop these crimes!
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Executive Director Joseph Porter broadcasts on Facebook Live each week, documenting vagrant camps in the city and bringing you real-time updates on the state of homelessness and the apathetic response from Dallas city officials. This week, Joseph went live from City Hall after the Public Safety Committee meeting to discuss DPD missing the mark with its hiring goal.
Click to Watch Here! |
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District 2 Councilman Jesse Moreno
"Urban Ruins Camp" |
This camp in Jesse Moreno’s District 2 has been dubbed “Oak Lawn Camp.” Hidden underneath an overpass, this camp is difficult to spot. Seemingly, one of the local panhandlers has made it their home. A creek runs nearby filled with garbage from highway litter and whatever vagrants discard. This could potentially be a visitor’s first interaction with Dallas. Do we want this to be their first impression? |
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District 11 Councilwoman Jaynie Schultz
"Northern Expressway Camp" |
This camp in Jaynie Schultz’s District 11 has earned the title “Northern Expressway Camp.” This camp is yet another example of vagrants stealing spaces in underpasses. The areas that they inhabit always become dirty and dangerous. City Council members must stop enabling the stealing of public space for vagrant usage. Allowing people to live like this is not a compassionate solution! |
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District 7 Councilman Adam Bazaldua
"Hillcrest Utopia Camp" |
We named this camp in Adam Bazaldua’s District 7, “Hillcrest Utopia Camp.” This camp is found in South Dallas and is consistently one of the worst, most brazen violations of the City’s urban camping ban. This camp is never cleaned up or patrolled. There are consistently around 30-40 vagrants who live here. It has become an illusioned utopian area for them, and we will continue to monitor the area.
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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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Keep Dallas Safe | 3626 North Hall St, Ste 610, Dallas, TX 75219 |
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