It would be historic if voters approved three charter amendment proposals backed by Dallas Hero and touted as a way to address public safety and government...
It would be historic if voters approved three charter amendment proposals backed by Dallas Hero and touted as a way to address public safety and government transparency.
If any money is left of that 50%, it should go to public safety objectives like increasing police officers’ starting salaries and non-pension benefits within the top five city police departments in North Texas with populations over 50,000, the proposal said. “And that’s not just from a day to day, but that’s a drastic cut in every single service that we provide at the city.”
“If the citizens vote for it, the city would have to figure out how to get there,” Benavides said. “But I haven’t seen any analysis of what kind of difference having 4,000 officers would make.”Officials said the force peaked at 3,600 around 2016. A failing pension plan caused the police department to lose hundreds of officers to retirement, attrition and higher-paying jobs.
“There is no plan on how to pay for the increases or how they would be implemented, which could lead to cuts from firefighter pay to afford the police pay,” Patterson said. Even the lowest priority calls are crimes that impact the quality of life of residents and their perception of whether they feel safe, Marocco said.
He noted Dallas already has an annual community survey polling a portion of residents on their satisfaction with the city on a series of topics. “We vote for people that supervise the city manager, and they’re representatives of the people,” said Benavides, who was Dallas city manager from 1998 to 2004. “I and other city managers — we serve at the will of the council, and that can end at any time because we don’t have term contracts.
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