Dallas Council Members (Still) Don’t Want to Defund the Police
Ignore what you've seen in some campaign mailers. There are Dallas residents who want to defund the police, but they're not sitting on the city council right now.
By
Alex Macon
Published in
FrontBurner
April 16, 2021
11:41 am
If there is one issue driving Dallas City Council candidates this election season, it’s public safety. That’s fitting. More than 60 percent of the city budget’s general fund is typically spent on public safety, including the police and fire departments, emergency management operations, and court and jail services. Spending on police alone accounts for about a third of that general fund. On May 1, voters will choose the 14 people who have the power to shape that budget—Mayor Eric Johnson is in the middle of his first term, but every other council seat is being contested.