Downtown Dallas Inc. stepping up security, homeless outreach for summer
The operation also will support cleanup and code-enforcement efforts aimed at improving overall quality of life downtown.
A Downtown Dallas Inc. public safety officer patrols Pacific Plaza on Wednesday.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)
9:01 PM on Jun 30, 2021 CDT Updated at 10:15 PM on Jun 30, 2021 CDT
With activity in Dallas’ central business district picking up as the pandemic eases, Downtown Dallas Inc. is launching an operation this summer to improve public safety.
The economic development group is planning to partner with law enforcement to add security and expand homelessness-outreach efforts. The operation also will support cleanup and code-enforcement efforts to help improve the overall quality of life downtown.
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A makeshift cross sits firmly planted in the ground beneath an Interstate 30 overpass where people experiencing homelessness set up tents for housing in Dallas in 2016.
Over the next two years, local governments and agencies plan to spend about $70 million to house more than 2,600 individuals and families.
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