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A memorandum issued by the city of Dallas on January 1st said that in most cases police officers would not be dispatched to certain types of calls like car thefts, criminal mischief and child custody disputes.
The so called “change in dispatch strategy” was recommended in a study designed to increase department efficiency.
Dallas Police Association President Mike Mata called the recommendations unfortunate but necessary without more officers.
“We’ve got to look at what we are really trying to do, and we are trying to get down that violent crime,” Mata said. “And to do that we are going to need more hands-on-deck, more officers answering those violent crime calls and doing more proactive policing.”
Murder 249 occurred Wednesday night around 11:45 p.m. at the Super 7 Motel on Independence Drive near Camp Wisdom Road and I-20 in far Southern Dallas.
Police said Christopher Miles, 37, was stabbed to death by a 50-year old suspect who was arrested and charged with murder.
Murder 248 happened around 8:20 p.m. Wednesday at an apartment complex on Ridgecrest Road in the 5 Points area of Northwest Dallas.
A man with no identification was found with multiple gunshot wounds. He died later at the hospital. The medical examiner was working Thursday to locate the man’s relatives.
Dallas Police Association President Mike Mata, also a Northwest Division Patrol Sergeant, said he understands that residents expected crime reduction this year.
Jake Bleiberg December 23, 2020 - 2:06 PM
DALLAS - A former California police chief will be the next leader of the Dallas police department and the Texas city s first Hispanic chief.
Eddie Garcia, who retired as police chief in San Jose this year, will replace outgoing Police Chief U. Renee Hall, Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax announced Wednesday. Garcia s first day on the job is set for Feb. 3.
Garcia spent nearly three decades rising through the ranks of the San Jose police department before eventually taking over the top job there. He will succeed Hall, who was the first woman to serve a Dallas chief, after she announced she d be leaving at the end of the year following criticism from city officials over her leadership amid protests and unrest that swept the country over the summer.
Garcia spent nearly three decades rising through the ranks of the San Jose Police Department before eventually taking over the top job there. He will succeed Hall, who was the first woman to serve a Dallas chief after she announced she’d be leaving at the end of the year following criticism from city officials over her leadership amid protests and unrest that swept the country over the summer.
Mayor Eric Johnson welcomed Garcia in a statement and called his hiring a “historic moment for Dallas.” Johnson said he looks forward to seeing the new chief’s strategies to make the city safer.