“What happened was the chief s job in Arlington opened up and I knew it was really special, you know? There was an opportunity here to be one of the best police departments in the country,” Kunkle said.
Kunkle served as an Assistant Arlington City Manager for several years after his time as Arlington Chief before becoming the Dallas Police Chief for 6 years. He ran for Dallas Mayor in 2011, losing a run-off to Mike Rawlings.
Arlington Police Detective Tim Henz is a 38-year veteran who served during all of Kunkle’s tenure. Henz said Kunkle was credited with making many improvements in that department, including a move to community policing for crime prevention.
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Hundreds of people across Arlington spent a weekend volunteering in hopes of making their community a better place to live.
According to the city’s website, Unite Arlington is a weekend-long volunteer event with an estimated 2,200 volunteers working on more than 80 projects that included park and creek clean up, painting, landscaping, fence and minor home repairs. The volunteer weekend started last year in collaboration with Mayor Jeff Williams.
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The Arlington Police Department was a big part of the volunteer effort. Chief Al Jones said it was a time to foster positive relationships within the community.
Amid slight uptick in violent crime, Arlington police launch new strategy
Officers will use real-time data to identify hot spots and allocate more resources to those areas.
Arlington police will launch Operation Connect to help curb a small uptick in violent crime.(Staff Photographer)
Arlington Police Chief Al Jones announced a new crime reduction strategy this week to combat a slight uptick in violent crime across the city.
Violent crime which includes homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault jumped nearly 4% in 2020 from the previous year, according to Arlington’s annual police report.
The increase was driven primarily by domestic violence and aggravated assaults, Jones told City Council members during their meeting Tuesday.
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City council defeated a motion to bring back the Free Youth Transit Ridership Program for 2021, however administration indicated that other programs are being explored during the April 6 council meeting.
Councillor Candice Kolson brought forward the motion, saying she thought it was a great way to promote ridership on city transit as well as exploration of the city.
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“I thought it was a great program and I was really disappointed that we suspended it. I know that we did decrease student bus fees, but I still think if we’re going to look at building our transit looking at targeting our youth, then that’s the way to do it,” said Kolson.
st Street would be a good candidate for a four-way stop.
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Council received the results of a first study on the intersection in January 2020, the findings of which indicated that the amount of traffic didn’t warrant a four-way stop.
A second study was recommended for the spring of 2020, but was delayed until fall after schools and businesses re-opened after the COVID-19 lockdown.
Findings from the second study found there was enough pedestrian and vehicle traffic to warrant a four-way stop, read the report from EJ White, Team Leader of Engineering Services for the City.