More than 800 Dallas police officers have completed a new training that aims to teach them how to best intervene if they see potential misconduct by another officer.
Dangerous road-trip route steers into this week s 5 most popular Dallas stories
Dangerous highway route steers into week s most popular Dallas stories
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Wicked.
Editor s note: A lot happened this week, so here s your chance to get caught up. Read on for the week s most popular headlines. 1. Popular road-trip route from Dallas declared 2nd most dangerous U.S. highway. Travelers on Interstate 45 from Dallas to Galveston face one of the deadliest drives in the nation, a new study reveals. For its survey, fleet tracking company Teletrac Navman examined data from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) from 2016 through 2019. The report revealed staggering numbers for fatalities and incidents.
Posh Dallas hotel nabs prestigious 5-star rating in new Forbes guide The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas is a
Forbes fave.
Ritz-Carlton, Dallas has earned the city s sole five-star rating. It s a repeat achievement for the Uptown Dallas luxury hotel, which also captured five stars last year. The only other hotel in Texas to be awarded five stars in 2021 was The Post Oak Hotel in Houston. The
Forbes Travel Guide awards five stars to its highest-rated properties. The Forbes Five-Star award is one of the most esteemed achievements that can be bestowed upon a hotel, and we are proud to say we ve accomplished this feat two years in a row, says Andrew Davidson, general manager of The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas, in a release. We couldn t have done this without the commitment of our skilled team of Ladies and Gentlemen, who continue to bring memorable service and luxury hospitality travel experiences to the city of Dallas.
‘If you’re willing to go further, it’s available’: Texans travel hours for COVID-19 vaccine
While a majority of Dallas County residents received the shot locally, 1 in 5 left the county in the search for coronavirus shots.
Alan Samuels, 59, of Dallas holds the COVID-19 vaccination card he received after getting his first shot by traveling to Austin from Dallas and waiting an hour to receive it.(Ben Torres / Special Contributor)
AUSTIN One Dallas man rented a car and drove 13 hours round trip to Amarillo to get the COVID-19 vaccine. A Dallas couple signed up at multiple providers across Texas before securing an appointment in a city of 6,000 near Waco. One Dallas woman’s son scheduled a shot for her in San Antonio while she was on a waitlist at a vaccination site closer to home.
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Dallas police officers will receive training on how to avoid police mistakes and prevent misconduct by UNT Dallas specialists.
Next month, the Dallas Police Department will launch a new training program that “aims to avoid police mistakes, prevent misconduct” and try to create a cultural shift within the department.
The Active Bystandership in Law Enforcement training, or ABLE, aims to train officers on how to best intervene during conflict. A few DPD officers will be trained initially, and then they’ll become certified to train other officers. Each officer that participates will receive a preliminary eight hours of ABLE training and two hours of annual refresher training every year.