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The city of Dallas is expected to move forward with plans to form a partnership with the University of North Texas at Dallas for a new police academy hosted by and on the school s campus.
An agenda item before the City Council would allow the city manager to identify and evaluate locations on and off-campus to serve as a new academy.
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Previous paperwork from former chief Renee Hall indicated the current training facilities were inadequate to handle the needs and size of the growing department.
Speculation begins on who could be tapped to replace DPD Chief James Craig
By Randy Wimbley and David Komer online producer
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Insiders talk about possible successors to retiring DPD Chief James Craig
The shockwaves of Detroit Police Chief James Craig s retirement announcement continue with many wondering who might replace him. Do they understand Black Lives Matter? Do they understand those issues that we ve got young African-Americans being killed and that is a platform that policing has got to understand now, said Willie Bell, board of police commissioners.
Those are just a few things the city s police commissioners are thinking about, as they ready the search to replace Craig.