The Dallas City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved changing police hiring standards to allow people to become cops without any college experience. Chitose Suzuki / Staff Photographer Dallas ...

The Dallas City Council considered a resolution in February to increase this year’s police hiring goals from 250 to 325, set them at 350 in 2026, and up them to 400 in 2027. But the council ...

DALLAS - Dallas City Council members formally approved building a new practice facility for the Dallas Wings in Oak Cliff. The 12 to 2 vote did come with a bit of controversy.

The city council's public safety committee recommends that DPD's hiring goal should be 325 officers. In recent history, Dallas has struggled to hire and retain officers.

Prosecutors also sought to prove that, from 2013 to 2015, Hamilton gave more than $40,000 in cash and things of value to Carolyn Davis, who at the time was on the Dallas City Council and was the ...

As Dallas City Council welcomes four new members, a recent survey reveals top resident concerns: fixing streets and hiring more police. NBC 5’s David Goins reports as council members begin ...

Council Member Jesse Moreno , District 2, listens to a speaker during city council meeting Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, at Dallas City Hall. City Council members voted for Moreno to be mayor pro-tem ...

DALLAS — A lease agreement with UNT-Dallas for part of a proposed new Dallas police training academy there was approved by the Dallas City Council Wednesday. The new facility will house the ...

Dallas city government started a new term Monday, with the swearing in of four council members beginning their first term, joining ten incumbents. Maxie Johnson in District 4, covering parts of ...

DALLAS — Dallas officials think they can meet the city’s mandate of having at least 4,000 police officers in four years, though their hiring goals rely on a plan that the City Council voted to ...