Dallas Police Chief Renee Hall spoke at WRP East Dallas Neighborhood Leaders Summit on Saturday, Oct.5. Here are six takeaways from her speech about the Dallas Police Department:
- Hall has increased police officers’ salaries from $60,000 to $63,000 to encourage more enrollment.
- The focus for DPD is “guns, gangs and drugs.”
- People should report certain crime reports online to DPD, find out more information here.
- DPD has a goal for an 8 minute response time.
- Project Starlight has been implemented for high-crime businesses, cameras will monitor these businesses and surrounding areas.
- Dashboard cameras will turn on when a member of DPD speeds.
Read more about the DPD’s strategic initiatives here.