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Pockets across South Dallas have little to no street lighting. By illuminating dark areas across the city, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson hopes criminals will be deterred from committing violent crime.

The men used Grindr to target victims and then assaulted them and forced them to withdraw money from ATMs.

Dallas Police Chief Eddie García presented his plan to reduce violent crime to the city council on Wednesday.

The program is designed to be a long-term investment in reducing violent crime. It centers around community members serving their neighborhoods by building trusted relationships and defusing tensions.

Nine-year-old Amber Hagerman was kidnapped and murdered in January 1996, and the case remains unsolved. It was because of her case that the Amber Alert system, which alerts the public to abducted children, was created.

Experts say crime across the U.S. in 2020 was like no other year as COVID-19 ravaged the country and protests flared. It was a seesaw of dips for some crimes and spikes for others, such as homicide.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has directed the state Department of Public Safety to help the city tackle the surge in homicides, but community leaders say "over-policing" is not the way.

At the governor's request, the Texas Department of Public Safety is sending resources, including special agents, state troopers, other personnel, and some helicopters and planes.

Intimate partner homicides had been declining in Tarrant County in the last four years, but 2020 is already the worst year on record.

A new partnership with a local nonprofit and the City of Dallas is aiming to reduce crime and violence in neighborhoods.

The Tarrant County Sheriff's office arrested three detention officers Wednesday. They were all booked in the county jail. Reginald Lowe was arrested on…

The Dallas Police Department is seeing an increase in cases of domestic violence.In February, Dallas police received about 900 reports of domestic…