Dallas Police Department

The city is building a new police training facility in southern Dallas. The city could pay just $1 to lease the land from the University of North Texas System.

Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia will retire from the department, a city council member confirmed to KERA. Garcia will become an assistant city manager in Austin.

Streets are closed off near the Continental Building where the shooting occurred Thursday.

Average monthly violent crime incidents went down between 2021 and this past April, but murders were up 7.2% and aggravated assaults were up 2.9%.

A Dallas police officer died and two other officers were wounded by a suspect who was shot and killed by police north of the city after a vehicle chase.

New York's Michele Andre will lead the office providing support to the city of Dallas' Community Police Oversight Board. The role has been vacant for almost a year.

City officials say public safety is a top priority in Dallas' proposed budget. The funding includes hiring hundreds of officers and millions for equipment maintenance.

Dallas voters will decide on decriminalizing up to four ounces of marijuana. The Dallas city council can't change that — but disagree on what could happen if it passes.

Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia was on scene North Dallas on Thursday. It was not immediately clear how the officer was involved in the shooting.

North Texas law enforcement agencies are trying to help families who have a missing loved one, no matter how old the case is.

Dallas Police Chief Eddie García fired the officer for violating department policies.

Kim Tolbert wrote in a memo Monday that a written reprimand and sensitivity training were enough punishment for the officers who mocked Dynell Lane after he urinated himself in a Deep Ellum pizzeria last year.