What You Need To Know About The 2021 Dallas City Budget
The final Dallas' 2020-2021 budgetwill go into effect Oct. 1, and was mostly unchanged from the initial proposed budget shared by City Manager T.C. Broadnax over the summer.
Though funding for police remained largely the same, the council trimmed the police overtime budget by $7 million.
The budget allocated funding for the expansion of the RIGHT Care program that pairs police, EMS and mental health professionals together to handle mental health emergencies.
Council also put money toward expanding the Office of Community Police Oversight, programs to reduce implicit bias and training in de-escalation and less-lethal tactics.
The city also expanded funding for 3,000 additional mobile internet hotspots.
In the weeks leading up to the vote, budget talks were heated as activists and community members called for the city to “defund the police.”
Local activist groups like Our City Our Future have proposed redirecting $200 million from the $500 million police budget towards social services like housing, education and mental health programs. Activists say improving the quality of citizens’ lives rather than policing them will create better outcomes for Black and brown communities.
In the midst of all this, Dallas Police Chief Reneé Hall recently announced she'll leave her post at the end of the year.
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Chief Reneé Hall will stay through the end of the year. Hall has come under fire in recent months for the way the police department handled this summer's protests against police brutality.
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In recent weeks Dallas Police Chief Reneé Hall has been criticized for how her department handled this summer’s protests against police brutality. Activists want her removed and some Dallas City Council members are questioning her leadership.
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It's the Dallas City Council's first attempt to set spending levels since protests against police brutality rocked the city and the U.S. over the summer.
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The organization Our City Our Future has proposed redirecting $200 million from the Dallas Police Department’s proposed $500 million budget to fund community support services.
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The City of Dallas recently began a series of virtual town halls to discuss the proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The meetings are a way for…
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The proposed budget for the city of Dallas does not include cuts to the police department. The plan does include funding new programs and infrastructure…