Dallas, TX
Will Dallas voters approve $50 million for new police training facility?
DALLAS – North Texans start heading to the polls Monday to early vote in the May 4 municipal elections. Dallas voters have a $1.25 billion bond to consider.
There are ten ballot propositions included in the bond and most of the money would go toward fixing potholes and upgrading streets and alleys. The bond also includes money for parks and recreation, flood control projects, upgrading public libraries, helping the homeless, economic development, upgrading the city’s information technology, expanding affordable housing, and arts and cultural facilities.
But the biggest single-ticket item is $50 million for a new Dallas Police Training facility at UNT in South Dallas. It’s a public-private partnership.
Supporters say a brand new facility is long overdue because the existing space has long been outdated.
“Anybody who’s toured it I think is just appalled,” former Dallas council member, Jennifer Staubach Gates said. “If you want a great police department, it starts with the training, and this is going to help us retain and recruit, which we desperately need.”
But not everyone supports this project.
“We believe that will result in more over-spending and repression in our communities and we think that money could be utilized elsewhere,” said Tamera Hutcherson, an organizer with the group, Stop Cop City Dallas. “Why not invest money in updating that facility instead of constructing a new facility entirely?”
Staubach Gates says if voters approve, there will be a total of $80 million committed to the project.
The total cost is $140 million, and she says she’s speaking with a number of foundations with the goal of having private money pay for the rest of the project. Staubach Gates says the private money won’t come without a commitment from voters.
Watch this Sunday’s episode of Eye on Politics for a full deep dive of the Dallas bond election.
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Card-carrying SAG member Timothée Chalamet was “starstruck” to meet the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders — doubtless due to their impressive collective bargaining skills, as depicted in docuseries America’s Sweethearts. Or because they’re classic Americana, either way. The Cheerleaders and Anna Kate Sundvold posted a video of Chalamet meeting the group and expressing his starstruckedness. “Imagine when he finds out that every single one of these dancers trained in ballet…” one commenter wryly snarked.
Chalamet was in Dallas for the FIFA World Cup, watching the France vs. Spain game. He wore a France jacket to the event, eliciting cheers and boos at Dallas Stadium in equal measure according to People. So Mr. Knicks met the cheerleaders for America’s football team at a fútbol match? Is there a single sport this guy isn’t stumping for? We eagerly await learning Timmy’s favorites in hockey, lacrosse, and individualized synchronized swimming (it’s real, look it up).
5 teens hurt after police chase ends in crash
Five teenagers were hurt after a crime spree ended in a crash. Police say they found multiple handguns inside the vehicle after the crash, and all five teens were taken to the hospital.
DALLAS – Five teenagers were hospitalized late Tuesday night after crashing a carjacked sedan into a traffic light pole during a brief police chase, Dallas authorities said.
Carjacking and crash
What we know:
The incident began at 10:37 p.m. in Old East Dallas, where a man was carjacked at gunpoint by a group of armed juvenile suspects in the 4500 block of Live Oak Street, according to Dallas Police Department records. The suspects left the scene in the victim’s white Honda sedan.
Just before 11 p.m., a Flock license plate recognition camera flagged the stolen vehicle at an apartment complex in the 9400 block of Bruton Road in Pleasant Grove.
Responding patrol officers spotted the Honda traveling west on Bruton Road near South Buckner Boulevard. When officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop, the driver accelerated and sped off, initiating a pursuit.
The chase came to a violent end at 11:02 p.m. at the intersection of Bruton Road and Second Avenue. Police said the driver lost control of the sedan and slammed directly into a steel traffic signal support pole.
Officers found five teenagers inside the heavily damaged vehicle. Dallas Fire-Rescue paramedics took all five suspects to local hospitals. Police said some of the teenagers suffered serious injuries, but all are expected to survive.
Investigators recovered multiple handguns from inside the crashed vehicle.
What’s next:
Detectives from the Dallas Police Department’s robbery and vehicular crimes units, alongside crime scene investigators and patrol officers, are continuing to investigate the incident. Charges against the juveniles are pending.
The Source: Information in this article is from the Dallas Police officers at the scene.
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