One of the four citizen-led charter amendments on the November ballot would require city to ramp up its police force from the 3,100 officers to 4,000. Dallas' interim city manager says it could cost the city $175 million.
Next Wednesday, the Dallas City Council will be legally required to put four citizen-led charter amendments on the November ballot.One of the four measures calls for the city to ramp up its police force from the 3,100 officers it has now to 4,000."Violent crime can take hours for police response, if any," said Pete Morocco, the Dallas resident who led the petition.
Dallas interim city manager Kim Tolbert said the cost of 900 additional officers with equipment and benefits would equal $175 million."You would be looking at drastic, very extreme cuts we would have to make across the board," she said.The ballot language does not include a date for the department to reach 4,000 officers, but failing to do so could allow a citizen to sue, putting it in a judge's hands.
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