Police Chief Jerry Mott told the Dallas City Council on July 7 that voters rejected the city’s police-station bond in May 2025 and that staff and volunteers are working on community education and outreach should the council decide to pursue a future measure.

“May 2025 the voters rejected the bond,” Mott said, and added that city staff returned to “the drawing board” to explore different solutions for a facility. He said a future measure could appear in the November 2025 election cycle or in 2026, depending on decisions by citizens, volunteers and the council.

Mott said staff plan more robust education to explain construction costs and why a police facility can cost more than a standard commercial or residential building. “We need to do more to educate the community members on the facts associated with the need of the police facility,” he said.

The police department is pairing outreach on station needs with community-disaster preparedness and neighborhood-led crime-prevention efforts, Mott said. He reported meetings began July 1 with the Saros Glen homeowners association and that staff plan a tentative meeting with the Bridlewood HOA executive board on July 9; he said they will recruit participants for neighborhood-watch and evacuation-inventory programs and will promote those efforts via social media ahead of winter.

When asked about timing, Mott said the Bridlewood meeting was scheduled for 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, and that field work and outreach would continue as needed, regardless of whether the council ultimately seeks another bond measure.

Next steps: continue community education on station needs and costs, deploy targeted outreach to HOAs, community clubs, clergy and school administrators, and recruit neighborhood organizations into evacuation and neighborhood-watch programs in the months ahead.