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Council keeps UNT Dallas site for DPD training on consent after mixed public reaction
Summary
After public comment, Dallas City Council left a lease with the University of North Texas at Dallas on the consent agenda, funding and cost questions prompted debate but the item advanced with council and state support.
Dallas City Council left a planned lease of land at the University of North Texas at Dallas for a Dallas Police Department (DPD) training facility on the consent agenda and approved moving forward with the agreement June 11 amid public concern over rising project costs and process transparency.
Senator Royce West and other state and local leaders told council the UNT Dallas site would give law enforcement improved access to classroom space and criminal-justice…
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