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Public Safety Committee actions: minutes approved; pathway briefing forwarded to full council
Summary
The committee unanimously approved May minutes and unanimously voted to forward the civil service/UNT police‑pathway pilot to full City Council for consideration.
At the start of the June 3 meeting the Public Safety Committee approved the minutes from the May meeting by unanimous voice vote. Later in the session the committee voted unanimously to forward a civil service rule change and one‑year pilot that would allow applicants with a high school diploma or GED plus 36 months of full‑time work to enter the Dallas Police Department academy and receive college credit through UNT Dallas.
Votes at a glance: - Approval of May minutes — Motion carried unanimously (voice vote). No names for mover/second were recorded in the transcript. - Recommendation to full City Council: civil service rule amendment to pilot a work‑experience entry pathway for DPD and a UNT Dallas credit articulation — Motion to forward carried unanimously. Mover/second not specified on the record; full council action is required to implement the pilot.
Notes: The transcript shows both votes recorded as unanimous; the committee did not record individual member vote tallies on the audio record. The civil service/UNT item will appear on the full City Council agenda for final action.
