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Dallas launches 'Summer of Safety' with expanded youth programming, officials say
Summary
Mayor Johnson and city officials onstage at Gaydon Hill Recreation Center announced the city's fourth annual "Summer of Safety," highlighting free full-day camps from Dallas ISD, expanded parks hours, teen access passes, and police-led youth engagement programs. Officials cited multi-year drops in violent crime and urged families to use dal.city/2025summerofsafety.
Mayor Johnson kicked off the City of Dallas's fourth annual "Summer of Safety" campaign at Gaydon Hill Recreation Center, saying the program will expand free and low-cost opportunities for children and teens across the city and urging residents to use the city website for details.
"If you don't have a safe neighborhood, you don't have a safe city," Mayor Johnson said, framing the initiative as central to the administration's public-safety strategy. The mayor said the city has seen multi-year reductions in violent crime, adding that "violent crime actually has fallen 35% across the entire city; this year alone, murders are down 30% and robberies are down 14%." He described Summer of Safety…
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