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Candidates emphasize recruiting, training and partnerships to address public safety and homelessness
Summary
At the community forum, candidates prioritized recruitment and training for public safety and described coordinated approaches to homelessness, including a 2024 'Street to Home' initiative and a multi-agency strategy begun in 2021.
Public safety and homelessness were top topics at the Dallas city manager candidate forum.
On public safety, candidates highlighted recruitment, retention and training. Kim Tolbert pointed to a new public safety training facility and said the city provided a 7.23% pay increase for first responders in the current budget; she urged partnerships with educational and community groups to build…
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