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Fire and police offer monthly metrics; police note multi-drug traffic stop
Summary
Fire Chief Neal reported 345 calls for service in March including 248 medical calls and 10 fires; Police leadership highlighted a traffic stop that recovered multiple controlled substances and a weapon, and reported roughly 1,714 calls for service, 414 traffic stops and 50 arrests for the month.
Fire Chief Neal told council the department completed updates to SOPs intended to reduce unnecessary overtime and improve safety and compliance with ISO hydrant testing; "we had 345 calls for service, 248 was medical, 10 fires and 10 inspections completed," he said. Neal also noted CERT training had been postponed for low enrollment but that recruitment continues.
The police report described a traffic stop that yielded a range of controlled substances and a weapon; the chief said charges were submitted to the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office. The department reported roughly 1,714 total calls for service, 414 traffic stops and 50 arrests during the month and noted the city used special funds to make a second annual payment for the police body camera program with no impact on the general fund.
Managing public safety coordination, the city’s managing director of public safety described process changes that streamlined jail operations and prisoner transport schedules to lower costs and improve efficiencies across police, marshals and fire divisions. Council thanked staff for the cross-departmental collaboration.
