Sunday night the Office of Community Police Oversight in Dallas held an interfaith prayer vigil for peace, unity and community.
"We're normally used to seeing meetings about accountability or we'll have members of the police department, city council members, with the oversight [committee] there, but we don't focus enough on peace and unity," said Tonya McClary, police monitor for the city of Dallas and director of the
"We have people from different faiths and community leaders just to come together and say, 'Let's put some prayer for peace and unity here in the city," said McClary.Sign up for NBC DFW newslettersHer job, which McClary described as a voice for the community to the police department and vice versa, can be challenging.
"Even though I know we can be very upset, when something like a Tyre Nichols [situation] happens, at the police department, but the reality is, they're part of this community, they're going to be the one patrolling in your neighborhood, and so it's important to try and work with them to come up with a solution," said McClary.
The next event is called"Conversations to Move Dallas Forward," and will be held on Thursday, March 2 at Thurgood Marshal Recreation Center, 5150 Mark Trail Way, in Dallas at 6 p.m. The Office of Equity and Inclusion, District 3 Councilmember Casey Thomas, II along with the Community Police Oversight Board and the National Black Police Association will lead the discussion.
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