For more than three decades, every new Dallas police officer has passed through the same small one story training academy in South Dallas.
In a recent public safety meeting, council member Cara Mendelsohn described it as a “horrible dump” and many have quietly agreed, impatiently waiting for city leaders to make progress on replacing it. Year after year, the Dallas police force has been shrinking, losing officers faster than it can hire them. There are many reasons for that, but one, city leaders say, is the size of the academy.
“It’s embarrassing when I walk through the academy. That’s not – it’s not a location that we that we really want our recruits to be,” said Chief Eddie Garcia.I-Team: Vehicles Stolen Off North Texas Carvana Lot Leads To Feud Between Company And Police, Plus 716 Citations “The message is going to be that we’re in the middle of our community, in the middle of our city as we’re training our new officers,” said Garcia.
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