Dallas Police program may continue and expand after the Local Council members show records of an overall reduction in the violent crime rate.
One of the police programs that helped achieve those results is expanding to a troubled South Dallas apartment complex, where residents Monday said they welcome the extra attention.
“They need to build a police station on the inside of here,” tenant Dana Branch said.
Tenants willing to be interviewed talked about the notoriousness of the area.
A tenant who asked that her name not be withheld narrated the events surrounding the murder of a neighbor at the complex two years ago.
She said the problems have gotten worse.
“There’s mice. There are roaches. There are stray dogs that just run around. There’s a crime, kids breaking into people’s apartments, cars being taken,” she said.
Another tenant, Branch said young people run through the complex, tearing things up and scratching residents’ cars.
“I don’t even let my daughter come outside and play. She can’t come out and play. She can’t play with none of these kids,” Branch said.
License plate reading cameras posted outside the complex may help detect stolen vehicles that have also been dumped at the complex, according to tenants and police.
In the report to be presented to the Dallas City Council Public Safety Committee Tuesday, overall violent crime is down 11.77% in 2023 through September 30th compared with last year.
