Dallas Crime prevention

Is Crime on the Rise in Dallas?

By Candy Evans / February 28, 2017 /

You wonder, given that we are down the number of police available to chase down criminals or respond to emergencies. We are lacking about 600 officers in Dallas. As a general rule of thumb, a city needs about 3 officers per 1,000 people to keep peace and safety. Last year Dallas had 2.94 per 1000,…

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Crime Report: Call the Coppers; They Stole My Copper!

By Zachary Dickens / September 16, 2014 /

Unless their clients want to shell out even more money, home builders can’t secure their work sites 24 hours a day. Criminals know this, and that’s why a combined $15,000 worth of copper pipes were stolen from two University Park construction sites during the weekend of Sept. 6-7. The crimes happened in the 4000 block…

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