The Brief
- DPD’s average response time for “priority two” calls is 94 minutes, far above the 12-minute goal.
- The delay follows two recent crashes where police took over an hour to respond.
- Residents are calling on the city to increase police pay to hire more officers.
DALLAS – After recent complaints about long response times from Dallas police, it’s been revealed that, on average, DPD is missing its goal by a long shot.
This week, more than a dozen Dallas residents called on the city council to do more to improve public safety.
Dallas police response time
According to the Dallas Police Department’s dashboard, its average response time for a “priority two” call, such as a major traffic crash with injuries, is 94 minutes; well above the 12-minute goal.
This week, fired-up Dallas residents said the city needs to get more police officers on the streets.…