Transparency, community engagement, and hiring more officers are among Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux’s priorities months into his role.
The Dallas Community Police Oversight Board were able to ask Comeaux policy related questions during its Tuesday meeting. The board had previously attempted to ask Comeaux questions about his priorities as chief but were prevented from doing so back in June.
Comeaux started his role months after the voter-approved Proposition U went into effect, which requires the city to spend no less than 50% of new, annual revenue to fund the police and fire pension. It also mandates a minimum of 4,000 sworn police officers in the department…