“Dallas police Chief Daniel Comeaux has chosen to delegate implementation of the violence reduction plan to lower-ranking commanders, shifting away from the hyper-focus of his predecessor, Eddie Garcia, who was very much the public face of the response,” Smith writes. “Will that result in a change in priorities? How will it affect police response times? We’ll be watching closely in his second year on the job.”
The stats are in, and they confirm a big trend: Dallas ended 2025 with 141 murders, a *10-year low.*To put that in perspective:📉 43 fewer people murdered than in 2024.📉 Dallas’ 4th lowest murder count since 1995.A significant drop that has largely flown under the radar…