Opinion: Violent crime is down in Dallas, and here’s why | Eric Johnson and Alan Cohen
After several years of rising violence in our streets, there is strong reason to believe Dallas is now on a safer path.
But now is not the time to declare that our mission is accomplished. It isn’t. When gun violence is present in a neighborhood, it becomes exponentially more difficult to create opportunities for people to thrive socially and economically. And violence still takes and forever alters more lives in our city than should be acceptable to any of us.
In response, in late 2020, the Dallas City Council approved funding for the task force’s proposals and assigned the programs to the newly created Office of Integrated Public Safety Solutions. And to be clear, Dallas didn’t arrest its way out of violent crime in either location, which might be the most remarkable aspect of this approach. In 2019, police made 170 arrests in the Malcolm X and Marburg focus area. In 2021, police made only 69 arrests in that area. The Bonnie View, Overton and Illinois area saw 259 arrests in 2019. In 2021, that fell to 242.
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