By DRC Communications
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Dallas voters will consider a $443 million bond proposition this November that would fund five public safety facility projects across the city.
City of Dallas Proposition A would provide funding for a new law enforcement training center and public safety training complex, a modernized emergency operations and 911 facility, a consolidated police property room and crime lab, and a replacement for Fire Station No. 4. Proposition A is the only City of Dallas bond proposition on the November ballot.
The projects address several long-standing facility needs for Dallas police, fire and emergency response operations.
Modernizing police training
A significant portion of Proposition A would support new facilities for the Dallas Police Department’s (DPD) training operations.
DPD officers have trained in a temporary warehouse facility since 1990. The proposed Law Enforcement Training Center at the University of North Texas at Dallas would replace the academic portion of the existing police academy, providing space for academic instruction, physical training and reality-based training for recruits and current officers.
The $227 million project has already secured $145 million from city, state and private sources. Proposition A would provide the remaining $82 million needed for completion. Construction broke ground in September.
An additional $149 million would go toward a more than 60-acre Public Safety Training Complex at Dallas Executive Airport. The facility would provide advanced scenario-based field training. Together, the two facilities would serve as complementary sites for recruit and in-service police training.
Investing across public safety operations
Proposition A would also direct $40 million toward relocating and equipping the city’s Emergency Operations Center and 911 call center into an existing city-owned facility. The Emergency Operations Center coordinates city departments and resources during emergencies ranging from severe weather to other major incidents.
Another $150 million would fund a consolidated DPD facility for property and evidence storage, forensic crime laboratory functions and secure evidentiary vehicle storage.
The remaining $22 million would replace Fire Station No. 4, which has served Dallas since 1953, with a new five-apparatus-bay station.
Why it matters for Dallas
Public safety infrastructure supports the people and systems responsible for serving a growing city. Proposition A would make long-term investments in facilities used to train police officers, answer 911 calls, coordinate emergency response, process evidence and support fire and rescue operations.
The $443 million would be issued as general obligation bonds and repaid over a period not to exceed 20 years. While state law requires the ballot language to state that the proposition is a tax increase, the City of Dallas tax rate will not increase as a result of this bond program.
The DRC and its members have supported efforts to develop a new law enforcement training facility, including state appropriations secured in 2023 and 2025 and the 2024 city bond campaign.
Early voting runs October 19-30. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Visit the DRC’s North Texas Voter Resources for more information.