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Murder suspect targeted the homeless, killing them with sledgehammer, Dallas police say Adelaido Esparza, 58, faces murder charges in the deaths of Fredrick Billmeier Jr. and Daniel Slusser. Daniel Slusser was found dead at a strip mall in west Oak Cliff the morning of Nov. 20.(Tom Steele) A Dallas County man is behind bars, accused of committing two vicious slayings a month apart last year. Police say he targeted homeless men, beating them to death with a sledgehammer in the dead of night. Ade...

Dallas Police Departments new chief is first Latino in the role New chief will begin his duties in February. Courtesy photo Dallas has a new police chief: According to a release from city manager T.C. Broadnax, Eddie Garcia will become Dallas 30th Chief of Police, as well as the first Latino to preside over the ninth largest police department in the country. Garcia comes from the San Jose Police Department, where he has served as Chief since 2016. He replaces U. Renee Hall, who resigned in ...

Dallas’ new police chief will be Eddie Garcia, the first Latino to lead the department The retired San Jose, Calif., police chief was chosen to lead the department after Chief U. Reneé Hall announced she was leaving at the end of the year. A portrait of San Jose police chief Eddie Garcia in his office in San Jose, Calif., on Monday, Aug. 3, 2020.(Randy Vazquez / Bay Area News Group) Even before he retired in California as San Jose police chief, Edgardo “Eddie” Garcia had already set his...

The seven finalists competing to become Dallas next police chief come both from within the citys ranks and as far away as California and Virginia, but they were singing from the same hymnal this week as the public got its first chance to check them out. Call it bless our communities. They made pitches for the job Wednesday during a livestreamed forum open to the public online. Public Sector Search and Consulting, an executive talent recruitment firm, winnowed dozens of applications to arrive at...

What Did We Learn This Week About the Dallas Police Chief Candidates? Most of the candidates spoke about improved community engagement and police reform. Now the decision rests with the city manager. By Matt Goodman and Peter Simek Published in FrontBurner December 17, 2020 1:28 pm Before Christmas, the city will learn who the next chief of the Dallas Police Department will be. This week, the City Council, mayor, community stakeholders, and the public got a glimpse of the seven candidates vying...

Seven Finalists for Dallas Police Chief Face the Public Ken Kalthoff © Provided by NBC Dallas The seven finalists for Dallas Police Chief faced off Wednesday in an online forum, the one opportunity for the general public to meet and learn about them. The finalists were culled from 36 applicants for the job being vacated by Chief U. Renee Hall who was hired from Detroit three years ago. Hall announced her resignation in September. Assistant Chief Lonzo Anderson has been appoint...

Leading Off (12/17/20) Sunny with a high of 60 today. By Kathy Wise Published in FrontBurner December 17, 2020 5:27 am Dallas Purchases Two Hotels With $10 Million in Federal COVID-19 Relief Funds. The plan is to use Hotel Miramar on Fort Worth Avenue and the Candlewood Suites off Preston Road in far North Dallas to house homeless people with the virus. Later, a nonprofit will use the properties as rapid rehousing facilities. Neighbors of Hotel Miramar appear pleased with the new owner as the...

Dallas hosts Q&A livestream with police chief finalists Dallas hosts Q&A livestream with police chief finalists A virtual interview for the finalists hoping to be the next Dallas police chief showed where the candidates stand on issues plaguing the city. DALLAS - A virtual interview for the finalists hoping to be the next Dallas police chief showed where the candidates stand on issues plaguing the city. The seven finalists for Dallas police chief shared what they would do to reduce violent ...

Irving police chief among candidates for top cop job in Dallas Jeff Spivey, who joined the Irving Police Department as an officer in 1988, is one of seven finalists for the job. Irving police Chief Jeff Spivey is among the seven finalists for the Dallas police chief job.(Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer) Irving Police Chief Jeff Spivey is among the seven finalists interviewing this week for the job of Dallas police chief. In addition to Spivey, the list includes Dallas Police Maj. Malik Aziz;...

Here’s how 7 Dallas police chief candidates said they would fight crime Candidates for Police Chief U. Reneé Hall’s job talked about how they would tackle the city’s violent crime. Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, announced seven finalists to replace U. Renee Hall as the citys next police chief. They are (clockwise from top left) Dallas police Maj. Malik Aziz; Charlottesville, Va., Police Chief RaShall Brackney; San Jose, Calif., Police Chief Eddie Garcia; Da...