Overview

• The Dallas Police Department will hold a three-day hiring event at Embassy Suites by Hilton in Hughes Landing, The Woodlands, from June 23 to 25 to recruit Houston-area officers.
• The department is about 800 officers short of the 4,000-minimum force mandated by Proposition U, which also requires dedicating half of new revenue to the police and fire pension fund.
• Lateral recruits can earn up to $91,007 in academy pay, receive shift-differential bonuses, tuition reimbursement and up to $3,000 in relocation assistance under a shortened lateral academy program.
• The Houston Police Officers Union said it is unconcerned by Dallas’s efforts, citing a new agreement that will raise Houston’s starting salaries this summer.
• Dallas is competing with other Texas agencies for qualified officers during a statewide hiring crunch and faces potential litigation from Dallas HERO if it misses the May 30 compliance deadline.