{"id":424867,"date":"2026-09-03T09:12:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T09:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/424867\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T09:12:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T09:12:25","slug":"dallas-voters-will-see-a-400m-public-safety-bond-on-nov-3-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/424867\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas voters will see a $400M+ public safety bond on Nov. 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lakehighlands.advocatemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BallotBoxHC1611_source-scaled.jpeg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-162543\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BallotBoxHC1611_source-scaled-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2409\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dallas voters will see a new bond proposal on the Nov. 3 ballot that focuses on public safety.<\/p>\n<p>The bond, which Dallas City Council approved in an 11-4 vote Aug. 12, includes more than $400 million for public safety upgrades across the city, including $82 million for a new Law Enforcement Training Center (LETC) at the University of North Texas at Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>Voters initially approved $50 million for the construction of the LETC as part of the city\u2019s 2024 bond package.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the bond calls for $170 million for a Public Safety Training Complex (PSTC) at Dallas Executive Airport, $40 million to relocate the existing emergency operations center and 911 facility, $17 million for the demolition and replacement of the existing Fleet Maintenance Facility at the Southeast Service Center, and $150 million to colocate the Dallas Police Department Property Room, Crime Scene and Evidentiary Vehicle Storage.<\/p>\n<p>The bond also requests $22 million for the replacement of Fire Station No. 4 at Akard and Canton streets. Fire Station No. 4 is among Dallas Fire-Rescue\u2019s highest-priority stations for replacement. The station was built in 1884 and rebuilt in 1953.<\/p>\n<p>The total bond is a reduced amount from the City Manager\u2019s recommended $960 million bond. The bond also excludes $500 million in pension obligation bonds for the Dallas Police and Fire Pension.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Nov. 3 bond proposal comes two and a half years after Dallas voters approved a $1.25 billion bond for street infrastructure advancements and city parks. <\/p>\n<p>\t\tShare This Story, Choose Your Platform!<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788426745_490_8ddafd819415d55fa9c7d86e7ec264373e8df34784422adeec47a828c58c2d8f.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-72 photo\" height=\"72\" width=\"72\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas voters will see a new bond proposal on the Nov. 3 ballot that focuses on public safety.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424868,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[5902,102,40734,9379,104,103,4081,147204,147205,95351,146089,94569,147206,29692],"class_list":["post-424867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-city-of-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-executive-airport","tag-dallas-fire-rescue","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-dallas-police-department","tag-fire-station-4","tag-fleet-maintenance-facility","tag-law-enforcement-training-center","tag-november-3","tag-public-safety-training-complex","tag-southeast-service-center","tag-university-of-north-texas-at-dallas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}