DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A new Dallas Police Chief is expected to be hired by the end of this month, according to City Manager T.C. Broadnax.
In a memo sent this week to Dallas City Council members, Broadnax said 36 people from across the United States applied for the position and were screened by a recruiter based on input from the City Council, community and department surveys, and the City Manager.
Later this week, the City Manager will invite selected top candidates to participate in the interview phase of the process, which is scheduled to begin next week.
“To solicit a broad spectrum of additional input on the finalists, the interview process includes six stakeholder panels which will meet and interview each candidate,” the memo said. “Organizations representing
various community and stakeholder groups were invited by the City Manager to provide a representative to sit on one of the following six panels.”
Last month the city launched a community-wide survey in both English and Spanish to seek community and public feedback on the next Chief. According to Broadnax, the city received over 4,500
responses from residents.
“The Chair of the City Council Public Safety Committee has requested from the Mayor and City Council Members questions to ask each finalist in video interviews,” Broadnax said in the memo.
The recorded interviews will premiere live across all City of Dallas cable and social media channels next week.
Following the community surveys, stakeholder panels and video interviews, the City Manager will select final candidates for interviews that he will conduct personally. Broadnax said he intends to select and appoint a new Chief by the end of December.
Chief Renee Hall will leave the department at the end of the month after resigning earlier this year.
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