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Safety

DOWNTOWNDALLAS works every day to improve the quality of life for Downtown workers, visitors and residents which includes ensuring the neighborhood remains one of the safest in the city. DOWNTOWNDALLAS works directly with the Dallas Police Department, DART Police, Downtown Security Directors and other public safety organizations to address public safety issues and coordinate efforts.  In fact, the organization contributes over $1.75 million annually to public safety programs. The DOWNTOWNDALLAS Safety Committee, chaired by Ted Hamilton with Hamilton Properties, is comprised of a group of Downtown stakeholders with a passion for addressing any public safety and quality of life issues and improving the public perception of safety in the Downtown area.

• Committee Roster
• Annual Goals

DOWNTOWNDALLAS’ safety efforts, including the Downtown Safety Patrol, are run from our street front operations center, generously donated by AT&T, at 211 S Akard Street, Suite 130 (entrance faces Commerce). Stop in any time to speak with a Downtown Safety Patrol officer about our efforts and the public safety resources available.

Dispatch contact: 214-741-1151

Several of the SAFETY programs provided by DOWNTOWNDALLAS include:

• The Downtown Safety Patrol — DOWNTOWNDALLAS’ largest program both in scope and financial contribution includes approximately 70 officers patrolling the streets, providing extra eyes and ears for the Dallas Police Department.
• Dallas Emergency Response Team (DERT) — A public-private partnership was established in 2001 to prepare for, respond during and recover from any critical incident happening in Downtown Dallas. Services DOWNTOWNDALLAS provides through DERT include a Downtown Emergency Contact database, information radio station AM 1680 and the Dallas Alert Messaging System.
• Downtown Camera System — Dallas Police Department currently monitors 90 cameras in Downtown Dallas 24 hours a day, seven days a week. DOWNTOWNDALLAS is working with te Dallas Police Department, Safer Dallas Better Dallas and Downtown stakeholders to double the number of cameras in Downtown..
• Homeless Outreach Team — DOWNTOWNDALLAS provides a grant to the City of Dallas Crisis Intervention for four homeless outreach caseworkers dedicated to the Central Business District. In 2008, DOWNTOWNDALLAS purchased a transportation van and donated it to the City of Dallas Crisis Intervention for use by Homeless Outreach caseworkers in Downtown. 
• Ordinance Enhancement and Enforcement Advocacy —  DOWNTOWNDALLAS advocates at the local, state and national level for public policy changes that positively affect public safety, including initiatives like elevating the punishment for Burglary of a Motor Vehicle from a misdemeanor to a felony and enhancing the solicitation (panhandling) ordinance.
• Public Safety Equipment — Each year, DOWNTOWNDALLAS purchases equipment for the Dallas Police Department, DART Police, City of Dallas Crisis Intervention and the Downtown Safety Patrol in order to provide better resources for our public safety partners.