Ken Paxton sues Dallas over alleged failure to fund police as required by Proposition U

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced helium has filed a suit against officials successful Dallas, alleging the metropolis failed to decently money its constabulary section arsenic required by a voter-approved nationalist information measure.

Paxton, a Republican moving for U.S. Senate, accused Dallas of unlawfully refusing to comply with Proposition U, a nationalist information measurement approved by the city's voters successful 2024.

Proposition U requires that 50% of each caller yearly gross the metropolis receives beryllium directed toward constabulary and occurrence pensions. The measurement besides mandates that the metropolis support a minimum of 4,000 constabulary officers — astir 900 much than the section had successful 2024.

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a suit against officials successful Dallas for a deficiency of backing for its constabulary department. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

The lawsuit, announced connected Friday, names Dallas City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert and Chief Financial Officer Jack Ireland Jr. arsenic defendants.

"I filed this suit to guarantee that the City of Dallas afloat funds instrumentality enforcement, upholds nationalist safety, and is accountable to its constituents," Paxton said successful a property release.

"When voters request much backing for instrumentality enforcement, section officials indispensable instantly comply," helium continued. "As members of instrumentality enforcement crossed the state progressively look attacks from the extremist Left, it’s important that we afloat money the brave men and women successful instrumentality enforcement defending instrumentality and bid successful our communities. This suit aims to bash conscionable that by ensuring Dallas follows its ain charter and gives constabulary officers the enactment they request to support the public."

Ken Paxton, Texas lawyer general, accused Dallas of unlawfully refusing to comply with Proposition U. (Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Paxton alleges Dallas officials under-calculated the full of excess wealth the metropolis had successful its existent fund to enactment toward information measures successful Proposition U. The further gross for the 2025-2026 fiscal twelvemonth should beryllium $220 million, according to Paxton, but the metropolis lone reported astir $61 cardinal successful excess revenue. 

The suit besides accuses Dallas of failing to prosecute an autarkic third-party steadfast to behaviour an yearly constabulary compensation survey, arsenic required nether the measure.

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The suit accuses Dallas of failing to prosecute an autarkic third-party steadfast to behaviour an yearly constabulary compensation survey. (HUM Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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The ailment demands that the metropolis decently allocate the excess gross towards constabulary pensions, serviceman wage and expanding the fig of officers successful accordance with Proposition U.

Dallas metropolis leaders person taken enactment to comply with Proposition U, according to Fox 4. In December, the metropolis assembly approved a 30-year, $11 cardinal dollar pension backing program for the constabulary department.