Response times remain higher than target despite HERO proposition

DALLAS — The organization that successfully worked to pass a charter amendment requiring more police officers said the city's budget proposal does not meet the criteria Dallas voters approved in November, but the city of Dallas argued it does.

Dallas City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert told WFAA in an interview this month that she believes her proposed $5.2 billion budget "goes above and beyond" the proposition's requirements.

Proposition U, which passed with 50.5 percent of the vote in November, includes a number of requirements for the city's public safety spending:

Dallas must dedicate at least 50 percent of "excess revenue" to the Dallas Police and Fire Pension System.

The city must maintain at least 4,000 police officers.

Dallas must conduct an annual survey of starting sal