The top local stories this morning from KERA News: Dallas Police Chief David Brown will brief a city council committee this morning on the city’s crime numbers.
The update will reveal if the department’s efforts to combat a dramatic increase in violent crime has been successful. Since last year, aggravated assaults have risen by 35 percent. Murders are up about 85 percent.
Brown attributed the crime increase to a shortage of police officers, but his plan to move officers to other shifts received pushback. Governor Greg Abbott’s office offered state resources to help the department combat crime.
Other stories this morning:
- In this edition of Vital Signs, Sam Baker explores the rise in cases of head and neck cancer.
- Think kicks off a week of live broadcasts from NPR Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Join the conversation on social media with the hashtag #ThinkInDC.
You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:22 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on KERA 90.1 FM.
