Downtown Dallas residents are raising safety concerns after a man allegedly followed one resident to their home and peered into the windows.
A Dallas resident posted a video on the Ring Neighbors app that shows a man seemingly walking around the front porch.
“A man was following me from Cole Ave to the alley way and back looking around and peering in windows,” wrote the resident in the caption on May 21.
Multiple other neighbors came to this residence’s defense, with one commenting on the post that they had “seen that guy walk the Katy trail by the cambrick entrance.”
This is seemingly a common occurrence in the Dallas area, with another person commenting, “A very similar looking person followed me for 2 blocks about 2 months ago.”
“I wish I could verify that this is him, but unfortunately it happened during night time. The dark clothes, backpack, and facial hair are all similar. It happened in very close proximity to this post (Douglas Ave),” continued the comment.
This incident reminded many to remain prepared for anything, as one user wrote that residents should “Keep protection on you” to stay safe.
Despite major concerns about safety throughout the area, the Dallas Police Department’s response times have remained concerning in recent years, prompting the new Chief of Police, Daniel Comeaux, to address the issue.
Comeaux said the department wants to make sure the “response time is appropriate,” noting that they want to “do the right thing by Dallas.”
“Now we’re doing a data dive and we’re doing data dives like we haven’t done before. I’m requesting all types of information on response times and the prioritization of calls so we can properly redirect, possibly, resources in certain areas to make sure that our response times go down,” he said, per NBC 5 DFW.
These slow response times coincide with the city seemingly refusing to implement Proposition U, which was passed by voters in November and mandates that DPD have at least 4,000 sworn officers, as previously reported by The Dallas Express.
This refusal has prompted Dallas HERO, a nonpartisan 501c4 organization dedicated to public safety and government accountability, to threaten a lawsuit if the city does not comply with the proposition.
Dallas has provided little indication about whether this mandate has been met, though concerns about response time could indicate that there are still too few police officers in the city to manage the needs of its residents adequately.