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Kelli Smith @kellixsmith.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

For months, I’ve looked into Dallas' 14 adult specialty courts—diversion programs built to help vulnerable people. Research shows if they stray from best practices, they risk doing real harm. Today, we published the investigation. 🧵

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Kelli Smith @kellixsmith.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Housing Forward, which coordinates Dallas' homelessness response, had just wrapped up a 6-week approach that connected 47 people under a South Dallas highway bridge to housing or treatment. Police were expected to keep watch as city crews closed the site and told those remaining to leave.

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Kelli Smith @kellixsmith.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

The stats are in, and they confirm a big trend: Dallas ended 2025 with 141 murders, a *10-year low.* To put that in perspective: 📉 43 fewer people murdered than in 2024. 📉 Dallas' 4th lowest murder count since 1995. A significant drop that has largely flown under the radar.

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Kelli Smith @kellixsmith.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Today is my last day at @dallasnews.com and it's still hard to believe it snuck up. Words can't express my gratitude for DMN's chance on me when I was a breaking news fellow. I'm leaving after ~4 years covering Dallas PD, which has been an incredible opportunity to work on important stories.

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Kelli Smith @kellixsmith.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

There are more people in the audience today than the usual monthly oversight meetings. Board member Ozzie Smith thanks those who came out to hear the Chief’s views and is outlining the six pages of questions they’d hoped to ask. “This is not the meeting that we had anticipated as a board.”

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Kelli Smith @kellixsmith.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Chief Daniel Comeaux opens his remarks at Dallas’ Community Police Oversight Board by addressing yesterday’s protests. He said he’s sad officers had rocks and bottles thrown at them, but he’s proud of their strength and only one person was arrested. Watch: dallastx.new.swagit.com/views/113/dc...

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Kelli Smith @kellixsmith.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

I’m eternally grateful to @dallasnews.com, where I’ve grown as a journalist and met people whose friendships I’ll always treasure. I'm honored to have reported on stories from DPD's loss of evidence to the unnoticed death of a man in hospital police custody to the departure of our DPD chief.

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