Days after union leaders called for his resignation, Dallas Police Chief David Brown will attempt again to solve the city’s violent crime surge.
Last week, Brown laid out a plan to city council members that would have involved moving 600 officers to night and weekend shifts to combat crime, including a homicide rate that has nearly doubled three months into 2016.
Rank and file officers balked at the plan and the leaders of four police department unions announced their desire for Chief Brown to resign from his position in response.
Brown will meet Tuesday with the same union heads, in addition to other local law enforcement representatives, including two top assistants with the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department.
As part of a solution, Troopers from the Texas Department of Public Safety may be made available for patrol shifts in certain targeted areas of the city.
Mayor Mike Rawlings told NBC 5 it's important that different government agencies work together to solve problems. He says Chief Brown will meet with him after the Tuesday meeting to discuss resources and options.
"We sit down together and talk about how different resources can help," Mayor Rawlings said. "And I think that's what he's looking for, he's trying to get some details. And then we'll come out and kind of talk about that."
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NBC 5's Chris Van Horne contributed to this report.
