Councilwoman Carolyn King Arnold made the remark during a public safety committee briefing in which the Dallas Police Department answered for last week’s memo leak.
Councilwoman Jennifer Gates says the matter will be considered at a public safety committee meeting on January 11.
After fiercely opposing cuts to the police overtime program, the mayor now asks whether the program is being “abused or mismanaged.”
Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax has the final decision who will be the city’s new police chief.
Police departments across Texas have implemented their own internal policies of "duty to intervene" after the incident in Minneapolis sparked nationwide protests and riots.
The new proposals will need to go through the legislative process after the legislature convenes in January before going into effect.
Councilman Omar Narvaez expressed concern about cutting the salaries of those who already make less than “straight, white men.”
Several shakeups have rocked the Dallas Police Department, as 25 percent will be cut from the overtime budget and the police chief announced her resignation effective November 10.
The proposal maintains about the same level of police funding, while allocating a minimum wage increase and $650,000 for a new “recovery services facility.”
Consideration of the city's police funding will be delayed until August after the Dallas City Council overwhelmingly opted to postpone the vote.
