single with 2 children thinking of moving to dallas to join the Dallas Police Dept (Lancaster: rent)

[tamara31]

i have been thinking about moving to dallas, i am living in memphis right now working in law enforcement. lately i've been interested in moving to dallas and working with them. the only thing is i dont know anyone in dallas and i would like more insight on the city and dpd if anyone has info it would be greatly appreciated

[josiah_granddad]

Originally Posted by tamara31

i have been thinking about moving to dallas, i am living in memphis right now working in law enforcement. lately i've been interested in moving to dallas and working with them. the only thing is i dont know anyone in dallas and i would like more insight on the city and dpd if anyone has info it would be greatly appreciated

Visit dallascad.org, I am a native of Dallas; currently my wife and I reside in southern dallas county in the suburb of Lancaster where we bought a home in August of 2006. I have spanned the globe, wouldn't live anywhere else. Too, contact the DPD directly; I have military ties to Memphis, you'll love Big D hands down.

[nmnita]

I would start by visiting the websites of various police dept. Do you want to live in the city itself or a burb, there are so many neat cities around DAllas, but the price of homes and rent may be higher than in Memphis. We almost moved from Dallas to Memphis about 10 years ago and found the cost of living in Memphis lower. How old are the kids, how do they feel about a re-location?

My suggestion, if you can, take a week or two this summer and visit No. Texas, see if you get a good feeling or if there may be somewhere else that would appeal to you more?

There are lots of great things about Dallas and Texas overall, but certainly not everything is peaches and creme.


No one can say, you will love it or hate it, we would have to know your reasons for wanting to move to judge how you will like living there.

Nita

[Grainraiser]

The only thing I know is most the burbs police force pay more than the city of Dallas. They are also safer in most cases. This may or may not appeal to you since some folks want to be right on the front lines. I do think it would be easier to get a job with the DPD than it would be to find something in the burbs. I would wait to see what substation your assigned to before buying a house. The Dallas area is huge and the last thing you want to do is to spend a hours a day commuting to work.

[Texsez]

U mentioned your kids so this is why I include, you do know they will be in DISD maybe. Welcome but you might not want to move to Dallas. Maybe a suburb.

[ChristieP]

To work for DPD, you are supposed to live within 30 minutes' drive of the substation where you are stationed. So, you'd need to know which substation before you could start picking places to live. For example, Crandall is cute, but if you got the Northwest substation, you'd be looking at a HORRIBLE commute. (For Southeast, it wouldn't be too bad.)

Do a search on Dallas News, Sports, Weather and Traffic from The Dallas Morning News about DPD. They have had their fair share of scandals, and the current Chief is not hesitant to fire officers who bring the department bad press. Some areas of Dallas do have bad crime, so it is not an easy department to work for. And yes, as others have said, DPD pays lower than the suburbs. You'd also need a TCLOSE certification, so I don;t know if that would require you to re-do parts of the Academy to obtain it, or if they give reciprocity from other states.