Dallas police cut extra protection at Bush home.Byline: ANI Dallas Dallas, city (1990 pop. 1,006,877), seat of Dallas co., N Tex., on the Trinity River near the junction of its three forks; inc. 1871. The second largest Texas city, after Houston, and the eighth largest U.S. (Texas, US), July 9 (ANI): The Dallas Police Department The Dallas Police Department, established in 1881, is the principal law enforcement agency serving Dallas, Texas. The department is responsible for law enforcement and investigations within the city. has cut back on some of the additional protection that the department provided around the Preston Hollow hollow 1. a depression. 2. contains a cavity. hollow back backbone has a downward curvature in the center. hollow horn a mythical disease of cattle in primitive communities; treated by removal of the horns. home of former President George W. Bush. In addition to the usual Secret Service protection, Dallas until last week had stationed one on-duty tactical officer per eight-hour shift on the street outside the president's home. The estimated cost of that service was 300,000 a year, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. police officials who asked that they not be named. "We just had to cut it," said one police official, who agreed to speak on the condition on anonymity. The city of Dallas has been struggling to deal with a 190 million dollar budget deficit. Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle, who declined to discuss specific changes said, "Our decision on how to deploy people around security issues like this is not dependent on the budget. They're based on other factors." The cuts to the president's security detail were first reported by KTVT-TV on Tuesday. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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