Dallas Police Chief Agrees to Stay for Three More Years

"If this was NFL Football, we were able to keep Chief Garcia on the Dallas Team; he's the right quarterback to lead our police department. We certainly didn't want to lose him to free agency," Interim Dallas City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert said.

May 22, 2024

Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia has agreed to a three-year deal with the city.Dallas PD

Chief Eddie Garcia of the Dallas Police Department has reached an agreement with city leaders to stay for three more years.

There were rumors earlier this month that Garcia was being courted by Houston and Austin, NBC DFW reports.

Interim Dallas City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert said the negotiation was complicated in a city press release.

"If this was NFL Football, we were able to keep Chief Garcia on the Dallas Team; he's the right quarterback to lead our police department. We certainly didn't want to lose him to free agency."

Garcia weighed in on the negotiation saying in the news release: "To live and work in Dallas is to love Dallas. This is the right place to complete my service, and I know your police officers are honored to serve Dallas residents. We will keep doing our jobs with excellence and results."

Garcia's salary remains $306,440 -- however, beginning in November, and every six months after, he'll receive a retention bonus of $10,000.

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