Dallas Voters Reject $443 Million Public Safety Bond

Voters turned down the city's combined bond package, which would have funded police, fire and emergency facilities.

Updated on Nov. 4, 2026 in Law Enforcement

Dallas Voters Reject $443 Million Public Safety Bond

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Should Dallas borrow $443 million for public safety facilities?

Dallas voters rejected the city's $443 million public safety bond on November 3, 2026. The package would have financed a law enforcement training center, evidence storage and a crime lab, and an emergency operations and 911 facility.

Why it matters

The rejection leaves funding for several police, fire and emergency projects unresolved in Dallas. Bust the Bond has pledged to work toward a better bond proposal in 2027.

The $443 million bond was rejected at the ballot, with a city estimate of $186.6 million in interest and total repayment of $629,618,180. The source does not say how the city will proceed with the rejected projects.

The players

Bust the Bond

Bust the Bond is the group that opposed the bond and pledged to work toward a better proposal in 2027.

The details

The package combined the 911 center and emergency operations center at a city-owned property outside the central business district, and included $82 million for a law enforcement training center at UNT Dallas. Voters decided the combined city bond package separately from Dallas County's Proposition A tax proposal.

November 3, 2026: Dallas voters reject the $443 million public safety bond.
2027: Bust the Bond plans to work toward a better bond proposal.

Legal Context

The rejected $443 million package followed Dallas's 2024 voter-approved bond program, which the proposal drew on for $50 million in academy funding. The result leaves the city's public safety borrowing plans dependent on a future ballot effort.

Dallas residents will not see the bond-funded police training center, evidence storage and crime lab, or 911 facility proceed under this proposal. The rejection keeps current public safety facility plans unfunded until another bond is considered.

The takeaway

Ballot rejections of large bond packages can delay multiple public safety projects at once, so voters weighing future proposals should review each cost estimate and funding source. Dallas voters will next face a bond decision if Bust the Bond's 2027 proposal reaches the ballot.