Dallas mayor sees crime fall as it spikes in other Dem-run cities: 'We are supporting our police'

While other major cities across the U.S. have been experiencing record spikes in violent crime, Dallas had seen an about 8.5% reduction by the end of last month.

The city budget included funding to "improve officer morale" by paying officers market-rate salaries to ensure they’re not getting paid less than officers in surrounding communities and restoring the police overtime budget that was slashed from the previous budget.   First lady Jill Biden is greeted by Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson, second from left, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Texas, obscured, and Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins as she arrives at Love Field Airport in Dallas, on June 29, 2021.  (Photo by CAROLYN KASTER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson responding to a question during a news conference at City Hall in Dallas. Johnson has formed a committee to investigate why a police officer remained on active duty for more than a year and a half after he was implicated in two 2017 killings.  ((AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File))

"We've done things that we need to do in the moment that we take public safety seriously here," Johnson said. "And I think that, you know, sort of flies in the face with some cities that have done in response to some of the defund the police movement and whatnot."