Dallas has been wrestling with the best way to deal with panhandling, but the solutions just keep falling short. Now, the city is holding court on the street, literally.
As part of the Panhandling Deflection Program, though, the courts system will start trying those cases out on the street, according to Crossley.
People with unstable housing situations are more prone to missing court dates for minor citations, which then leads to further charges and fines. “Instead of relying on them to go to a court date that they’re maybe never going to go to, we’re bringing community courts out,” Crossley said.
“Community courts will say, ‘OK, you can say your piece, then we’re going to have it tried right here.’ And if it’s decided that you do get a ticket, you can clear the fine right now, or say ‘hey there’s this great community service program through community courts that you can do so you don’t have to pay the ticket,’” Crossley added.“The city of Dallas is trying to make it illegal for people to ask for money. However, people have a constitutional right to ask for money,” said Dr.
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