Editing Dallas (section)

==Infrastructure==
===Public safety===
[[File:Dallas Police Department Headquarters.jpg|thumb|The [[Dallas Police Department|Dallas Police]] headquarters in the [[Cedars, Dallas, Texas|Cedars]] neighborhood]]
The [[Dallas Police Department]] provides most policing in Dallas. The Dallas interim chief of police is Michael Igo.<ref name="dmn109429">{{cite web|url=http://www.dallaspolice.net/abouts/biography|title=About – Biography|website=Dallaspolice.net}}</ref> The police headquarters are in the Cedars neighborhood of southern Dallas.

[[Emergency medical services]] and fire protection in the city are provided by the [[Dallas Fire-Rescue Department]]. The Dallas Fire & Rescue chief is Dominique Artis.<ref name="dallasgovernment">{{cite web|url=http://www.dallasfirerescue.com/leadership_chief.html|title=City of Dallas: Dallas Fire-Rescue Department|website=Dallasfirerescue.com|access-date=August 27, 2017}}</ref> The department operates the Dallas Firefighter's Museum built in 1907 along Parry Avenue near Fair Park. Dallas's oldest remaining fire station building still stands at the corner of McKinney Ave. and Leonard and was built in 1892. It was the home of Engine Co. Number 1, and is now a picture framing shop.

===Health care===
[[File:Parkland Nima 1.jpg|thumb|left|Parkland Memorial Hospital]]
Dallas has many hospitals and several medical research facilities within its city limits. One major research center is the Dallas Medical District with the [[University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center|UT Southwestern Medical Center]] in the [[Stemmons Corridor]], along with the affiliated [[University of Texas Southwestern Medical School|UT Southwestern Medical School]]. The health care complex includes within its bounds [[Parkland Memorial Hospital]], [[Children's Medical Center (Dallas)|Children's Medical Center]], [[William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital]] (formerly St. Paul University Hospital), and the [[William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital]].

Dallas also has a [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs|VA]] hospital in the southern portion of the city, the Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The center is home to a [[Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy]] (CMOP), part of an initiative by the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide mail-order prescriptions to veterans using computerization at strategic locations throughout the United States.

Other hospitals in the city include [[Baylor University Medical Center]] in [[East Dallas]], Methodist Dallas Medical Center in Oak Cliff, Methodist Charlton Medical Center near [[Duncanville, Texas|Duncanville]], [[Medical City Dallas Hospital]] and [[Presbyterian Hospital (Dallas)|Presbyterian Hospital]] in [[North Dallas]], and the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in Oak Lawn.

=== Utilities ===
Dallas is served by [[Dallas Water Utilities]], which operates several waste treatment plants and pulls water from several area reservoirs.<ref>[http://www.dallascityhall.com/dwu/water_utilities.html Dallas Water Utilities] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061107201042/http://www.dallascityhall.com/dwu/water_utilities.html |date=November 7, 2006 }} – [http://www.dallascityhall.com/dwu/water_utilities_functions.html Functions] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070108032109/http://www.dallascityhall.com/dwu/water_utilities_functions.html |date=January 8, 2007 }}. Retrieved October 15, 2006.</ref> Several companies maintain the city's electric system, including [[Stream Energy]], Cirro Energy and [[Oncor Electric Delivery]],<ref>[http://www.txuelectricdelivery.com/ TXU Electric Delivery] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150811012442/http://www.txuelectricdelivery.com/ |date=August 11, 2015 }} – [http://www.txuelectricdelivery.com/electricity/territory/default.asp Service Territory]  . Retrieved October 14, 2006.</ref> whose parent company, [[Energy Future Holdings Corporation]], has headquarters in the city.<ref>[http://www.txucorp.com/ Energy Future Holdings Corporation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061111211739/http://www.txucorp.com/ |date=November 11, 2006 }} – [http://www.txucorp.com/contact/default.aspx Contact Us] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061111212036/http://www.txucorp.com/contact/default.aspx |date=November 11, 2006 }}. Retrieved October 14, 2006.</ref>

The city offers garbage pickup and recycling service weekly through its Sanitation Services department.<ref>[http://www.dallascityhall.com/html/faq_s.html City of Dallas Sanitation Services FAQ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061019080551/http://www.dallascityhall.com/html/faq_s.html |date=October 19, 2006 }} . Retrieved October 14, 2006.</ref> Telephone networks, broadband internet, and cable television service are available from several companies, including [[AT&T Inc.|AT&T]], [[Spectrum (brand)|Spectrum]], and [[Verizon FiOS]].