For Planning Purposes Only: Joint Swearing-In for Dallas Fire-Rescue and Dallas Police Chiefs 

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 2, 2025

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For Planning Purposes Only

Joint Swearing-In for Dallas Fire-Rescue and Dallas Police Chiefs 

What

The City of Dallas is hosting a Joint Swearing-In for Dallas Fire-Rescue Chief Justin Ball and Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux. Although Chief Ball and Chief Comeaux took their official oaths of office from City Secretary Bilierae Johnson on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, as with previous newly installed Chiefs, this event is for the City of Dallas to celebrate with a public Ceremony.

Where

Concord Church
6808 Pastor Bailey Drive
Dallas, TX, 75237

When

Monday, May 5, 2025
Media check-in: 3:00 p.m.
Doors open: 5:00 p.m.
Ceremony: 6:00 p.m. – 7 p.m.
  • Concord Church will provide a pool feed of the ceremony to NBC 5 for intake and distribution to news outlets. 
  • A designated area inside of the sanctuary will be provided for news outlets to capture video / audio (wireless cameras and microphones only) and still photographers. There will not be a mult box to plug into and media must be in its designated area by 5:30 p.m. Video and still photographers will be required to remain in the designated area throughout the duration of the ceremony. 
  • A designated area inside of the sanctuary will be provided for reporters to sit in during the ceremony. 
  • A designated media room inside of the building will be provided to news outlets to take in the pool feed and file stories. The media room will open at 3:00 p.m. for set up. 
  • A designated area near the media room will be provided for video and still photographers to shoot b-roll and photographs of the reception that will take place in the lobby immediately following the ceremony. 

Media outlets interested in attending should RSVP with names of outlet, reporter, and photographer to Nicholas.Starling@Dallas.Gov, by Monday, May 5 at 9:00 a.m., as press credentials will be provided and required to enter Concord Church. Press parking credentials will also be provided and required to enter the parking lot. The media package with credentials, parking instructions and additional details will follow after attendance confirmation. 

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