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🌱 How Grand Prairie’s police chief wants license plate reader rules tightened

Also, don't miss Built for More Dallas-Area Men's Series featuring Chris Seidman on the Grand Prairie Patch calendar

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Hello Grand Prairie! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️

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In today's newsletter:

  • How Grand Prairie's police chief wants license plate reader rules tightened
  • What Lockheed's new 3D-printing expansion means for Grand Prairie jobs

Also on today's calendar: Built for More Dallas-Area Men's Series featuring Chris Seidman and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Very warm with clouds and sun, with a high of 91 and low of 65 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Friday: Very warm with plenty of sun, temps: high: 92, low: 66.
  • Saturday: Very warm with plenty of sun, with a high of 91 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• North Texas police chiefs defend license plate readers, call for stronger rules (nbcdfw.com) — Grand Prairie's police chief is joining counterparts from Dallas, Fort Worth, Irving and Allen to defend the use of automated license plate readers while pushing for tougher safeguards against misuse. In a televised roundtable, they describe how the technology helps find stolen cars and missing people, but also back statewide standards, strict department policies and criminal penalties for officers who abuse the system.
   

• Soaring to New Heights: How a Strategic Partnership and Additive Manufacturing Will Revolutionize Aerospace Engineering « Fabbaloo (fabbaloo.com) — Lockheed Martin has expanded its Grand Prairie facility with 16,000 square feet of advanced 3D-printing space, adding some of the largest multi-laser machines in the state. That local investment supports faster, cheaper production of aerospace components as part of a broader US‑UK defense partnership developing next-generation uncrewed aircraft and hypersonic systems.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Pumpkin pie swirl churro cheesecake!
    Topped with caramel drizzle and buttered pecans! Available NOW! Im down to my last 5 slices $7 per slice Located in Grand Prairie off 30 and… (Nextdoor Burbank Gardens)
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    Can anyone recommend someone that does this kind of work. Or had it done in there home. The BR tile is all cracked because of foundation issues. Now… (Nextdoor Mira Lagos)
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  • Kroger Family of Companies posted a job opening for Grocery Night Clerk in Arlington. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Grand Prairie here.

🗞 Nearby News

Arlington

  • Arlington Auto-Loan Office Closure Draws Attention to Retirement Account Protections in Texas Bankruptcy (minneapolisnewsjournal.com)
  • LiveU announces strategic partnership with Airwise (police1.com)
  • Patrick Hicks, co-chef of Arlington's acclaimed Smoke'N Ash BBQ, dead at 60 (star-telegram.com)

Duncanville

  • Mike Immler Challenges Clay Jenkins in Dallas County Judge Race (desototribune.com)

Ok Grand Prairie! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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