Police Department Oversight and Community Trust
Wichita Falls
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Last discussed Jan 20, 2026.
Public comments (14)
Expressed grievances regarding alleged harassment by fire department personnel and Chief Cody Melton.
City Council Regular Meetings — City Council · 7:56 →Expressed public support for Police Chief Manuel Borrego and praised his leadership.
City Council Regular Meetings — City Council · 11:44 →Shared her experience as a survivor of sexual assault by a police officer and criticized department accountability.
City Council Regular Meetings — City Council · 16:50 →Demanded accountability for the incident involving Victoria Lang and called for Chief Borrego's resignation.
City Council Regular Meetings — City Council · 17:15 →Called for holding biased officers accountable and criticized economic disinvestment and flood policies on the east side.
City Council Regular Meetings — City Council · 21:05 →Discussed the erosion of community trust and proposed publishing a response dashboard and establishing an equity commission.
City Council Regular Meetings — City Council · 24:03 →Criticized systemic power structures and policing, demanding transparency and accountability for Victoria Lang.
City Council Regular Meetings — City Council · 27:39 →Demanded criminal charges against former officers involved in the Victoria Lang incident and questioned council inaction.
City Council Regular Meetings — City Council · 31:34 →Spoke on behalf of the NAACP regarding community concerns over the Lang incident, calling for transparency and review boards.
City Council Regular Meetings — City Council · 35:08 →Shared a traumatic personal experience during a 2023 disaster response and urged police de-escalation training.
City Council Regular Meetings — City Council · 37:40 →Expressed full support for Police Chief Borrego on behalf of the Mexican American Veterans Association.
City Council Regular Meetings — City Council · 44:37 →Requested an external audit and historical review of city department data to rebuild trust.
City Council Regular Meetings — City Council · 50:11 →Expressed support for Chief Borrego and urged patience with the legal investigative process.
City Council Regular Meetings — City Council · 50:39 →Praised Chief Borrego's career, discussed east side crime statistics, and raised code enforcement concerns.
City Council Regular Meetings — City Council · 53:12 →