The city of Dallas held a public forums for the 7 finalists for the new police chief job on Wednesday.
Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax told members of the Dallas City Council's Public Safety Committee on Monday he will likely announce the hiring of the new chief before the end of the year.
Broadnax says final interviews will be on Thursday.
He also said some of the seven finalists might not make it to Thursday, after each is interviewed by six stakeholder panels on Tuesday and Wednesday's forum.
The finalists include current assistant police chief Avery Moore, deputy chief Reuben Ramirez, former deputy chief Albert Martinez and Major Malik Aziz.
The others include Irving Police Chief Jeff Spivey, San Jose, California police chief Eddie Garcia and RaShall Brackney, the police chief in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Lonzo Anderson, a 23 year veteran of the department, is serving as interim chief.
