The entire Mobile City Council is calling on District Attorney Keith Blackwood to expedite the release of evidence into the investigation of the July 2 death of 36-year-old Jawan Dallas.

The request comes one day after Mobile Police Chief Paul Prine told the council that the officers who interacted with Dallas before his death are back to work. He said the officers, whose names have not been disclosed, are not a “threat to the community.”

The council’s letter urges Blackwood’s office to conclude the grand jury process “as quickly” as possible and “consistent with the proper administration of justice.”

“This has become a matter of great public concern and interest,” the letter reads. “While we cannot, have not, and will not interfere with the investigation, it is also our understanding based on information provided to us by the City of Mobile administration that all investigative materials and reports have been completed and fully submitted to your office.”

The letter encourages Blackwood to “use the discretion granted” to him under Alabama law “to immediately inform us and the citizens of Mobile” on the status of the grand jury proceedings including its date and time.

The letter continues, “Transparency is a fundamental commitment of the City of Mobile and this Council, and we want the Dallas family and the public to have the opportunity to review the evidence as soon as they possibly can.”

Tara Zieman, spokeswoman for Blackwood, said the District Attorney is arranging calls with each council member.

Blackwood, in a letter to the Dallas family attorney in September, said that authorities were unable to show the family the police body-worn camera footage because the case remains under investigation and is set to go before a grand jury.

The council’s letter comes after months in which members of the Dallas family, including Jawan’s mother Christine, have approached the council calling on the city to take action and have the police-worn body camera footage released.

Dallas reportedly died after he was repeatedly struck by police with a Taser during a confrontation that occurred while they were investigating a burglary.

But very little information about why he was struck by a Taser has been released. Prine, in July, said responding officers feared for their own safety because Dallas’ behavior and “strange movement in the car” that included moving into the backseat. The chief also said that Dallas, a convicted felon, was later found to have drugs – crystal meth and analog marijuana known as spice.

James Barber, chief of staff to Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson, told the council on Tuesday that Dallas’ autopsy shows police may not have been responsible for his death. The autopsy report has not been made public, and neither has the body-cam footage.

City Attorney Ricardo Woods, in September, said none of the physical evidence can be provided to anyone in the Dallas case because the evidence was going to a grand jury. And he warned council members that any violation could result in a felony punishable by up to three years in prison or a $5,000 fine.