Fort Worth Police Department Strategic Plan
Clergy and Police Alliance (CAPA), builds goodwill and helps the police department foster new allies in communities to help address a multitude of concerns. The department has also used progressive recruitment strategies to attract a diverse workforce both locally and from across the country that has helped the department to improve diversity, not simply racial diversity, but educational, socio-economic, and cultural. A truly diverse workforce that represents the community on behalf of the police department provides better overall service to all citizens. The following information details the concerns highlighted within the 3-E Action Plan. Within the last three years, a group of four socially conscious ministers presented their collective concerns to the City of Fort Worth. The four ministers were:
o Dr. Michael Bell o Bishop Billy George o Pastor Robert L. Sample o Reverend Kyev Tatum
On November 1, 2013, the former Chief of Police began meeting with this group called “the Coalition.” These meetings occurred over a period of 4-5 months and engendered extensive dialogue on many concerns within the community relating to police services and police disciplinary practices. The Police Chief also hosted community meetings where citizens and other community leaders voiced their concerns relating to the police department, service from police officers, as well as the internal handling of critical incidents that occurred within various segments of our community. The former Chief engaged his Community Advisory Board, a very diverse 39-member board that meets with the Chief on a quarterly basis, to solicit further input from all communities within Fort Worth. In other community meetings, many residents voiced separate concerns involving the use of force and the role of the police department in improving professionalism. Additional meetings held with police employees and representatives of employee associations sought to gain additional internal input from all police employees. In compiling and drafting these concerns into an Action Plan, it was apparent three (3) primary areas of concern existed: 1. Police Encounters with Citizens 2. Police Response to Critical Police Incidents 3. Police Plan for Increasing and Respecting Diversity within the Department The following section details action items noted in the 3-E Plan and how FWPD addressed each since October 2015. The responses sought to build stronger relationships between officers and fellow members of the community, and details how the department improved its professionalism. In keeping with the spirit of the 3-E Action Plan in holding each member of the department accountable for taking appropriate actions, for fostering internal and external transparency,
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