Fort Worth Police Department Strategic Plan
Each action item corresponds with one of the following six Citywide Expectations:
1) Great Customer service: responsive, respectful, attentive, friendly 2) Business-like, professionally managed 3) Creative problem-solvers; solutions-oriented 4) Tight; fiscally conservative 5) Open and transparent; nothing to hide and everything to share 6) Optimistic and future oriented
The goals and action items seek to accomplish the City Council’s Strategic Goal to “Make Fort Worth the nation’s safest major city,” as stated in the City’s 2016 Comprehensive Plan. The plan also includes specific goals for each unit within the department’s three bureaus: Patrol, Support, and Finance/Personnel. The recommendations in this plan are a guide for progress, and not a definitive funding plan. As the importance of strengthening police and community relations grows in our city and across the nation, FWPD continues to participate in proactive programs that enable us to improve community-policing practices. Departmental participation in national programs including, The President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing and our selection as one of six pilot cities to participate in the U.S. Department of Justice National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice Program , are critical to this agency maintaining our status as a national leader in law enforcement. The incorporation of major tenets of the aforementioned programs, as well as 2011 and 2013 input from the Community Leadership Coalition and Black, Brown and Tan Community Caucus, and 2016 community forums, facilitated the integration of numerous recommendations, like those highlighted in the 3-E (Equity, Equality, Everyone) Action Plan. The 3-E Action Plan addressed concerns raised by prominent members of the community regarding the method and delivery of police services, critical incident management, and police professionalism. The Strategic Plan includes implementation updates on all recommendations made in the 3-E Action Plan, and addresses the following issues: Police response to critical police incidents The development of a FWPD plan for increasing and respecting diversity within the department The Community Policing philosophy has long been the core of FWPD’s daily operations. From the nationally recognized Citizens on Patrol Program to the Neighborhood Police Officer Program, FWPD is committed to establishing and sustaining positive relationships with the community. In January 2016, FWPD returned to a beat concept for patrol officers that provides necessary support for the community policing philosophy, and increases accountability and ownership, as officers’ assignments are smaller, more manageable geographic areas. The police beat concept also increases the likelihood that FWPDmeets the policing needs of the community with semi-customized service levels in defined areas in the City of Fort Worth. This concept requires that FWPD staff each beat during each work shift, a concept that requires additional personnel for full implementation. The Staffing and Police encounters with citizens
Executive Summary
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