Fort Worth Police Department Strategic Plan
Central Division The Central Patrol Division is an expansive area in and around Downtown Fort Worth that serves as a major destination for tourists and residents. According to Downtown Fort Worth, Incorporated there are more than 48,150 employees, 6,228 residents, 10,193 students, and 2,642 hotel rooms contained within a 1.8 square mile area. Major events including the Parade of Lights, the historic Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo, Stock Show Parade, the Main Street Arts Festival, and other family activities attract thousands of people from throughout the world. Sections in this division include Patrol Operations, Community Operations, NPOs, Criminal Investigation Unit, and a full-time Bike Unit. As the Central Division continues to grow with an influx of population and new businesses, it has quickly become the hub of the City. Its many restaurants, clubs, newly constructed residential homes and
apartments, and a substantial number of new businesses, it becomes easy to understand how Downtown Fort Worth is one of the most desirable and livable downtowns in the country. As so many projects that directly affect the downtown environment, like the Trinity River Project, expansion of the 7th street Entertainment corridor, the revitalization of the Hospital District, and a growing homeless population, it is important for the Central Division to remain flexible, adaptive, and creative in its policing efforts to enhance public safety. One significant goal of the Central Division is to consolidate its patrol operations into one facility centrally located within the Downtown area of Central Division that provides easy access to the public. Currently, the success of the Downtown Fort Worth area creates an evident problem for FWPD, as property sales and prices escalate, finding a property large enough for purchase, that can accommodate the consolidated functions within Central Division for the next two decades is increasingly difficult. The new facility will house functional assets from 501 Jones Street and 1289 Hemphill Street, and eliminate the need for pricey leases with a combined cost of approximately $700,000 per year. Neither existing facility meets the spatial needs required to manage Central Patrol Division assets. Our goal is to vacate both properties, shed both leases, and combine them into a single facility owned by the City. This alternative will offer easy access to citizens, and affords the same ease of access to the Downtown Area for officers, while allocating room for further expansion as the Central Division continues to experience growth. An option FWPD explored is the potential
Bureau Overview and Goals
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