Fort Worth Police Department Strategic Plan
high volume of inexpensive and often unmaintained rental properties attract fine lower income families, but have also been havens for certain undesirable criminal elements who will not be allowed to ruin the community. In response, a specific goal of the East Division is to create a full-time Nuisance Abatement Team that works with the City Legal Department and Code Compliance Department to file nuisance abatement charges on absentee property owners who continuously and recklessly rent substandard structures to individuals that use the housing to conduct illegal activities such as drug dealing. Our good and law-abiding residents deserve better, and FWPD will work in collaboration with members in the community to lift up blighted neighborhoods and help to provide responsible citizens who desire affordable housing properties for productive and legitimate purposes.
Responsible Party - Lead
Funding Status
Strategic Direction
Goal East Division
Timeline
Work with other City departments, community leaders, volunteer groups and private/public partnerships to revitalize neighborhoods. Captain shall establish a committee involving all stakeholders that meets 4 times per year to address these issues and assure that all requested resources and items have been acquired and results / progress is being made in the identified areas. Create a Nuisance Abatement Team of three officers in FY19 to address the problem of absentee landlords renting substandard structures to be used for illegal activities. The team shall identify at least 4 properties each month to work on and provide a monthly report of their statuses. Increase economic development and investment in the E. Lancaster Avenue corridor through law enforcement, crime prevention, and active engagement with our various community partners to discover new avenues of collaboration and joint venture opportunities. Expand the scope of the Crime Free Multi-Housing ordinance training and its enforcement by providing additional training each year to NPO’s and beat officers. Expand the Crime Free Multi-Housing Unit to eventually become a citywide asset, responsible for those issues specific to apartment communities.
Division Captain
No Funding Needed
1
Annual
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Patrol Deputy Chief/Division Captain
Funding Needed
2
FY19
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Patrol Deputy Chief
No Funding Needed
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Ongoing
C, O, TI
Division Captain
No Funding Needed
4
FY17
P, O, C
Patrol Deputy Chief
Funding Needed
5
FY17
O, C
Bureau Overview and Goals
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