Fort Worth Police Department Strategic Plan
Personnel Assessment Methods and Staffing Models
Per Capita The per capita method is a simple, unscientific tool to compare sworn staffing levels to other jurisdictions. The per capita method is not used in this plan to determine personnel levels. The per capita information below is provided as information only. The ratio of FWPD sworn personnel to the Fort Worth population is 2.0 officers per 1,000 population. In order to provide the proper context, Figure 3.3 includes the ratio of sworn personnel to population and sworn personnel per square mile in large cities (500,000 population or more). The average among these cities is 2.8 officers per 1,000 population, which is higher than FWPD’s ratio of 2.0 officers per 1,000, but each city has unique characteristics, which may differ from Fort Worth.
Figure 3.3. Cities with 500,000 Population or more - Sworn Personnel Per Capita (per 1,000 population) and Per Square Mile Comparison
Cities with 500,000 Population or more - Sworn Per Capita and Per Square Mile Comparison
Full-Time Sworn Staff
Sworn per 1,000 Population
Sworn per Square Mile
Population Estimate
Square Miles
City
New York, New York Los Angeles, California
8,495,194 3,936,940 2,723,436 2,256,192 1,561,562 1,538,411 1,440,309 1,382,251 1,280,450 1,016,597
302.6 468.7 227.1 599.6 134.1 516.7 460.9 325.2 340.5 176.5 297.9
34,581
4.1 2.5 4.4 2.3 4.1 1.8 1.7 1.4 2.8 1.0 1.9 1.8 2.5 1.8 2.2 2.0 2.1 1.5 3.4 2.0 2.2 3.3 6.0 3.4 2.2 4.5 1.7 3.6 4.1 2.0 3.1 1.5 1.8 1.4
114.3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
9,907
21.1 53.0
Chicago, Illinois Houston, Texas
12,034
5,252 6,410 2,805 2,388 1,876 3,543 1,709 1,576 2,137 1,536 1,852 1,635 1,811 1,017 2,318 1,323 1,430 2,151 3,935 2,233 1,389 2,779 1,041 2,233 2,485 1,252 1,890 966
8.8
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
47.8
Phoenix, Arizona San Antonio, Texas San Diego, California
5.4 5.2 5.8 5.5 5.7 2.1 4.3 8.5 4.9 6.1 4.0
Dallas, Texas
10.4
10 San Jose, California
11 Austin, Texas
912,713 854,962 852,537 849,052 837,931 833,319 680,682 680,223 669,112 663,963 660,278 659,836 656,482 644,729 623,711 621,018 620,420 613,527 612,821 600,598 557,894 530,454 515,444
12 Jacksonville, Florida 13 San Francisco, California 14 Indianapolis, Indiana
747 46.9
45.6
361.4 217.2
15 Columbus, Ohio 16 Fort Worth, Texas
332
17 *Charlotte-Mecklenburg, North Carolina 856,916
297.7 255.2 138.8
18 El Paso, Texas 19 Detroit, Michigan 20 Seattle, Washington 21 Denver, Colorado 22 Boston, Massachusetts
16.7 15.8
83.9
155.0
9.2
89.6 68.3
24.0 57.6
23 Washington, District of Columbia
24 Memphis, Tennessee
324.0 526.0
6.9 2.6
25 Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee
26 Baltimore, Maryland
92.3
30.1
27 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
620.0 145.0 352.0 397.7 189.5 226.7 112.3 96.8
1.7
28 Portland, Oregon 29 Las Vegas, Nevada
15.4
7.1 3.1
30 Louisville/Jefferson County, Kentucky
31 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 32 Albuquerque, New Mexico
19.5
864 934 708
4.6 4.1 6.3
33 Tucson, Arizona 34 Fresno, California
Sources on the following page.
How Growth Affects the Fort Worth Police Department
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