Fort Worth Police Department Strategic Plan
Add Sixth Team to Zero Tolerance. The FWPD should consider staffing a sixth team, which would require one sergeant, one corporal and eight officers, to assure 24/7 city-wide tactical coverage. Currently, a gap in team coverage exists between the hours of 0400 to 0900 hours. Accordingly, meeting the department’s goal of 24/7 coverage with current staffing is not possible. Move K-9 to Tactical Investigations. The FWPD should consider moving the K-9 Unit from the Tactical Investigations Division’s Narcotics Section to the Tactical Operations Division. The department’s K-9 officers are uniformed officers operating marked police vehicles covering all city patrol divisions. Eliminate Criminal Tracking Unit. The FWPD should consider eliminating the Criminal Tracking Unit and reassigning its responsibilities to the Fugitive Unit and the Zero Tolerance Section. In addition, the responsibility to identify repeat criminal offenders should be moved to the Information Management section. Knowing that crime trends and patterns are often tied to repeat offenders, the Fugitive Unit and all Zero Tolerance teams could assist in the process of monitoring and apprehending repeat offenders. Assign Gang Enforcement Teams to ZT. The FWPD should consider assigning the current responsibilities of the Gang Section’s Enforcement Teams to the Zero Tolerance Section. Both components should be identifying and addressing crime issues and offenders. Moving the responsibility to address potential gang problems to Zero Tolerance reduces redundancy within the Tactical Command. Enforcement Teams/Redeploy to Patrol. The FWPD should consider eliminating the two Enforcement teams and reassigning the team’s proactive responsibilities to the Zero Tolerance Section. The Zero Tolerance teams also assist the Narcotics Section and can address gang locations and members. The Gang Section’s Detective Unit should be available to assist patrol officers with gang- related crimes and activities. Most tasks initiated by the Enforcement Teams are proactive in nature and can be tasked to the Zero Tolerance teams. These two sergeants and 20 officers should be redeployed to patrol. Eliminate Gang
Moderate
Agree
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COPS Grant
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No Funding Needed
Moderate
Agree
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Debated (evaluated further and implemented recommendation)
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Disagree (implemented in past, but unsuccessful)
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