Fort Worth Police Department Strategic Plan
Increase Weapons Range Staffing. The FWPD should increase staffing in the Weapons Range Unit from five to seven full- time equivalent firearms instructors. These seven instructor positions can all be transitioned to civilian personnel. Converting the entire unit to civilian firearms instructors, with the exception of the unit sergeant, would likely save the department personnel costs, which would offset a portion of the cost of additional instructors. Once additional instructors are hired, the agency should concentrate on providing another yearly firearms qualification course that is scenario-based and tactically sound. Update Finance Unit Credit Card Policy. The FWPD and Finance Unit should work with the department’s credit card vendor to allow the credit card user to allocate each charge to a particular line item within the user’s budget. The Finance Unit should be reviewing credit card purchases to ensure it is within policy, not allocating each purchase to a particular department account. This will reduce the data entry workload of the unit and help ensure credit card purchases are within purchasing guidelines. This process has been successfully implemented in other police agencies and should be implemented as soon as feasible. Special Investigations. The FWPD should devote an additional two officers assigned to the task of conducting scheduled and unscheduled inspections of all agency components. A department inspection process is essential to ensure agency operations, facilities, processes, and personnel are in compliance with the agency’s mission. Scheduled inspections would include a yearly plan to inspect and review a specific number of department components. This cycle could change so every two years all components within the agency have been thoroughly reviewed. Add Two Officers to
Agree, but not civilian personnel
General Fund
Finance/ Personnel
Moderate
Yes
No Funding Needed
Finance/ Personnel
Moderate
Agree
In process
Yes, added Lt. and Customer Service Rep II
Disagree (Could possibly add civilians)
General Fund
Finance/ Personnel
Moderate
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