Fort Worth Police Department Strategic Plan
Facility Guiding Principles
Facility Guiding Principle #1 – Locate, Design, Construct to Meet Operational Needs Police facilities must maximize the Department’s ability to meet its operational needs with effectiveness, responsiveness, and efficiency through functional facility layouts allowing for enhanced operational productivity. The layout and appropriate siting (including parking) of facilities must also facilitate community interaction, addressing service-level expectations and concerns of residents regarding police officer visibility and responsiveness. The following criteria is considered when to identifying and recommending police facility sites: a) Compatible surrounding land use and zoning. b) Sufficient site size/ease of potential future expansion. c) Physical site development considerations, complications, or impediments. d) Adequate or reasonable vehicular/pedestrian/public transportation access to the site. e) Adequacy of technology infrastructure. Facility Guiding Principle #2 – Plan for Growth Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing major cities in the country. As facilities are intended to serve for at least 30 years, those built today must be adequate to serve the projected increases in residents, businesses, and staff. Acquiring sufficient land to accommodate projected future levels of police personnel and equipment should be considered. Facility Guiding Principle #3 – Lease Facilities Only When Operationally and Fiscally Prudent. The FWPD operates from 40 facilities with nearly half of them leased facilities for its current operational needs. There is approximately 222,000 square feet of space leased, accounting for over 37 percent of the Department’s entire stock of operational space each year. FWPD should examine the reduction and/or elimination of leases, when appropriate, as new or updated City-owned facilities become available. The closure of leased spaces will result in savings for the Department that potentially lower/offset construction and renovation costs for new or existing facilities. Facility Guiding Principle #4 – Harden Police Facilities to Increase Safety and Security New police facility designs and/or renovations increase safety of staff, as well as raise the security of sensitive data--ensuring compliance with FBI, Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Security Policy standards. In addition, all facility sites should be evaluated in an effort to “harden the target” by identifying potential risks and implementing security improvements and/or renovations. Improvements include bullet proof glass in certain areas, bollards to protect buildings, and generators/uninterrupted power supply.
How Growth Affects the Fort Worth Police Department
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