Fort Worth Police Department Strategic Plan
Add Three Civilians to Program Support. The FWPD should add at least three more civilian support personnel to the Program Support Division, to assist the various sections where they would be most needed. In general, the division is considerably understaffed, and multiple critical tasks are not being performed because the division simply does not have the personnel. This opens up the department to liability issues if core functions, such as grant reconciliation and monitoring, cannot be performed. Providing additional support to the division, instead of specific units, allows management to determine where staffing is most needed at any given time. Add ID Technicians. The FWPD should fund three non-sworn ID technician positions to comply with state mandated reporting requirements. The department must report dispositions for 90 percent of arrests reported. Based on the most recent compliance report, the department is not meeting the 90 percent overall mandate and the 90 percent adult mandate for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013. Background Investigators. The FWPD should consider converting through attrition all or, at a minimum, four of the eight sworn officer positions to civilian background investigators. Civilian background investigators are used successfully by departments throughout the country at a reduced cost compared to sworn personnel. The sworn positions could be reallocated to the Patrol or Support Bureaus. 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. Convert to Civilian
Reallocated and realigned existing resources
Finance/ Personnel
High
Agree
Yes
General Fund
Finance/ Personnel
High
Agree
No
Disagree (civilianization issue with Meet and Confer contract)
Finance/ Personnel
Moderate
No
N/A
Agree, but not civilian personnel
General Fund
Finance/ Personnel
Moderate
Yes
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