Department Initiatives—Partnerships
Code Blue Basketball
The Blue Basketball Program is a collaborative effort to engage school aged students in fun, responsible, and exciting activities. Partners include the Dallas Chapter of the National Basketball Retired Players Association, Fort Worth Independent School District, and the Fort Worth Police Department. The program evaluates progress of enrolled student participants while empowering them during post high school graduate transition from the community to college, and ultimately productive careers. This program is more than just a project, it is a movement to help change the culture of disconnect between inner-city youth in our communities and law enforcement officials. Healthy relationships with law enforcement officers helps build healthier communities, and FWPD mentor youth as part of the program. CODE
CAPA / MAC meeting
Clergy and Police Alliance and Ministers Against Crime The Fort Worth Police Department is honored to have two ministerial groups that work in partnership with police officers. The Ministers Against Crime (MAC) began in 1993 and continues to support officers and serve citizens. The Clergy and Police Alliance (CAPA) was founded in 2003 and has been steadily growing over the years. The CAPA is a partnership between FWPD officers and clergy of all faiths with the mission to help the citizens of our city in times of crisis. Much like the Ministers Against Crime, CAPA members are called upon in emergency situations such as suicides, homicides, and natural disasters. MAC members have long stood beside the police department and helped us with many difficult situations. MAC is liaison between the police department and the African American community during times of turmoil. MAC members are available for assisting the police department in any non-traditional role whenever, wherever their services are requested. They do everything from praying for officers to assisting with crowd and traffic control when needed.
CAPA and MAC played a key role in 2016 by helping bring calm and healing to Dallas and Fort Worth communities after the worst police shooting in recent history, which occurred in Dallas, Texas on July 7.
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