Department Initiatives—Operations
COPS Hiring Grant In Action Sixth Patrol Division Special Response Team & Real-Time Crime Center Established
The Real Time Crime Center assists the department with providing real-time information, support, tips, leads, and monitoring, thereby delivering a proactive approach to law enforcement in developing and dy- namic situations. The RTCC performs supplemental investigative work, providing data-mining support to detectives in complex cases, especially cold cases where additional in-depth research may find clues not available by other means. Ultimately, the RTCC will engage in information-sharing with potential regional partners and neighboring agencies to pro- vide cross-jurisdictional support.
In September 2014, the City of Fort Worth was awarded a Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Grant in the amount of $1.86M to increase the Fort Worth Police Department’s author- ized strength by a total of 15 positions over a three year period—10 positions to create a 6th Division Special Response Team and 5 positions to establish a Real-Time Crime Center. The Crime Control and Prevention District provided a total of $1.46M in match funding in support of the initiative. In April 2015, a total of ten positions graduated from a lateral class that were then used in Patrol— enabling five more senior positions to be dedicated to establishing the FWPD’s first ever Real Time Crime Center (RTCC) and five to be dedicated to- wards the creation of the 6th Division Special Re- sponse Team (SRT). The remaining five SRT posi- tions started the lateral transfer academy class in July and completed field training in the fall of 2015 to complete the team.
Real Time Crime Center
The SRT Section, in the Tactical Operations Divi- sion, previously consisted of five teams, each con- taining eight officers, one detective/corporal, and one sergeant. SRT Section personnel effectively and efficiently act as crime suppression officers. In dynamic situations and special events, SRT teams
will work closely with the RTCC, creating in- creased intelligence capacity and infor- mation-sharing, flow- ing from the RTCC centralized hub to the field and back.
Sixth Patrol Division-New Special Response Team
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