Department Initiatives—National and Local Partnerships
Fort Worth Chosen as Pilot Site for National Initiative
On March 12, 2015, Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. in Washington D.C. announced on behalf of the Na- tional Initiative partners and the U.S. Department of Justice, that Fort Worth was selected as one of six pilot sites of the National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice (National Initiative). The five other selected sites are: Birmingham, AL, Gary, IN, Minneapolis, MN, Pittsburgh, PA, and Stockton, CA. The National Initiative is a multifaceted approach to enhance community trust and help repair and strengthen the relationship between law enforcement and the communities served. This three year initiative will explore, advance and disseminate information about strategies intended to enhance procedural justice, reduce implicit bias, and support racial reconciliation. The U.S. Department of Justice partnered with a consortium of national law enforcement experts including John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Yale Law School, the Center for Policing Equity at UCLA and the Ur- ban Institute to lead this effort. For more information, please visit http://trustandjustice.org.
Project Safe Neighborhood
FWPD continued to partner with the Safe City Commission, federal law enforcement agencies, and local non-profit organizations to bring the Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN) program back to Fort Worth in 2015. The program, managed by the Safe City Commission, is designed to create safer neighborhoods and to reduce gun and gang violence by employing a research-driven, intelligence-led, and problem-solving ap- proach to crime prevention. The 2015 PSN program resulted in a reduction in overall crime statistics in the program’s focus areas. The PSN program also helps fund vari- ous community-driven programs geared towards positive interactions between law enforcement and the community for educational and informational purposes. In 2015, the PSN grant provide the Fort Worth Police Department with $41,674 in over- time details and $41,771 for the purchase of state-of-the-art equipment.
Project Safe Neighborhood Partnerships
Safe City Commission, One Safe Place
Tarrant County Community Corrections
Fort Worth Police Department
Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office
Texas Christian University
Tarrant County Juvenile Services
Attorney General of Texas
U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas
Crime Stoppers
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms &
Fort Worth Housing Authority
Explosives
Santa Fe Youth Services
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