While the city will lower its tax rate by two cents, it will not lower it to the no-new-tax revenue rate at which tax bills don't increase.
From June 27-30, Fort Worth residents may surrender an unwanted firearm to the Fort Worth Police Department in exchange for a $100 Visa gift card.
Southlake, a suburban city in northeast Tarrant County, has provided school resource officers to elementary schools within the city for nearly a decade.
During its first year, the Office of Police Oversight Monitor in Fort Worth has concentrated efforts in reaching the community and working on creating the parameters for a new oversight board.
Fort Worth named its new police chief, Neil Noakes, who begins his service immediately. Noakes takes on a police force that has come under some scrutiny after the shooting death of Atatiana Jefferson in 2019.
Fort Worth Police chief candidates participated in a forum addressing issues like police accountability and how they would address the increase in violent crime in the city.
Fort Worth Police Department is adding a civilian response unit that would be used for non-emergency to reduce the load on the more highly-trained peace officers.
