Texas’ fifth-largest city may adopt a citizen advisory board that reviews “policies, procedures, and practices” of the Fort Worth Police Department.
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.
