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Bedford Police Department

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Po l i ce Chi ef

The B edf o r d Po l i ce D epar t m ent pr o v i des l eader s hi p and s uppo r t t o al l m em ber s o f t he publ i c, as wel l as al l Po l i ce per s o nnel
t hr o ug h { s cal r es po ns i bi l i t y and m o del i ng o f t he Ci t y ' s v al ues . The D epar t m ent i s co m m i t t ed t o s t r eng t heni ng and
m ai nt ai ni ng an at m o s pher e o f co m m uni t y par t ner s hi p, pr o v i di ng t rans par ency t o t he ci t i zens , s uppo r t i ng co nt i nued
t rai ni ng and l eader s hi p dev el o pm ent o f per s o nnel , and pr o v i di ng o ppo r t uni t i es f o r car eer g r o wt h and em pl o y ee r et ent i o n.
The D epar t m ent em pl o y s 129 f ul l -t i m e em pl o y ees , co ns i s t i ng o f 81 s wo r n per s o nnel and 48 no n-s wo r n per s o nnel , and i s
o r g ani zed i nt o ni ne D i v i s i o ns : Adm i ni s t rat i o n, Ani m al Co nt r o l , Co m m uni t y S er v i ces and Pr o f es s i o nal S t andar ds , Cr i m i nal
Inv es t i g at i o ns , D et ent i o n S er v i ces , D i s pat ch, Pat r o l , Reco r ds and Traf { c. Addi t i o nal l y , t he D epar t m ent par t i ci pat es i n
r eg i o nal i zed t eam s s uch as t he No r t heas t Tar rant Co unt y Ar ea S WAT Team ( NETCAS T) , Co m bi ned Reco ns t r uct i o n and
Acci dent S peci al i s t o f Hur s t -Eul es s -B edf o r d ( CRAS H) and par t ner s wi t h t he Ci t i es o f Eul es s and Hur s t f o r Ment al Heal t h and
Cr i m e V i ct i m r es o ur ces . W hi l e t he pr i m ar y f o cus o f t he D epar t m ent i s t o ens ur e a s af e env i r o nm ent f o r r es i dent s and
bus i nes s , s ev eral pr o g ram s and s er v i ces exi s t t o addr es s co m m uni t y needs and f o s t er par t ner s hi ps wi t h t he co m m uni t y .
Pr o g ram s des i g ned t o pr o m o t e po s i t i v e r el at i o ns hi ps ar e t he Ci t i zens Po l i ce Academ y , Vo l unt eer s In Po l i ci ng S er v i ce
( V IPS ) , Po l i ce Expl o r er s Po s t 2121 and t he S o ci al Medi a Pr o g ram . S er v i ces o f f er ed t o as s i s t t he co m m uni t y and addr es s
chal l eng es i ncl ude t he B edf o r d Ci t i zen O bs er v at i o n Pr o g ram ( B CO P) , S af e Ret ur n Pr o g ram , S ant a Co ps , t he S af e Exchang e
Zo ne, Res i dent i al S ecur i t y S ur v ey , Vacat i o n Ho us e Wat ch, t he f o s t er i ng pr o g ram t hr o ug h t he Ani m al S hel t er and t he
B ehav i o ral Int er v ent i o n Uni t .
FY 2020-2021 Highlights

St at is t ic al dat a fo r C Y 2 02 0 w as s ubm it t ed ahead o f t he St at e's deadline and in ac c o r danc e w it h t he N at io nal I nc ident Bas ed R epo r t ing (N I BR )
guidelines .
I nc r eas ed t he av erage c o m plet io n rat e fo r public info r m at io n r eques t s c o m plet ed w it hin 5 day s t o a rat e o f 99%.
A n inv ent o r y o f t he pr o per t y r o o m w as c o m plet ed, and it em s r elat ed t o c as es in w hic h t he o ffens es ar e o ut s ide t he s t at ut e o f lim it at io ns
w er e dis po s ed.
Bedfo r d P D Explo r er P o s t 2 12 1 as s is t ed w it h t he C hunk y o ur Junk, H EB R eads and C lean up Bedfo r d ev ent s . T he Explo r er s P o s t als o s er v ed
as ac t o r s in t he D epar t m ent 's annual R apid R es po ns e T raining in June 2 02 1.
T he Sant a C o ps pr o gram pr o v ided C hr is t m as t o 2 0 fam ilies (3 7 c hildr en).
Maint ained c o nt inuo us po s it iv e int erac t io n w it h t he c o m m unit y dur ing t he C OVI D - 19 pandem ic v ia s o c ial m edia po s t s . T he D epar t m ent als o
par t ic ipat ed in c o m m unit y ev ent s , w hile prac t ic ing s afe dis t anc ing, s uc h as bir t hday and nur s ing ho m e 'parades ' and c lap- o ut s fo r t he s ixt h
grade c las s es t rans it io ning t o junio r high s c ho o l.
Behav io ral I nt er v ent io n U nit (BI U ) w as r eas s igned t o t he C o m m unit y Ser v ic es D iv is io n. T he BI U par t ner s w it h t he C it ies o f H ur s t and Eules s
t o pr o v ide m ent al healt h and c r im e v ic t im s er v ic es t o m aint ain a po s it iv e rappo r t , as s es s needs , and br ing in addit io nal c o m m unit y r es o ur c es
w hen appr o pr iat e.
Mem ber s o f t he D is pat c h C ent er par t ic ipat ed in a fo o d dr iv e s po ns o r ed by T ar rant C o unt y 911 t o bene{t Gir ls , I nc . T ar rant C o unt y .
T he D is pat c h C ent er as s is t ed t he F ir e D epar t m ent w it h t he F ir e D epar t m ent Bes t P rac t ic es R ev iew as it r elat ed t o im plem ent at io n and
c o nt inuat io n o f po lic ies and prac t ic es .
T he C r im inal I nv es t igat io ns D iv is io n quic kly ident i{ed t he s us pec t inv o lv ed in an inc ident inv o lv ing explo s iv es , allo w ing N ET C A ST (N o r t heas t
T ar rant C o unt y A r ea SWA T Team ) t o quic kly and s afely appr ehend t he s ubjec t w it ho ut c o ns equenc e.
T he D epar t m ent c o nduc t ed {r ear m s t raining c o ns is t ing o f Lo w Light Tec hniques and bas ic {r ear m s s afet y .
T he C r im inal I nv es t igat io ns D iv is io n (C I D ) fo s t er s c o nt inued par t ner s hips w it h lo c al r es o ur c es t o inc lude One Safe P lac e, SafeH av en, T he
Wo m en’ s C ent er , Texas H ealt h R es o ur c es H ur s t - Eules s - Bedfo r d, t he H ur s t - Eules s - Bedfo r d I SD , Spr ingw o o d H o s pit al, Millw o o d H o s pit al, Jo hn
P et er Sm it h H o s pit al and U nBo und N o r t h Texas . T hes e r elat io ns hips hav e allo w ed t he Behav io ral I nt er v ent io n U nit and C I D t o bet t er s er v e
t ho s e in need by hav ing dir ec t c o m m unic at io n w it h pr o fes s io nals , and c r eat ing im m ediat e c o nnec t io ns bet w een t he r es o ur c e and t he
indiv idual.
T he C r im inal I nv es t igat io ns D iv is io n par t ner s w it h A dult P r o bat io n & P r et r ial t o be m ade aw ar e w hen o ffender s o f per s o nal v io lenc e bo nd o ut
o f jail w it h c er t ain bo nd c o ndit io ns . A ddit io nally , t he D iv is io n c an be m ade aw ar e w hen an o ffender has v io lat ed t heir par o le.
T he P at r o l F ield T raining P r o gram s uc c es s fully ins t r uc t ed and guided t hir t een new o f{c er s t hr o ugh t he pr o c es s .
Expenditures Summary

The Po l i ce D epar t m ent co nduct ed a co m pl et e o perat i o nal r ev i ew o f t he D epar t m ent dur i ng F Y 2020-2021. As a r es ul t , ni ne
po s i t i o ns wer e el i m i nat ed i n t he D epar t m ent . Addi t i o nal l y , an i nt er l o cal ag r eem ent was appr o v ed t hat co m bi ned t he
o perat i o ns o f t he D et ent i o n Cent er wi t h t he Ci t y o f Eul es s . As a r es ul t , t he D et ent i o n Cent er was cl o s ed i n B edf o r d. Thi s
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