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General Fund Police

4. Crime Reduction: Continue to develop meaningful strategies that result in crime reduction.
5. Community Policing: Continue to implement best practices of community policing that enhance the safety
of both officers and the public.

6. Infrastructure: Ensure Police Department infrastructure is operationally adequate to serve the community.

The Fort Worth Police Department (FWPD) is organized into three bureaus: Patrol, Support, and Finance/
Personnel. Each bureau includes commands, with divisions, sections, and units under each command.

a. Patrol Bureau: The majority of employees are in the Patrol Bureau, which consists of six divisions
representing various geographic areas of the city. This includes directed response teams, the traffic
division, and patrol support services. This Bureaus also includes specialized teams such as tactical
medics, crisis intervention, homeless outreach, civilian response teams, and air support.

b. Support Bureau: The main role of the Support Bureau is further policy support in the form of detective and
investigative presence, intelligence, community programs, records and property room, the crime lab, and
specialized functions including but not limited to SWAT, Narcotics, and Gang Units.

c. The Finance/Personnel Bureau provides the administrative and fiscal foundation necessary to manage
departmental finances, maintain the workforce, operate the communications center, and provide for
departmental recruiting and training needs.

More information may be found at https://police.fortworthtexas.gov/default.

FY2025 DISCUSSION AND SIGNIFICANT CHANGES

The Recommended Budget:

• Increases by $152,646 and one Authorized Position (AP) for a Police Sergeant for the SWAT Unit. The
position will serve in a supervisory capacity for the unit.
• Increases by $135,356 and one AP for a Criminal Analyst within the FUSION center as a result of a
funding shortfall for a current Intel Analyst in the final months of UASI Grant with no future funding
anticipated.
• Decreases by ($406,044) and two APs to transfer a Lieutenant and a Captain from the General Fund to
the CCPD Fund.
• Increases by $14,317,000 in salary and benefits for previously approved costs associated with pay for
performance, step increases, rising health care costs and pension contributions.
• Increases by $1,107,573 for one-time costs due to previously approved budget that was only needed for
one fiscal year related to fleet RFID readers, patrol positions and allocations.
• Decreases by ($9,207,875) in salary and benefits due to budgeted vacancy savings rate the produces
salary savings.

• Decreases by ($316,423) from debt service to General Operations and Maintenance to accurately reflect
where lease costs should be housed.
• Increases by $75,343 and seven AP to cover a funding gap from the federal COPS hiring grant. The
federal grant does not cover the full cost of the positions; therefore, funding is provided in the general
fund for the positions. All positions that are partially funded in the General Fund are authorized in the
General Fund. The positions will be part of the community outreach unit.

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