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The Police Department, along with the cities of Hurst, Euless, and Grapevine,
combined resources, manpower, administrative tasks, and equipment to form a
regionalized SWAT Team known as the Northeast Tarrant County Area SWAT Team
(NETCAST).
Member cities specially train to respond to incidents including, but not limited to:
barricaded persons, hostage situations, high-risk warrant services, and acts of
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terrorism. These tasks are best accomplished with a small group of highly disciplined
of cers speci cally trained to deal with such emergencies, utilizing special weapons,
NETCAST
tactics, and equipment. Combining resources into a regionalized team, member
Fund
cities bene t from economies of scale in SWAT equipment purchases and overtime
allocations.
This governmental fund was created for SWAT-NETCAST during FY2018 to which each
of the four participating agencies contribute equally. Qualifying expenditures are
then paid for through the SWAT-NETCAST fund.

Summary

City of Bedford, TX is projecting $78.5K of revenue in FY2026, which represents a 0.7% increase over the prior year. Budgeted
expenditures are projected to decrease by 37.3% or $45.2K to $76K in FY2026.

$100K

$75K

$50K
Actual Revenue Source
Budgeted Revenue Source
Actual Expenditures
$25K
Budgeted Expenditures

$0
FY2023 FY2024 FY2025 FY2026

SWAT - NETCAST Fund Comprehensive Summary

Name FY2023 Actual FY2024 Actual FY2025 Amended Budget FY2025 Projected FY2026 Budgeted
Beginning Fund Balance: $63,494 $37,430 $87,458 $87,458 $45,864
Revenues
Miscellaneous Income $2,942 $2,732 $1,958 $3,606 $2,500
Other Governmental $45,000 $57,000 $57,000 $57,000 $57,000
Other Transfers In $15,000 $19,000 $19,000 $19,000 $19,000

Total Revenues: $62,942 $78,732 $77,958 $79,606 $78,500

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