Fort Worth Police Department
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| Fort Worth Police Department | |
| Abbreviation | FWPD |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | City of Fort Worth in the state of Texas, USA |
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| Size | 298.9 square miles (774 km2) |
| Population | 720,250 |
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| Headquarters | Fort Worth, Texas |
| Police Officers | 1,542 |
| Civilians | 432 |
| Agency executive | Jeffrey Halstead, Chief of police |
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| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Fort Worth Police Department is a police department of Fort Worth, Texas, United States.
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[edit] Organization
Prior to January 5, 2008, the police department had 12 Neighborhood Policing Districts (NPD) and 5 Patrol Divisions and Investigative Sections. On that date a new patrol division opened and two neighborhood policing districts closed.[1]
[edit] Rank structure and insignia
| Rank | Insignia |
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| Chief of Police |  |
| Executive Deputy Chief |  |
| Deputy Chief |  |
| Captain |  |
| Lieutenant |  |
| Sergeant |  |
| Corporal/Detective | No Rank Insigna |
| Police Officer | No Rank Insigna |
[edit] Line-of-duty deaths
Since the establishment of the Fort Worth Police Department, 55 officers have died in the line of duty. [2][3]
The causes of death are as follows:
| Cause of death | Number of deaths |
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| Assault |
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| Automobile accident |
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| Drowned |
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| Duty related illness |
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| Gunfire |
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| Gunfire (Accidental) |
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| Heart attack |
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| Motorcycle accident |
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| Stabbed |
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| Struck by streetcar |
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| Struck by vehicle |
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| Vehicle pursuit |
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| Vehicular assault |
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[edit] Demographics[4]
- Male: 83 percent
- Female: 17 percent
- White: 75 percent
- Hispanic: 13 percent
- African-American/Black: 12 percent
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "NPD and Divisions." Fort Worth Police Departments. Retrieved on January 27, 2009.
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- ^ [2]
- ^ Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics, 2000: Data for Individual State and Local Agencies with 100 or More Officers
