| Fort Worth Police Department | |
| Abbreviation | FWPD |
| Patch of the Fort Worth Police Department. | |
| Badge of the Fort Worth Police Department. | |
| 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 |
| Map of Fort Worth Police Department's jurisdiction. | |
| Size | 298.9 square miles (774 km2) |
| Population | 720,250 |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Fort Worth, Texas |
| Police Officers | 1,542 |
| Civilians | 432 |
| Agency executive | Jeffrey Halstead, Chief of Police |
| Website | |
| Fort Worth Police | |
| Footnotes | |
| * 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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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]
| 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 |
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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