The CCPD was initially established in 1995 to combat local crime— record crime rates across the city in the late '80s and early '90s were the driving force of the CCPD — but over the last 25 years, it has become an integral part of city spending.

Human traffickers operate in the shadows of society. 

The Fort Worth Police Department Human Trafficking Unit, which transitioned from the major case unit in 2019, identifies and removes people being used by human traffickers.

Individuals suffering from untreated mental illness are 16 times more likely to be killed during a police encounter than other civilians, according to a study from the Treatment Advocacy Center

The Mounted Patrol has kept its mission — “no terrain too rough, no task too tough” — alive for over a century. The task force has experienced many evolutionary phases that have allowed it to remain a successful crime-preventative branch of the police.

The Fort Worth Police Department Vice Unit is tasked with policing crimes related to organized gambling operations, electronic file-sharing of child pornography, online solicitation of minors and prostitution-based escort services.

“No week is ever the same,” said Sergeant Westbrook, supervisor of the vice unit.