Fort Worth Police Department Examples

The Fort Worth Police Department is a prime example of a large urban police department that is seeking to implement process-based policing. One major example of this is that the Fort Worth Police Department has recently volunteered to be one of six pilot cities nationwide to participate in the National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice. The idea behind this is exactly what Tyler and Huo (2002) were trying to communicate – that when the public sees law enforcement as legitimate, they begin to police themselves and cooperate more, thus leading to greater officer safety.
David Kennedy, the Director of the National Network for Safe Communities and one of the major contributors to the National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice, provides this powerful insight in his article “Getting Beyond Ferguson”:
While nobody with any sense would deny the reality of racism, it is increasingly clear that people and institutions can act in ways that look, smell, and taste like racism; play into narratives and understandings framed by racism; and produce results that might just as well have been produced by racism: all …show more content…
This perception leads to their willingness or unwillingness to obey the law and cooperate with police, which in turn, affects crime rates. This three-year National Initiative will train law enforcement in how to interact with the public in ways that demonstrate respect and caring, while still enforcing the law. The National Initiative will also be creating partnerships between police, the jails, the courts, and the District Attorney’s office. All these entities will enter into agreements to approach certain situations in ways that provide clear communication to citizens and acknowledge each person’s right to be treated respectfully no matter what the outcome may