Like Dallas, Fort Worth is taking a data-based approach and targeting hot spots in the city where most gun violence is happening. They’ve also created a gun violence investigations team focused on solving more shootings.
The Fort Worth police chief updated the city council on his effort to reduce violent crime.
"We need solid, professional, precise, data-driven, intelligence-led policing," said Fort Worth Police Chief Neil Noakes. "We need officers who go out proactively in communities and address the violent actors that are in communities."Last year, Fort Worth police investigated 388 shootings with nearly 100 of them fatal. Almost 70% of victims did not know the suspect.
Like Dallas, Fort Worth is taking a data-based approach and targeting hot spots in the city where most gun violence is happening.
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