Intro:

Did you know that Fort Worth you have a 1 in 27 chance of becoming a victim of any crimes. (Areavibes)
Areavibes asked 100 people in Fort Worth that Do you feel safe walking alone at night? 55 percent of
the people said that it is not safe at all and they never walk alone at night. They also said that Response
time to 911 calls (if you get a response) is almost not worth making the call. Even making a general
complaint seems to just be ignored.

Research:
TX crime rate is 26% higher than the Texas average and is 38% higher than the national average. Looking
at violent crime specifically, Fort Worth, TX has a violent crime rate that is 28% higher than the Texas
average and 46% higher than the national average. (Areavibes )For property crime, Fort Worth, TX is
25% higher than the Texas average and 36% higher than the national average. (Schiller, Andrew
)According to the survey done by Areavibes many people said that even when they call police at night
because of disturbances around their house they never get any patrol car. They say that their calls get
ignored. One of the survey person
said that’’we’ve made calls about
suspicious behaviors, disturbing
the peace, and speeding
throughout our neighborhood and
almost “NEVER” seen a patrol
vehicle in response. We’ve even
made a call concerning a child
running in the street at 2 in the
morning while the parents yelled
at the top of their lungs and never
saw a patrol vehicle show up’’.
There is a total of 1,940 Fort Worth police officers. This results in 2.5 police officers per 1,000 residents
which is 16.2% less than the Texas average and 22.5% less than the National average. (Schiller,
Andrew)Because of fort worth having less officers then other city we need to use them most effetely
and put them where we need the most .
Conclusion:

In order to make Fort Worth safer we need to use new technology that will make police officers reaction
time quicker. There is something known as crime report and mapping so with Fort Worth having less
officers, what we can do is place the officers where we might need them the most. We can look at the
previous police report and see where there have been lots of crimes. We can also install surveillance
cameras that detect gun shot. With this new surveillance police don’t have to wait for someone to call
911 they can start going there before anyone calls. ( Vigne, Nancy G. La). We also can install new
cameras that 360 Degree Video Conference Camera so that we get a wide range views thaen the one
direction facing cameras.

Cite

Vigne, Nancy G. La. “How Surveillance Cameras Can Help Prevent and Solve Crime.” Urban Institute, 23
Feb. 2018, www.urban.org/urban-wire/how-surveillance-cameras-can-help-prevent-and-solve-
crime.
Areavibes. “Fort Worth, TX Crime.” AreaVibes, www.areavibes.com/fort+worth-tx/crime/.

Areavibes. “Fort Worth, TX Crime.” AreaVibes, www.areavibes.com/fort+worth-tx/crime/.

Schiller, Andrew. “Fort Worth, TX Crime Rates.” NeighborhoodScout, NeighborhoodScout, 21 Dec. 2018,
www.neighborhoodscout.com/tx/fort-worth/crime.
Rhoades, Jake. “Using Technology to Reduce Response Times.” Using Technology to Reduce Response Times - Fire
Rescue, 22 Sept. 2012, www.firerescuemagazine.com/articles/print/volume-7/issue-11/technology/using-technology-
to-reduce-response-times.html.