Town swears in Matt Moody as assistant police chief; department reports racial‑profiling compliance and staffing updates

Matthew D. Moody was sworn in as Fairview’s assistant police chief at the start of the Feb. 4 council meeting, and police leaders gave a staffing and compliance update during the council’s reports section.

Moody, introduced by the police chief and accompanied by family, took the oath of office administered during the meeting. After being sworn in, he told the council he was “incredibly honored to stand before you today as the new assistant chief of the wonderful town of Fairview.” The mayor announced Moody as “assistant police chief Matt Moody” after his badge was pinned.

Police leadership told council members the department is addressing recent vacancies. The chief said two officers employed by Fairview are currently in the police academy (one started in January and the other began recently), one officer will begin field‑training next week, and one conditional hire is awaiting testing. The chief said, if all candidates pass required testing and academy training, the department would be down a single sworn position by April.

The police chief also presented the department’s annual racial‑profiling data and compliance statement required by the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE). The chief said the department stopped 3,007 vehicles last year, that most stops resulted in verbal warnings, that citations and arrests were a small fraction of stops, and that no complaints alleging racial profiling were received for the reporting period. “The Fairview Police Department is fully compliant,” the chief told the council.

Council members asked procedural questions about how the data are recorded and whether warnings are included in the report. The chief explained that officers self‑report race in the field when necessary and that the department is improving its ability to capture written warnings electronically so repeat enforcement can be tracked.

The chief announced that in‑car video systems were being upgraded to be compatible with the department’s Axon body‑camera system, and that the department is piloting phone‑based systems to streamline issuance of warnings and citations.

No formal council vote on the appointment was recorded in the minutes presented at the Feb. 4 meeting; the ceremony and report were presented as part of the mayor’s opening and staff reports.