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Fort Worth Council approves $7.2 million CCPD budget amendment and backs application for sexual-assault kit testing grant
Summary
The City Council approved a midyear amendment to the Crime Control and Prevention District budget that adds $7,230,713 for recruit pay, a crime-lab study, outsourcing of sexual-assault evidence testing and facility upgrades. Council also voted to ratify an application for a state sexual-assault evidence testing grant of up to $250,000.
Fort Worth City Council on March 11 approved a midyear amendment to the Crime Control and Prevention District (CCPD) fiscal year 2025 budget that increases spending by $7,230,713 and voted to ratify a city application for a sexual-assault evidence testing grant of up to $250,000 from the Office of the Texas Governor.
The budget amendment, presented by Lorraine Coleman of the Fort Worth Police Department, funds midyear priorities including recruit pay adjustments, a crime-lab operational study, outsourcing of sexual-assault DNA testing, and facility upgrades for a real-time crime center. "This budget amendment was approved by the CCPD board on Feb. 25, 2025," Coleman told council during the…
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