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Trophy Club chief reports low use-of-force incidents, highlights accreditation and community programs
Summary
At the March 18 meeting the chief said the department recorded two documented uses of force and seven threats of force during about 15,000 officer encounters last year, reported zero taser deployments and no officer injuries, and noted the department's accreditation and mental-health outreach programs.
The police chief told the Trophy Club Crime Control and Prevention District board on March 18 that the department's annual use-of-force report shows very small numbers of force incidents relative to the department's activity.
"Out of this year's report, we had two times where we documented the use of force," the chief said, and later noted there were seven incidents recorded as "threats of force." He added the department recorded no taser deployments this year and no officer injuries tied to those incidents.
The chief said the department handled roughly 15,000 officer encounters during the year, of which about 7,000 were traffic stops and approximately 2,600 were dispatch-initiated calls for service; total arrests were about 170 for the year. He described those figures as context for the low counts of use-of-force reports and said command staff reviews incidents to identify training or policy changes.
The chief also said Trophy Club is an accredited agency with the Texas Police Chiefs Association and noted recognition in a SafeWise ranking, which he attributed in part to the recently installed camera network and other equipment investments.
On community programs, the chief described a mental-health initiative and an "elderly takeback" registry that stores photographs and contact information to help officers reunite disoriented residents with caregivers; he said Rowan Oak provides a specialist to support those cases and named Detective Abe Medina as a department mental-health specialist who assists on recurring or complex cases.
Board members asked operational questions about pursuit policy and where arrested people are taken; the chief said the department participates in brief pursuits when legally justified and that arrested people are temporarily processed locally and transported to county jails (including Denton County) for booking.
The board received the report as an informational item; no disciplinary or policy changes were announced at the meeting.
