Keller and Northwest ISDs will each pay more than $1 million for school resource officers through an interlocal agreement with the city of Fort Worth.
Fort Worth City Council approved the fiscal year 2026-27 program through the Crime Control & Prevention District budget for Keller, Northwest, Fort Worth and Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISDs, as well as Lena Pope Home Inc., during its Oct. 13 meeting.
Council also approved a contract to remodel the Real Time Crime Center, a rezoning request in Council District 10 and council meeting dates for 2027.
The overview
The total amount for all the school districts, as part of a 50% split, is $10.09 million. The amount includes adjustments from fiscal years 2024-25 and 2025-26 to reflect a “true-up” budget, which reflects the actual costs of line items, according to city documents.
KISD will pay $1.55 million for 11 officers, reflecting a $36,390 decrease after the review. NISD will have 10 officers and pay $1.21 million, reflecting a savings of $33,082 from the same review.
The contract runs from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30, 2027.
According to previous reporting, KISD paid $1.48 million and NISD paid $1.16 million during the 2025-26 school year.
There are 93 total resource positions, with 57 in FWISD. The breakdown includes 81 officers, one mobile officer and 11 supervisors and relief positions.
According to city documents, the 11 positions include two relief officers, two detectives, six sergeants and one lieutenant. These positions are reimbursed to the CCPD at 100%.
What else?
General contracting company Vision Builders will remodel the Real Time Crime Center at 3900 Barnett St. in Fort Worth.
The Fort Worth company was awarded a $3.72 million contract to renovate 6,000 square feet of space to modernize the building and expand the Tactical Real-Time Intelligence Detection Enforcement of North Texas, or TRIDENT, for the Fort Worth Police Department Intelligence Exchange.
TRIDENT will be a multiagency real-time crime and data-sharing initiative run by the city of Fort Worth, according to city documents.
Keller Police Department is one of 14 police departments, along with the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office, that agreed to participate in TRIDENT. According to previous reporting, the city of Keller would provide a detective to the program.
Construction is expected to be completed in spring 2027 with operations to begin at a later date, according to city documents.
Also of note
Dickies Fort Worth DC Holdings LLC requested that 22.55 acres at 9201 NW US 287 be rezoned to light industrial. The motion passed 10-0, with Chris Jamieson absent from the meeting.
The request will allow warehouse and distribution uses, according to documents provided at the Sept. 9 planning and zoning meeting.
The clothing company has a nearby warehouse at 9400 Blue Mound Road in Council District 10. The property is currently zoned for intensive commercial and light industrial uses.
Looking ahead
In 2027, there will be 11 daytime meetings, beginning with a work session at 10 a.m., followed by an executive session at noon and a council meeting at 1 p.m. There will also be 11 evening council meetings beginning at 6 p.m.
Evening meetings will be held on the second Tuesday of the month, while daytime meetings will be held on the fourth Tuesday in 11 of the 12 months.
Council will not meet in July, according to the provided calendar.
