The Fort Worth Police Department is looking ahead to future facility needs.

During the Jan. 13 city council meeting, an agreement with Parkhill was approved for an amount of up to $498,500 for a FWPD master plan project.

What’s happening?

Parkhill, an architecture, engineering and design solution firm, was selected from 10 bidders, according to city documents. Fort Worth officials advertised the master plan in June and then reviewed and scored the responses in September.

The Lubbock-based company, with offices in Fort Worth and Frisco, will look at the 19 existing police facilities across the city for the police department. Company representatives will assess existing and future facility needs of the department in 20 years and determine the funding needed for improvements in five years and 10 years, according to city documents.

A new 32,000-square-foot facility for the Northwest Division broke ground in April, with $25.6 million of the funding coming from the 2022 bond program. Additional funds will be covered by the Crime Control and Prevention District, according to the city website. That new building will replace a 75-year-old building.

The details

Fort Worth has six primary patrol divisions, divided up by location: Central, North, South, East, Northwest and West. Those fall under two commands, North Command and South Command, according to the city website.

Sean Kenjura is the commander for the North Division, which spans from SH 820 Loop to the Texas Motor Speedway. The division is broken down into two divisions:

The area south of Golden Triangle Boulevard to SH 820The area north of Golden Triangle Boulevard to the city limits near Texas Motor Speedway and encompasses the town of Haslet.“We reorganized a little bit; it’s a little bit easier to manage,” Kenjura said during District 10 Council Member Alan Blaylock’s Town Hall in September. “The more you tell us about what’s going on in your neighborhood, the better we can do our job.”

The North division was created in 2017 and the $14 million headquarters at 8755 N. Riverside Drive opened in 2018.