The Fort Worth Police Department is undergoing significant changes with a new focus on transparency and diversity, new police chief Ed Kraus said at a community forum Tuesday.

The Fort Worth Police Department is undergoing significant changes with a new focus on transparency and diversity, new police chief Ed Kraus said at a community forum Tuesday. Kraus spoke inside a gym at the city’s new Como Community Center at a event called “Beyond the Badge.” As an example, the chief said the department used to resist releasing...

One person was hospitalized after a shooting at a QuikTrip parking lot Sunday night in Fort Worth, police said. Officers were at another call at a nearby Dominos restaurant when they head shots ring out at the QuikTrip gas station at 6601 Brentwood Stair Road. They found a victim who was shot while in a vehicle in the QT parking…

A man crashed a stolen SUV through the showroom of a CarMax in East Fort Worth early Sunday morning, police say. The incident happened at about 3:22 a.m. at CarMax on Anderson Boulevard, near Eastchase Parkway, Fort Worth police said. Police said they believed Ryan O’Neil Young also broke into a nearby body shop before he went to the...

Yolanda Carr’s daughters are speaking out for the first time since her death on Thursday. Carr is the mother of Atatiana Jefferson, a woman who was fatally shot by a Fort Worth police officer in October. Yolanda Carr passed away Thursday morning in the Fort Worth home where a city officer shot her daughter, according to lawyer Lee Merritt....

A Fort Worth officer who was suspended after a man died in police custody in 2018 is scheduled to appeal the punishment Tuesday. Andrew Schraf was suspended for five days after Christopher Lowe, 55, died in the back of a police car. Ultimately five Fort Worth officers were fired and two were suspended after the incident. Lowe died soon after…

The Fort Worth police chief is authorizing officers who attend worship services to do so in full uniform.

The Fort Worth police chief is authorizing officers who attend worship services to do so in full uniform. The decision comes after Sunday’s deadly church shooting in White Settlement and attacks on Jewish communities around the country. Police Chief Ed Kraus said he hopes uniformed officers would give an extra sense of security and safety. “This is an easy...

Fort Worth police chief Ed Kraus found himself near the scene of a hit-and-run on Friday and helped chase down the suspect and arrest him.

Fort Worth police chief Ed Kraus found himself near the scene of a hit-and-run on Friday and helped chase down the suspect and arrest him. It happened about 10:30 a.m. near Interstate 20 and Campus Drive, said department spokesman Officer Buddy Calzada. Several witnesses chased the suspect when he ran on foot and called 911, Calzada said. The chief happened…

A man is charged with murder in the shooting death of a Fort Worth 18-year-old, police say. Antonio Rodriguez, 18, was arrested for the murder of Alejandro Pina, who was shot and killed Dec. 11 in the 4300 block of Vinson Street, Fort Worth police said. Pina was struck shortly after 6:30 p.m. in the upper torso, police said.

An emotional sigh of relief for the family of Atatiana Jefferson as a grand jury hands down an murder indictment for former Fort Worth Police officer Aaron Dean.

A former Fort Worth police officer accused of fatally shooting a woman inside her home in October has been indicted for murder. A Tarrant County grand jury indicted Aaron Dean Friday morning. A trial date has not yet been announced. At a press conference Friday, Jefferson’s family called news of the indictment a “relief.” When I heard it, it...

Three victims of human trafficking were rescued and two people were arrested in Fort Worth over the weekend, police said. Police say the Fort Worth Police Department’s Human Trafficking Unit in conjunction with Vice conducted the sting on the west side of Fort Worth. No other information was released.

The family of fallen Fort Worth police officer Garrett Hull received an unexpected Christmas gift this week: a paid-off mortgage. Hull, a 17-year veteran of the Fort Worth Police Department, was shot and killed in the line of duty in September 2018 while responding to a robbery call. Hull is survived by his wife, Sabrina, and two daughters, Jordan and…

A fundraiser is planned for the family of a Fort Worth police officer recovering from a surgery to remove to a large brain tumor.

A fundraiser is planned for the family of a Fort Worth police officer recovering from a surgery to remove to a large brain tumor. The fundraiser Monday held at Café Republic in Fort Worth, which is owned by two fellow officers, is for Ofc. Bryan Lafaurie. He has been with the Fort Worth Police Department for more than six years….

A Fort Worth police officer who was captured on video punching a man in the face in a hospital lobby was found guilty of aggravated perjury on Wednesday.