Fort Worth Police Department Case Study

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The police legal service for the Fort Worth Police Department is complex, consisting of the City Attorney’s office and the police Legal Liaison office. In researching this topic, I conduced two telephone interviews, e-mail correspondence with the Internal Affairs Section, and online research of the City of Fort Worth website and the General Orders of the Fort Worth Police Department. I spoke with Assistant City Attorney I, Victoria D. Honey, and with former Legal Liaison Sergeant Richard Simmons. They provided the framework for this legal system overview. The following reflects the legal system for the department.
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The current City Attorney for the City of Fort Worth is Sarah J Fullenwider, who is hired upon recommendation of …show more content…

It should be known that during my twenty plus years of service, I have never been instructed by Legal Department attorneys at the academy. Although this task is delineated to the Police Legal Advisor, it often falls upon the duty of sworn personnel. The legal department does have oversight on the development and approval of training curricula and

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