FWPD West Division Newsletter

January 2025

LVT Rise and FWPD West Division work collaboratively to take local families to the Texas Motor Speedway Gift of Light celebration

Thanks to the coordinated efforts of LVT Rise Executive Director Paige Charbonnet, Lincoln 15 NPO Nelson "Easy" Ehirim, Deputy Chief Ricks and Lincoln NPO Sgt. Owen, approximately 50 residents from the LVT community were invited to participate in the Polar Express Adventure. The invited guests were treated to dinner and each child in attendance received a Christmas gift. After the meal and gift opening was completed, the participants boarded a bus to travel to Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) to attend the Gift of Light celebration which was the perfect way to cap off a memorable evening.

Helpers and Heroes provides Christmas shopping experience for deserving youngsters

On December 20, 2024, members of FWPD, District 3 Councilmember Crain, McGruff the Crime Dog and volunteers gathered at the Target store on West 7th Street to go Christmas shopping with approximately 65 children.  The children each received a gift card and could buy gifts for themselves or members of their family. This has become an annual tradition that is enjoyed by all.

Residents of Stevenson Oaks learn how to avoid telephone scams.

On December 11, 2024, CPS Mitsuhashi and NPO Vasquez (K19) presented a seminar to the residents of Stevenson Oaks on how to avoid telephone scams.  Residents learned about the most common types of telephone scams and the steps that they can take to avoid them. A future presentation is planned in the Spring of 2025 to educate the residents on AI Scams.

Cook Children's and FWPD Crime Prevention team up to educate new homeowners on child safety and home protection.

Members of Cook Children's Injury Prevention team along with CPS Mitsuhashi gave presentations to new homeowners covering child injury prevention and home protection.  Cook Children's team members spoke to the new homeowners about different aspects of injury prevention including safe baby, child safety seats, gun safety, poison prevention and water safety. After the presentation, a drawing was held where attendees had the chance to win a portable baby crib, kneeling pad, gun safe and medicine lock boxes.  CPS Mitsuhashi then spoke to the new homeowners about the proactive measures that they can take to keep their new homes, their personal property and themselves safe.

Crime Free Multi Housing Safety Social

To commemorate the completion of all 3 Phases of the Crime Free Multi Housing program, Palm House held a safety social with residents of their community in attendance.  NPO Pennington (L14) presented management with their Phase 3 completion certificate.  After which, CPS Mitsuhashi reviewed crime prevention measures that the residents can employ to minimize the chance of becoming a victim of a crime.

Scam Alert

What to know before you upgrade your phone. And how to protect your new one

By

 

Alvaro Puig

Consumer Education Specialist

January 3, 2025

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It’s that time of year when ads enticing you to upgrade your mobile phone seem to be everywhere you turn. If you’re thinking about upgrading your phone, here are four easy steps to remove your personal information from your phone before you trade it in.

1. Save your information. Whether you’re going to trade in, sell, or donate your phone, start by backing up your data. You’ll need this copy when you set up a new phone.
2. Remove SIM and SD cards. If your phone has a SIM card, remove it because it may have your personal information on it. If you’re keeping your phone number, ask if you can transfer your SIM card to the new phone. If you’re not going to reuse the SIM card, destroy it. If your phone has an SD storage card, remove it, too.
3. Unlink accounts connected to the device. If you use multi-factor authentication to log in to any accounts, remove your phone from the list of trusted devices for those accounts. And double check that your phone is no longer connected to your online accounts. Here’s how to unlink the phone from your Microsoft, Apple, and Google
4. Erase your personal information. Finally, restore your phone to the factory settings. That’ll erase all your personal information, like your account numbers, passwords, messages, videos, and photos.

Once you set up your new device, set it to automatically lock when you’re not using it, keep it up to date, and back up your data. Check out Three ways to protect the personal info on your phone for details on how to do that.

If you use an authenticator app to log into your accounts, set up the app on your new phone. And finally, if you’re not trading in or selling your phone, learn about where you can recycle it.

What are NPO's?

By having the Neighborhood Patrol Officers dedicated to specific geographic areas, the officers are not only able to become more familiar with the area than regular patrol officers, but they are also able to serve as a resource for and get to know area residents and business owners, learn about neighborhood concerns, and build working relationships with area Citizen on Patrol volunteers to work hand-in-hand in reducing neighborhood crime and promoting crime prevention tools. 

Primary Duties: 

• Work with crime analysts to identify crime trends within assigned neighborhoods, maintain open lines of communication with detectives, and assist the Information Management Section and supervisors in planning appropriate actions to address issues. 
• Foster positive community leadership as a means to empower citizens within their neighborhoods by encouraging involvement in Citizens on Patrol, Citizen Police Academy, and Crime Watch to work collaboratively to reduce crime and promote crime prevention tools. 
• Maintain open lines of communication between residents, business owners and the police department by attending community meetings and events, including neighborhood association and other community meetings. 
• Recruit Citizen on Patrol volunteers, schedule them for training, and provide on-going training and correspondence to encourage and retain active memberships. 

Enter your address on http://oneaddress.fortworthtexas.gov/ You will find your BEAT and NPO assigned as well as your nearest City Facilities, Services, and Crime Data. 

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