Local businesses in the Fort Worth Stockyards are reporting increased safety and a decrease in crime since the introduction of a dedicated bike patrol team. The team has been actively engaging with business owners, apprehending suspects, and deterring criminal activity.
Data presented earlier this year also showed more violent crimes in the Stockyards than in the W. 7th Entertainment District between March 2023 and March 2024.
Police said the bike team introduced themselves to more than 100 business owners and managers, caught thieves and robbery suspects, and even arrested a suspect who was wanted for violent sex crime who had managed to evade police for years.On August 10th, for example, bike police said someone flagged them down saying their manager's cell phone was stolen from Taco Heads Restaurant on East Exchange Avenue. They said they were able to identify and detain the suspect.
Later that month, according to a police report, the patrol was called to the Rodeo Exchange Bar on West Exchange Avenue for a man"walking around naked behind the building.
Business owner Jim Miller has been coming to the Stockyards for nearly 40 years and said he's seen an improvement, too. “It’s a lot safer, I think," he said. The area keeps him coming back for the same reason it does millions of others."It's western, you know," he said.“I think just the presence of seeing either the-- whether the horseback, the bikes or the cars, I think that all helps because they know that somebody’s around," Hooker said.
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