Fort Worth’s Crime Control and Prevention budget rising 2.6% to more than $138.6 million

Fort Worth’s Crime Control and Prevention District approved the district’s 2026 recommended budget of just over $138.6 million, and $502,045 in grants in the current fiscal year for two community partner programs.

The fiscal 2026 recommendation represents a 2.61% increase from the current year’s budget of $135.08 million. Among the eight top-level line items in the district’s revenue summary presented for approval at its Aug. 19 meeting, the most significant percentage increase — other than from interest income with its 37.5% jump — is school resource office reimbursements, which are expected to increase 7.69%.

Sales tax revenue, which represents the lion’s share of the district’s revenues, is expected to grow 4.73%, but the number is tenuous, Robert Alldredge, the interim police chief, said…

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