believe the suspect is also connected to a different fire at another house under construction
across town. Fort Worth
Stockyards is one of the city’s
most iconic spots, and it’s
getting a lot more attention.
Leaders say they’re seeing more
tourists as summer gets close.
NBC 5’s Tahera Rahman reports
how police have stepped up their
presence over the last few weeks
. Among the horse drawn
carriages and saddled longhorns.
You may also see more police
officers at the Fort Worth
Stockyards. Police have formed a
new team here saying they’re
being proactive as the number of
visitors increase. As a prime
example, we have two busses here
from a local school district
that are here in Stockyards. So
kids do come here as well, not
just adults. Data from police
also shows that violent crime in
the Stockyards was even higher
than in the West seventh
Entertainment district between
March of 2023 and 2024. The
added security is Wednesdays
through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 8
p.m. Officers patrol by car,
bicycle and foot an officer on
the bike. It doesn’t matter what
direction the traffic is going.
The bicycle unit could go in and
out of traffic, cross the street
right on sidewalks so they could
get to that call for service
quicker than the vehicle would.
The city Council member for this
area, Carlos Flores, says he’s
already seen an impact of the
increased police presence here,
saying that there’s been a
decrease in reckless driving and
noise complaints. Anything that
we can do to cut down on crime
or just bad behavior, you know,
we try to we try to be two steps
ahead of that. Fred Barnett is
one of many business owners who
pay an extra tax for the
Stockyards Public Improvement
District on Tuesday, city
council members voted to
increase that budget and spend
more on security over $10,000
more. Barnett wants to make sure
everyone sees that benefit, and
a lot of the people on the West
Side of exchange feel as though
the people on the east side of
the exchange are the beneficiary
to a lot of inappropriate share
of what the taxes are paid. He
also wants to see more patrols
when bars like his need them
between midnight and five in the
morning. The more police
presence that we can have out on
the streets. Obviously the safer