Congratulations to @WSPDTX Corporal Will Poarch on receiving his Advanced Peace Officer License from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement. There are four levels of proficiency certificates in Texas: Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, and Master. Based upon tenure, educational

Here's your end of the Weekend Rewind... From rain, Honor Chair dedication, driver's training, great arrests, drug take back, supporting the Airpower Foundation, Coffee with a Cop, and Haunted Trails, your hometown team has been busy over the past week. Have a great week!

Thank you @cbs11doug for always supporting our 🇺🇸 Military and Gold Star Families. Doug served as the Master of Ceremonies for the AirPower Foundation’s Sky Ball XXIII tonight.

Thankful to attend the AirPower Foundation’s Sky Ball XXIII in Arlington at Globe Life Field. Raised almost $300,000 to support our 🇺🇸 Military! God bless the USA!

Good afternoon WS! We are here till 2 p.m. if you have any unused medications that need to be disposed of. In partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration, our team collects prescription meds to properly dispose of them. Too often, unused prescription drugs find their

Still heavy rainfall at 4.79” rate. No reports of issues at this time

Now 3.02” rain rate in White Settlement with lots of lightning.

It’s always a great day going back though training with our @WSPDTX teammates for emergency vehicle operation training. Started at 7 a.m. and reviewed our driving policies, pursuit policy, and refresher training on our StarChase system. Then we got to have fun driving the

Our @WSPDTX team attended the Honor Chair Dedication Ceremony honoring WSPD Corporal Albert Rene Gomez. End of Watch: July 27, 2021 This ceremony dedicated an Honor Chair to all Fallen Heroes who graduated from the Tarrant County College Law Enforcement Academy.

Thank you Nancy Perry with @PoliceOne for publishing this important piece on how leaders can invest in their Public Information Officers/Strategic Comms Advisors. Highlights from our class at the @TheIACP Annual Conference are included in the embedded video inside the news

Thank you @NBCDFW Reporter @DianaNBC5 Zoga for helping spread the message on how scam calls are targeting North Texas with ties to overseas crime. Learn how to prevent from becoming a victim of an online, telephone call, or text message fraud scheme. This case highlights our

Early voting is underway in Texas, and DPS reminds Texans to stay alert and report suspicious activity to law enforcement using iWatchTexas. iWatchTexas is an easy-to-use tool for the public to report suspicious activity related to crime, terrorism, schools and, in this case,

In addition to other events in October we are hosting, the WS Area Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a Coffee with a Cop event on Friday, November 7, 2025 from 9-10:30 a.m. in our department lobby. Mark your calendars now!

At #IACP2025, Chief Cook of the @WSPDTX emphasizes the importance of internal communication within agencies, highlighting technologies and programs that empower leaders to enhance connections within their teams. "Authenticity is key. People want to trust the messenger. And so

Fantastic @TheIACP Conference this week. Met so many great leaders across two sessions that @zhicook and I taught on strategic communication and internal comms. Attended the Smaller Department Section meeting and represented our noble profession as a committee member on the IACP

One of the largest attended @TheIACP International Association of Chiefs of Police Smaller Department Section meeting to kick off the #IACP2025 Conference. Chair Chris Workman, along with Chief Kelly Bakken presented past Chair Sean Marschke with an award for his numerous years

Happy Friday WS! Our Crimes Against Persons show a reduction of 57.14% compared to August and Crimes Against Property are trending down 11.53% when looking at the previous month's numbers. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

💜 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗹𝗲—𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗼𝗿, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆. 💜 This #PurpleThursday, our WSPD team joined other agencies from across Tarrant County including One Safe Place to stand in

Supporting Special Olympics Texas at a recent event in North Texas. @WESTCOMMTX Dispatcher Adrianne Stewart representing the team.