About the Benbrook Police Department

 

The Benbrook Police Department is organized into three divisions: Field Operations, Administration, and Services.

The current budget authorizes a full-time staff of forty sworn peace officers and ten civilian personnel, for a total of fifty members. Additional staffing includes two part-time peace officers and one part-time civilian employee. The department maintains a fleet of twenty-one vehicles, including eleven patrol and eight unmarked units and two tactical vehicles.

The Field Operations Division includes the Patrol and Criminal Investigations Sections. Twenty-six patrol officers, four sergeants, and one Lieutenant staff the Patrol Section. There is one sergeant from patrol and one detective currently assigned to special task forces, one officer in crime prevention and two school resource officers at Western Hills High School . In calendar year 2008, the section responded to over 14,172 calls for service and logged over 327,000 miles while maintaining a 2.23-minute average response time. The Criminal Investigations Section consists of five detectives and one Lieutenant. The section investigated 1,506 reported offenses in 2008 and attained a clearance rate of 33% for Index Crimes and 79% for all other crimes.

The typical Benbrook police officer is 36 years old and has served the city for eight years. Our department is committed to education and training. Many officers are currently enrolled in colleges and universities, and all receive advanced, specialized police training. Our police employees completed 3,526 hours of technical and specialized law enforcement training in 2008. The Benbrook Police Department is one of only a few agencies selected by the Texas Law Enforcement Commission to offer in-house training.

Statewide, the City of Benbrook ranks near the bottom in the occurrence of Index Crimes. (Index Crimes include murder, rape, robbery aggravated assault, burglary, theft, auto-theft and arson.) In 2008 the value of all property stolen in the city totaled $1,038,886. The police department recovered $227,062 for a recovery rate of more than 21%.

The Benbrook Police Department actively recruits people who share its service-oriented philosophy. Our members are judged primarily upon the quality of the police service they deliver, their crime reduction efforts, and their ability to gain and maintain the support of the public. Our staff is well trained, service-oriented, and very proud of the reputation and relationship it enjoys with the community.