Vacant Property Security in Fort Worth: What Changes on November 1
Sunset in Fort Worth moves back an hour on November 1 and does not return until March. Every vacant building, closed jobsite and empty tenant space in the Metroplex picks up an extra hour of darkness per day, and most patrol schedules were written against the old light.
Armed Security Guards in Fort Worth: The Decision Is Made Before the Shift Starts
Texas law makes deadly force in defense of property the narrowest ground there is. The decision that matters is not made at the scene. It is made in an office, in writing, weeks before the post is ever filled.
A Camera Records. An Officer Responds.
A group physically removed a license plate reader and pulled three weeks of data off the device. The number is not the lesson. From Devin Morgan’s segment on the Lars Larson Show.
Mobile Patrol in Fort Worth: What a Gate Does Not Cover
Fort Worth police linked a September 15 purse snatching at a gated apartment complex to a theft at the same property six weeks earlier. Same description, same address. That is a pattern, and a pattern is a security problem, not a crime statistic.
Apartment Complex Security Guards in Fort Worth: The Parking Lot Is the Property
Ask a property manager where the trouble is and the answer is almost never inside a unit. It is the parking lot, the carports, the stairwells and the mail room, and from November it is dark there before most residents get home.