The diversity profile of the recruits that graduate from the Fort Worth Police Academy is a measure of our success towards increasing the diversity of the Department to more closely match the diversity of Fort Worth. Diversity for the purposes of this measure is defined by race and gender. There is no specific target for this measure, it is tracked for general knowledge only. Increase the diversity of the police department to mirror the City of Fort Worth.

The Career Development Section Lieutenant will receive a list of suitable candidates from the Backgrounds and Recruiting Section Lieutenant prior to the projected start date of a new police academy or modified lateral entry academy. The Career Development Section Lieutenant will prepare a worksheet to track the progress of each recruit class or modified lateral class broken down by gender and race. The total number of graduates will be calculated by gender and race on graduation day.

Sum of total graduates for the year by gender and race within a recruit academy class or modified lateral academy class. All race and gender categories will be counted in the diverse percentage except white male.