Fort Worth Police Department Chief Neil Noakes says some words about Sgt. Billy Randolph during a candlelight vigil for the fallen officer at the Fort Worth PD South Division headquarters in Fort ...

Fort Worth police Chief Neil Noakes took personal responsibility for a backlog of 969 rape kits that haven’t been fully processed by the city’s crime lab. “This is a completely unacceptable ...

Noakes’ last day as chief is May 30. Cecilia Lenzen is a government accountability reporter for the Fort Worth Report. Contact her at [email protected].

Chief Neil Noakes is retiring after 25 years with the Fort Worth Police Department. In an interview, he highlighted efforts to reduce crime, improve officers’ mental health, and build community ...

Fort Worth Police Department Chief Neil Noakes announced Monday that he will step down from his post next year after deciding to retire from law enforcement. “Today I come to you with mixed ...

Police Chief Neil Noakes provided an update about the Crime Lab’s rape kit backlog to the City Council on Tuesday, Nov 5. As of Nov. 4, there are 708 overdue cases, which came down from 898 on ...

TARRANT COUNTY, Texas - Fort Worth Police say they will be increasing patrols as Labor Day weekend approaches. The move comes ...

Fort Worth Chief of Police Neil Noakes told NBC 5 Investigates on Monday that his department missed state-mandated deadlines more than 1,200 times over five years.

While police chief Neil Noakes said the current backlog is due to a need for the post-test review and CODIS entry rather than actual, there are currently 779 already tested kits that need to go ...

Fort Worth police Chief Neil Noakes will retire by next year. Fort Worth Police Chief Neil Noakes is retiring after more than 25 years in law enforcement, the department announced Monday.

TARRANT COUNTY, Texas — After Fort Worth Police Chief Neil Noakes announced plans to retire in May 2025 after 25 years with the department, he said the city remains “in good hands.

Fort Worth Police Chief Neil Noakes told NBC 5 that he wished he had done more to address the problems months ago, as he and others in the department began to learn more about the backlog.