FORT WORTH, Texas – A touch-up for the World Cup glow-up, Downtown Fort Worth is alive with colorful art installations, 3D sidewalk murals, street banners, international flags and more.
Fort Worth Downtown Visual Transformation
The street view coupled with down-to-the-minute planning happening indoors on Tuesday. At City Hall, an update on the latest safety plan that includes multiple departments, police, fire, EMS, transportation, 911, hospitals and more.
The plan includes ‘staff surging' on match days. In addition to overall policing, Fort Worth Police Department will utilize 100 department personnel divided into 8 teams to cover various aspects of safety and security, according to Fort Worth Police Chief, Eddie Garcia.
“On match days when we expect more crowds to be in certain areas to watch games, then we will certainly make sure that staffing, from a citywide perspective, is available as well.”
What’s next:
“They'll be used to protect those critical infrastructures, as well as City Hall and some other infrastructure,” said Garcia.
The Source: Information in this article was provided by FOX 4’s Dionne Anglin.
