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Fort Worth residents who have a rude or unpleasant encounter with a police officer may now get a chance to sit face-to-face with that officer, and could even come out with a new friend.
Tarleton grad named Fort Worth police chief TSU Newsroom STEPHENVILLE — Fort Worth’s new top cop is a Tarleton State University graduate. Deputy Police Chief Neil Noakes has been named chief of police, replacing Ed Kraus, who announced his retirement last summer. Noakes graduated cum laude from Tarleton with his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice in 2016. He joined the Fort Worth PD in 2000 and as deputy chief oversaw the central, east and south patrol divisions. “I think it’s safe to say, you’re looking at the happiest man in Fort Worth right now,” he said during a news c...