Fort Worth has a new police chief. City Manager Jay Chapa announced Thursday afternoon that Eddie Garcia will take over the FWPD. Garcia knows North Texas well; he was the Dallas police chief from 2020 to 2024.

Former Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia was selected to lead the Fort Worth Police Department's nearly 1,900 officers over Fort Worth Interim Police Chief Robert Alldredge Jr. and former Dallas Police Deputy Chief Vernon Hale, who most recently served as Prince George’s County Police Department assistant chief of police in Maryland.

Fort Worth’s next police chief will be Eddie García, who formerly headed up the Dallas Police Department and is currently overseeing Austin public safety.