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Mattie Parker: “We have the finest police in the country, but we acknowledge…”

Featuring: Mattie Parker, Republican | Mayor of Fort Worth, Texas

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Runoff election results: 37-year-old Mattie Parker becomes the youngest mayor of Fort Worth

Published | Video Starts at 01:04

I'll take Eric understanding the work they' started in this last year to really refocus how community policing works for all of Fort Worth and reconnecting community with our police department. We have the finest police in the country, but we acknowledge everything is not perfect and we have work to do. And as your mayor, I'm going to be really focused on that. Keeping up with a booming population is also a concern as Fort Worth was recently named the 12th largest city in the country based on the latest US Census data. (01:04–01:10)

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Asserts that Fort Worth has the finest police in the country but acknowledges imperfections and the need for improvement.

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