Police Records Clerk

Pay Range: $18.32 - $22.90/hr.

Job Posting Closing on: Monday February 16 2026

Workdays & Hours: Monday Friday 6:45am 3:45pm or 8:15am 5:15pm.

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays Medical Dental Vision Paid Time Off Pension Plan Professional Development Opportunities. Find Out More!

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of overresidents promoting our values of exceptional customer experience mutual respect embracing our diversity continuous improvement ethical behavior and accountability.

A Police Records Clerk job is available with the City of Fort Worth Police Department Records Division. This position will provide the public the department and other requesting agencies with accurate records and data in a timely courteous and professional manner and will offer more convenient storage and access to essential and highly active or inactive documents through the Police Records Management Center (PRMC).

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED
• Two (2) years of responsible customer service and clerical experience
• Valid drivers license
• Drug Screen Polygraph CJIS fingerprint background check

Preferred Qualifications:

• One (1) year of experience working with confidential records records control/management systems and accident reporting software
• Experience with the Texas Public Information Act
• Bilingual skills (English/Spanish)

The Police Records Clerk job responsibilities include:

• Assist the general public City departments and State Federal and other law enforcement agencies with offense and accident records
• Respond to customer inquiries and complaints in a timely and efficient manner by following established policies and procedures as well as state and federal laws governing offense and accident records
• Receive and process Public Information Requests using Freedom of Information Act software in accordance with State of Texas laws and Records and Information Management Division standards and procedures
• Perform duties of Police Records Management Center (PRMC) Liaison including receiving releasing and destroying records in accordance with Texas State Library and Records Information Management guidelines; schedule appointments for records services.
• This duty requires the ability to lift boxes weighing up to 30 lbs. (at times intake or destruction of approximately 25 to 170 boxes may be required)
• Receive calls for service from the public other law enforcement agencies and state and federal agencies
• Assist citizens at the Customer Service window with service requests
• Perform cashier duties related to receiving and making change for revenue

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

Depending on assignment positions in this class typically require touching talking hearing seeing grasping standing stooping kneeling crouching reaching walking and repetitive motions.

Light Work Depending on assignment positions in this class typically exert up to 20 pounds of force occasionally up to 10 pounds of force frequently and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than those for the Sedentary Work category and the worker sits most of the time the job is rated as Light Work.

Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) Background Check

Applicants for this position must pass a Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) fingerprint-based background check and maintain CJIS eligibility. Due to CJIS requirements related to system access the following will result in being disqualified for this position: Felony Convictions Felony Deferred Adjudication Class A Misdemeanor Conviction Class B Misdemeanor Convictions in the last 10 years Class A Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication Class B Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication in the last 10 years an Open Arrest for Any Criminal Offense (Felony or Misdemeanor) and ALL Family Violence Convictions regardless of class.

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Conditions of Employment

The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit hire train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race color religion sex (including pregnancy and gender identity) national origin political affiliation sexual orientation marital status disability genetic information age membership in an employee organization parental status military service or another non-merit factor.

The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.

Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include but are not limited to: criminal background check drug screen education verification etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.