Awareness
Teach Tarrant County what trafficking looks like in hotels, schools, churches, businesses, and online.
Tarrant County · Fort Worth, Texas
End sex trafficking here.
A community engagement initiative of the City of Fort Worth and the Fort Worth Police Department: A community coalition of peace officers, nonprofits, congregations, and neighbors at the same table: briefing, training, and supporting survivors.
The five stones
How the Tarrant County 5 Stones Taskforce fights.
The name is the work. Five focus areas. One county. Awareness, training, restoration, policy, and demand.
Training
Prepare responders: officers, nurses, teachers, hotel staff, and advocates who will see it first.
Restoration
Walk alongside survivors: housing, counseling, clothing, and a next step that is actually there.
Policy
Educate about laws and local policy that protect victims and hold traffickers and buyers to account.
Demand
Cut the market. Fewer buyers, fewer ads, fewer children treated as inventory.
With Fort Worth PD
Built beside the badge, not beside the issue.
In 2014, Fort Worth Police Department staff and community partners started a conversation about victim services and missing youth. It was a small table. Word moved. In January 2016 the Chief of Police formally recognized the Tarrant County 5 Stones Taskforce as an official community policing effort of the FWPD, connecting law enforcement to the congregations, nonprofits, businesses, and agencies already in this fight.
Today more than 25 partner organizations sit in. Monthly meetings run eleven times a year. In-person and virtual attendance averages more than 75 stakeholders. The posture is trauma-informed and survivor-centered. Survivors have a voice in the room.
The job is three-fold: support FWPD’s anti-trafficking work, strengthen the agencies beside them, and invent responses that actually work in Tarrant County.
Open briefing
Last Tuesday of the month.
Agency announcements. Law enforcement updates. A working presentation. Then how to plug in. No performance — a working meeting.
When
Last Tuesday
11:00–12:15
Except December. Open to stakeholders and community members aligned with the mission.
Pre-Register HereMeetings support coordination, information sharing, and collaborative planning across police, the sheriff’s office, nonprofits, congregations, and businesses.
Meeting location only. Not a drop-in office or mailing address. Police Officers Association building 100 N. Forest Park Blvd, Suite 200Fort Worth, TX 76102
The street-number pin drops across Forest Park Blvd. Ask Maps for Fort Worth Police Officers Association. That is the building. Need a virtual seat? Pre-register and choose Online. Other questions go to the contact form.
Three doors
If you are in this, pick a door.
Get help
Housing, counseling, clothing, food, medical care — trained providers will walk the next step with you. You are not alone.
Resources →See it / report it
Learn the signs. If someone is in danger, call 911. In Fort Worth, tips go to 817-392-4222.
The problem →Take action
Request a briefing for your church, business, or agency. Volunteer. Give. Show up on a Tuesday.
Ways to serve →Community Leading with Excellence
Honoring officers, partners, and champions.
Each year the Tarrant County 5 Stones Taskforce names people who did the work: detectives, advocates, pastors, and organizers who refuse to look away.
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2025
Yevette Christy, Stephanie Byrd, Sonya Brooks, Det. Maria Orand
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2024
Investigator C. Hayward — TCSO (LE Excellence); Mary Smith (Community Impact); Elise Gill — Unbound Now (Survivor Advocacy)
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2023
Officer Meg Pfeiffer — FWPD (LE Excellence); Amy Ogden — FSF (Survivor Advocacy); Wesley Toland — Christ Chapel (Community Impact)
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2022
Commander Turner, Chris Cage, and Lindy Borchardt
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2021
Det. Tim Matthews, Carrie Grace, Sgt. Anthony White, Bob Williams
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2020
Lance Cashion, Ofc. Hannah Rivard, Sarolyn Morgan
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2019
Sgt. John Phillips, Judge Carr, Tobi Jackson
The room
Law enforcement. Nonprofits. Congregations. Businesses.
On behalf of the Tarrant County 5 Stones Taskforce and this community, thank you to every partner that shows up. Twenty-seven organizations. Each logo on the partners page opens their site.
Upcoming
Events
Thursday, October 1, 2026 · 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Faith Summit
The Church and Sex Trafficking in the City
Doxology Bible Church, 4805 Arborlawn Dr, Fort Worth, TX 76109. Lunch provided. Partner agency tables available.
Keynote: Lance Cashion, Forge Room Foundation. Special guests: Mayor Mattie Parker, Sheriff Bill Waybourn, and Rabbi Dr. Andrew Bloom.
Tuesday, November 17, 2026
November Awards & Wrap-Up
Meeting will be on November 17th due to the Holiday. Join us as we take a look at the past year, celebrate WINS, and recognize some community influencers!
Check back for upcoming events. The monthly meeting is still the last Tuesday of the month, on this page.
Contact
Write the Tarrant County 5 Stones Taskforce.
Presentations, meeting access, volunteer routing, and non-emergency questions come here.
To make a non-urgent human trafficking tip:
Fort Worth report line: 817-392-4222
National Human Trafficking Hotline: 1-888-373-7888
This website is sponsored by the 5 Stones Foundation which financially supports Tarrant County 5 Stones Taskforce operations and projects. For more information on the Foundation:
Important safety notice This submission form is managed solely by the 5 Stones Foundation for resource coordination and community outreach. This form is not monitored by law enforcement or emergency personnel. Do not use this form to report a crime or an active human trafficking situation. If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, call 911 immediately.