Editing Tarrant County, Texas (section)

==== County services ====
The [[JPS Health Network]] (Tarrant County Hospital District) operates the [[John Peter Smith Hospital]] and health centers.

Countywide law enforcement is provided by the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office and Tarrant County Constable's Office. All cities in the county provide their own police services, with three exceptions: Westlake contracts service from the Keller Police Department,<ref>{{cite web |title=Police Services |url=https://www.westlake-tx.org/125/Police-Services |publisher=Westlake, Texas |access-date=July 12, 2019}}</ref> and Haslet<ref>{{cite web |last=Schuder |first=Paul |date= March 8, 2024|title=Police Protection Tarrant County Sheriff's Office |url=https://pcsbailbonds.com/police-protection-tarrant-county-sheriffs-office/ |access-date= |website=PCS Bail Bonds |publisher=PCS Bail Bonds, Tarrant County Texas}}</ref> and Edgecliff Village<ref>{{cite web |title=Police Department (Tarrant County) |url=https://cour60.wixsite.com/evgov/police-department-tarrant-county |publisher=Town of Edgecliff Village, Texas |access-date=July 12, 2019}}</ref> contract service from the Sheriff's Office. DFW Airport,<ref>{{cite web |title=DFW Airport Police and Fire |url=https://www.dfwairport.com/dps/ |publisher=DFW International Airport |access-date=July 12, 2019}}</ref> the Tarrant County Hospital District, and the Tarrant Regional Water District also provide their own police forces.

Since the disbandment of the North Tarrant County Fire Department, no countywide firefighting services exist. All municipalities provide their own fire departments. Most cities also operate their own ambulances, with two notable exceptions: Fort Worth and 14 other Tarrant County cities are served by the Metropolitan Area EMS Authority (MAEMSA), a governmental administrative agency established under an interlocal operating agreement and operating as MedStar Mobile Health,<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=http://www.medstar911.org/about-us |publisher=MedStar Mobile Health |access-date=July 12, 2019}}</ref> while the city of Arlington contracts paramedic apparatus from private entity American Medical Response.<ref>{{cite web |title=On the Clock with the City of Arlington's EMS System & Ambulance Services |url=https://www.arlingtontx.gov/news/my_arlington_t_x/news_stories/on_the_clock_with_the_city_of_arlington |publisher=City of Arlington, Texas |access-date=July 12, 2019}}</ref>

Fire and EMS protection in unincorporated portions of Tarrant County is governed by the Tarrant County Emergency Services District #1, which administers contracts with 17 fire departments (including 10 with EMS response) and has mutual aid agreements with eight additional fire departments.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tarrant County Emergency Services District No. 1 |url=https://www.tarrantcounty.com/en/fire-marshal/about-us/tarrant-county-emergency-services-district--1.html |publisher=Tarrant County, Texas |access-date=July 12, 2019}}</ref>

CareFlite air ambulance services operate from Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth.

As of 2021, Tarrant County was the largest county by population in the United States with no [[Public defender (United States)|public defender]].<ref name="Brown">{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Edward |title=Public Defender's Office Coming to Tarrant County? |url=https://www.fwweekly.com/2021/04/08/public-defenders-office-coming-to-tarrant-county/ |work=Fort Worth Weekly |date=April 8, 2021}}</ref>