Housing and Community | Joel Kertok
Cook Children’s Walsh Ranch has recently
opened as well, just east of Aledo on the south side
of Interstate 30. Cook Children’s Walsh Ranch offers
families access to primary, urgent, orthopedics and
sports medicine all under one roof. Driven by an
inspiring promise to improve the health of every
child through the prevention and treatment of illness,
disease and injury. The physical address of the facility
is 13340 Highland Hills Drive, Fort Worth, TX.
The Parker County Hospital District maintains
five LifeCare EMS (emergency services) locations,
one in Willow Park, in addition to operating the
Campbell Clinic and Parker County Medical
Assistance Program, which offers numerous medical
outreach services. In addition, the hospital district
runs an outreach program that provides school and
adult immunizations, CPR training, flu shots, and
vision and hearing checks. The hospital district
maintains 100% of its units as paramedic mobile
intensive care units. CareFlite, PHI and AirEvac
provide air ambulance services to residents of
Parker County when emergencies arise. Parker
County’s Health Department is served by the Texas
Department of State Health Services, which can be
contacted by calling toll-free at 800-248-4083.
WORSHIP
East Parker County and the county offers
numerous varieties of churches that span many
different denominations and nondenominational
churches. Whatever church you attend, you will be
able to easily find a new church home here in East
Parker County.
PUBLIC SAFETY
East Parker County is served by several different
police departments including Hudson Oaks, Willow
Park and the Aledo ISD patrol officers. All other
areas depend on the professional deputies working
closely with Parker County Sheriff Larry Fowler,
a former U.S. Marshall, to keep the peace. First
elected to serve the citizens of Parker County in
2004, Sheriff Fowler is a hands-on administrator
with a long list of accomplishments in area law
enforcement. The County thinks so highly of him
that the County Justice Center was recently renamed
the Larry Fowler Law Enforcement Center. The
sheriff works closely with the Crime Stoppers board
of directors to follow up on tips given by citizens as
well as assisting with National Night Out activities
throughout the county, usually in October. His staff
also has a series of public education programs aimed
at pre-kindergarten children through college age
adults. These programs teach skills such as calling
911, anti-bullying messages, bike safety, stranger
danger and personal safety skills.
The sheriff’s office is made up of several different
divisions including everything from school resource
officers to animal control as well as the FAST or
Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team, which has the
PHOTO CREDIT: WILLOW PARK POLICE
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