Transcript DALLAS ISD POLICE AND SECURITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT

DALLAS ISD POLICE AND
SECURITY SERVICES
DEPARTMENT
INSIDE YOUTH ACTION - A BALANCED APPROACH TO
KEEPING OUR SCHOOLS SAFE
Presented by: Donovon A. Collins
Asst. Chief of Police – Dallas ISD
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MISSION STATEMENT
To ensure an environment where
students feel safe to learn,
employees feel safe to work, and
the community is confident in the
safety of the district.
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POLICE AND SECURITY
STAFFING
111 Police officers
 52 Police officers assigned to campuses
 38 Police assigned to 24 hour patrol
 10 Sergeants
 5 Detectives
 6 Police Administrators
 88 Security personnel
 10 Dispatchers
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YAC OBJECTIVES
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TO PROVIDE FULL-SERVICE YOUTH ACTION
SERVICES TO STUDENTS AND STAFF
TO UTILIZE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL
RESOURCES TO AID STUDENTS
TO RECOGNIZE AND DETER DISRUPTIVE
AND/OR ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR ON CAMPUS
TO WORK AS A TEAM WITH SCHOOL
PERSONNEL TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST
QUALITY OF SERVICE TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS
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PREVENTION STRATEGIES
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Anti-gang presentations
Drug prevention presentations
Kids-n-Cops program
Law enforcement teaching students
(LETS) program
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INTERVENTION STRATEGIES
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Students may receive community service
for class C offenses in place of a citation.
Police and Security personnel utilize
mediation techniques to solve differences
between students that could ultimately
land them in the judicial system.
Students convicted of a misdemeanor may
be referred to the first offender program
(FOP).
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INTERVENTION STRATEGIES
CON’T
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Students and/or parents may referred to
the district’s counselors and outside
counseling services
Students that are not on their correct
grade level may be referred to the
district’s reconnection program
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ENFORCEMENT STRATEGIES
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Administrators have discretion on Class C
offenses with the exception of assault.
Police and security personnel utilize
prevention and intervention strategies
prior to citing or taking students into
custody.
Police officers have discretion to issue
warning citations to students.
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