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DALLAS ISD POLICE AND DALLAS ISD POLICE AND SECURITY SERVICES SECURITY SERVICES

DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENTINSIDE YOUTH ACTION - A BALANCED INSIDE YOUTH ACTION - A BALANCED

APPROACH TO KEEPING OUR SCHOOLS SAFEAPPROACH TO KEEPING OUR SCHOOLS SAFE

Presented by: Donovon A. CollinsPresented by: Donovon A. Collins Asst. Chief of Police – Dallas ISDAsst. Chief of Police – Dallas ISD

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MISSION STATEMENTMISSION STATEMENT

To ensure an environment To ensure an environment where students feel safe to where students feel safe to

learn, employees feel safe to learn, employees feel safe to work, and the community is work, and the community is confident in the safety of the confident in the safety of the

district.district.

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POLICE AND SECURITY POLICE AND SECURITY STAFFINGSTAFFING

111 Police officers111 Police officers 52 Police officers assigned to 52 Police officers assigned to

campusescampuses 38 Police assigned to 24 hour patrol38 Police assigned to 24 hour patrol 10 Sergeants10 Sergeants 5 Detectives5 Detectives 6 Police Administrators6 Police Administrators 88 Security personnel88 Security personnel 10 Dispatchers10 Dispatchers

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YAC OBJECTIVESYAC OBJECTIVES

TO PROVIDE FULL-SERVICE YOUTH ACTION TO PROVIDE FULL-SERVICE YOUTH ACTION SERVICES TO STUDENTS AND STAFFSERVICES TO STUDENTS AND STAFF

TO UTILIZE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL TO UTILIZE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL RESOURCES TO AID STUDENTSRESOURCES TO AID STUDENTS

TO RECOGNIZE AND DETER DISRUPTIVE TO RECOGNIZE AND DETER DISRUPTIVE AND/OR ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR ON CAMPUSAND/OR ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR ON CAMPUS

TO WORK AS A TO WORK AS A TEAMTEAM WITH SCHOOL WITH SCHOOL PERSONNEL TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST PERSONNEL TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF SERVICE TO OUR QUALITY OF SERVICE TO OUR STAKEHOLDERSSTAKEHOLDERS

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PREVENTION STRATEGIESPREVENTION STRATEGIES

Anti-gang presentationsAnti-gang presentations Drug prevention presentationsDrug prevention presentations Kids-n-Cops programKids-n-Cops program Law enforcement teaching students Law enforcement teaching students

(LETS) program (LETS) program

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INTERVENTION STRATEGIESINTERVENTION STRATEGIES

Students may receive community service Students may receive community service for class C offenses in place of a citation.for class C offenses in place of a citation.

Police and Security personnel utilize Police and Security personnel utilize mediation techniques to solve mediation techniques to solve differences between students that could differences between students that could ultimately land them in the judicial ultimately land them in the judicial system.system.

Students convicted of a misdemeanor Students convicted of a misdemeanor may be referred to the first offender may be referred to the first offender program (FOP).program (FOP).

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INTERVENTION STRATEGIES INTERVENTION STRATEGIES CON’TCON’T

Students and/or parents may Students and/or parents may referred to the district’s counselors referred to the district’s counselors and outside counseling servicesand outside counseling services

Students that are not on their correct Students that are not on their correct grade level may be referred to the grade level may be referred to the district’s reconnection program district’s reconnection program

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ENFORCEMENT STRATEGIESENFORCEMENT STRATEGIES

Administrators have discretion on Administrators have discretion on Class C offenses with the exception Class C offenses with the exception of assault.of assault.

Police and security personnel utilize Police and security personnel utilize prevention and intervention prevention and intervention strategies prior to citing or taking strategies prior to citing or taking students into custody.students into custody.

Police officers have discretion to Police officers have discretion to issue warning citations to students.issue warning citations to students.