DALLAS ISD POLICE AND SECURITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT

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DALLAS ISD POLICE AND SECURITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT

• INSIDE YOUTH ACTION - A BALANCED APPROACH TO
  KEEPING OUR SCHOOLS SAFE
• Presented by Donovon A. Collins
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  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

• 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

• Anti-gang presentations
• Drug prevention presentations
• Kids-n-Cops program
• Law enforcement teaching students (LETS) program

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INTERVENTION STRATEGIES

• 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 CONT

• Students and/or parents may referred to the
  districts counselors and outside counseling
  services
• Students that are not on their correct grade
  level may be referred to the districts
  reconnection program

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ENFORCEMENT STRATEGIES

• 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.