I agree for school district PD's. Stay on your campus turf.CompVest wrote:I still say they are for a specific purpose and place and they should stay there.
I can only speak from experience regarding the DISD (Dallas) school district. Prior to DISD forming their own PD we had
DPD (Dallas PD) officers at the schools. The DPD officer our high school had KNEW the kids, KNEW the gang kids, knew
where to look for kids smoking dope, knew the parents etc. The officer attended football games, interacted passively
with various school activities like plays, musicals etc. A great guy. The kids knew he could be tough but they also knew
he was fair. Kids were prone to act like kids, he cut slack when needed, but was able to use sound descretion.
The kids and parents respected our DPD school officer. Plus, he had the backing of the entire DPD at his disposal.
The DISD PD now just kind of cruises around. Their attitude is not good. They often exhibit no common sense when
ordering kids to obey commands. I find them to be rude. They do not have a clue regarding the actual mood of the
students or what's really happening on a daily basis. Petty enforcement. The kids do not respect the DISD officers and
I doubt any of the kids would go to a DISD officer with a concern. When the DPD officer was at our school the kids would
often give him a "heads up". That exchange doesn't happen anymore. I know because my youngest is still in school, we talk.
Part of the problem is the 0 tolerance stance taken by many school districts. The local officers use of discretion has been
stripped. The lack of enough available quality personnel would be the other issue.
Sorry I got so long winded. I believe DISD should disband their PD and go back to having a DPD officer stationed at the school.
Pay the PDP officer. Certainly it would be a more efficient use of tax dollars. If we have campus PD's then limit them to their
respective campuses.