1 DALLAS ISD POLICE AND SECURITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT INSIDE YOUTH ACTION - A BALANCED APPROACH TO KEEPING OUR SCHOOLS SAFE Presented by: Donovon A. Collins Presented by: Donovon A. Collins Asst. Chief of Police – Dallas ISD Asst. Chief of Police – Dallas ISD

2 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.

3 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 6 Police Administrators 88 Security personnel 88 Security personnel 10 Dispatchers 10 Dispatchers

4 YAC OBJECTIVES TO PROVIDE FULL-SERVICE YOUTH ACTION SERVICES TO STUDENTS AND STAFF TO PROVIDE FULL-SERVICE YOUTH ACTION SERVICES TO STUDENTS AND STAFF TO UTILIZE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL RESOURCES TO AID STUDENTS TO UTILIZE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL RESOURCES TO AID STUDENTS TO RECOGNIZE AND DETER DISRUPTIVE AND/OR ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR ON CAMPUS 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 TO WORK AS A TEAM WITH SCHOOL PERSONNEL TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF SERVICE TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS

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

6 INTERVENTION STRATEGIES Students may receive community service for class C offenses in place of a citation. 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. 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). Students convicted of a misdemeanor may be referred to the first offender program (FOP).

7 INTERVENTION STRATEGIES CON’T Students and/or parents may referred to the district’s counselors and outside counseling services 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 Students that are not on their correct grade level may be referred to the district’s reconnection program

8 ENFORCEMENT STRATEGIES Administrators have discretion on Class C offenses with the exception of assault. 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 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. Police officers have discretion to issue warning citations to students.