DISD has a police department that does more on a daily basis than Dallas PD ever did.

Dallas PD simply did not have the staffing devoted to the schools that the DISD Police have. The officers on the campus level, care about their students and have a vested interest in their success.

The officers interact and establish a positive relationship with the students on the campus which enables them to recieve information from the students in regards to weapons on campus, drugs on campus, etc.

Sure there will be people who say that Dallas PD did better and they liked them in the schools better, etc.

But for the most part the positive relationships being built between DISD Police and the students are invaluable. These relationships can't be measured by numbers, no open records request will show this information...but it's there.

Students lives are being impacted daily, on a positive note, by these officers.

Also, DISD Police Officers handle matters that Dallas Police Officers wouldn't handle. There have been cases of officers assisting parents in cases of academic fraud, talking to students about a kid running away from home, etc. These aren't things that Dallas Police Officers would do on a regular basis.

In regards to the Hill situation there are just too many variables at play to determine why a report was not taken.

Also something to note, if I remember correctly anything that an employee has on the campus is subject to search if reasonable suspicion exists.

Dallas ISD has had a police department what 4 years now? Why not go back and see where DART PD was after 4 years. Were they making arrests, filing cases, etc? How about the Constable offices in the first 4 years? DISD Police is still new, and there are going to be growing pains.

[Ed Note: See this is exactly where I thought you were going to head with this. You're making a lot of claims here. If this department chooses to remain closed, somewhat of a "secret" police department, then does it really function in the best interest of the District and its taxpayers?

You sound like someone who has a vested interest in this department. Perhaps you can help document some of these claims.]