Anonymous (not verified) 2008-01-03 18:40
I'm curious as to how you feel that the department is "closed." You seem to be the one who is not open to the facts of the matter. You claim that points made are unsubstantiated and ask for me to agree with you on that fact. I do not agree. While the points can not be backed with numbers does not mean that they are no valid points.
You want facts that can be substantiated. Here's an example. How about the decrease in cheese arrests and the increase in calls requesting help. This shows that they are keeping the drugs off of campus but still getting the message.
Dallas PD is giving up the Freeways to the County Sheriff's so that they can increase their presence in the neighborhoods. They are cutting ICP and other programs to help respond to calls. However you continue to say that Dallas PD could handle all of the situations within the schools. That seems to directly contradict what is going on in the real world....
[Ed Note: Well, before going any further, let's look at your previous post:
"DISD has a police department that does more on a daily basis than Dallas PD ever did"
"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"
This is one of the better ones: "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"
"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"
There are people who claim that the moon landing was staged, Elvis is still alive and living in Mabank, Texas, and Ron Price really didn't speak English until he was a teenager!
Until you can prove the claims you make, then expect to have them labeled as "unsubstantiated."
When Chief Blackburn produces incident reports to show that DISD's police department is really prosecuting criminals (the primary purpose of a police department), then we can start moving some of these things in the "substantiated" column.
Right now, all you have are claims--not facts.
As I say: you seem to have a vested interest in this department, perhaps you can help them produce documents and records to back some or all of this up.]
