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Mischka

Every day. I've never met a cop that doesn't carry his gun off duty, everyday, everywhere.

"What is a school cop doing walking around with a gun in his hands?" Well, gee, he is a school COP so as a sworn Police Officer I'd hope they'd carry guns. They have the same training and statewide authority as every other POLICE department.

See the pie chart on page 3 of the address below to see where I got the "CCSDPD operating costs are currently less than 1% of the entire district's budget."

http://ccsd.net/directory/budget-finance...

No, the money allocated by the state to our district to pay the School Police would then have to go to Metro. A Metro case study determined that, not only could they not provide the full amount of full time and over time services that the District Police provide, but that it would cost twice as much for less service. Not to mention paying security on top of that cost.

They can't handle the calls for service that would be generated by a private security firm and would most definitely bill the district.

The result would be no full-time in school officers and paying Metro twice as much AND paying a private security firm.

CCSDPD operating costs are currently less than 1% of the entire district's budget.

To Sunvisitor,

Farming it out to a security company would result in paying for services from a private security firm AND paying Metro or Henderson or NLVPD. Security guards don't have arresting authority. They can't collect evidence. They can't issue tickets, etc. The most they can do is detain a subject until another agency arrives. They would have to call other agencies in every time they had a case which would result in the district being billed MORE than the current amount they pay their own Police Department...including all the overtime. It would not be cost effective.

The district does however have it's own Campus Security Monitors at each event to supplement the presence of school administration and School Police. They don't earn as much (cost effective) because they aren't accredited Police Officers. Campus Security just lacks the authority to do much when it comes to police activities.