User profile: Mischka

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Posted on: Overtime pay buys safety at sports events, officials say

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...

(Suggest removal) 1/10/09 at 5:51 p.m.

Posted on: Overtime pay buys safety at sports events, officials say

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.

(Suggest removal) 1/10/09 at 5:30 p.m.

Posted on: Overtime pay buys safety at sports events, officials say

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.

(Suggest removal) 1/10/09 at 4:34 p.m.

Posted on: Overtime pay buys safety at sports events, officials say

Well, since I have a brother in law on Metro, one on NLVPD and another on the District Police Department, I have done my homework and am quite sure that my statement is accurate.

BTW, Metro and NLVPD and Henderson each charge the district $100 per hour for OT as a flat rate fee to cover not only the officer's pay rate but also for equipment usage, like their vehicles, radios, computers, etc.

Obviously it's more cost effective for the district to have their own department.

(Suggest removal) 1/10/09 at 2:49 p.m.

Posted on: Overtime pay buys safety at sports events, officials say

Ticket sales do mostly pay the cost of the overtime. Each school is charged for their specific event's OT and they pay it out of the revenue from the event.

If it is a free event (like a choir concert or an orchestra performance) it is my understanding that it comes from the school's budget.

(Suggest removal) 1/10/09 at 2:23 p.m.

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