Letter to the Editor Mission CISD police department – Progresstimes

After reading in the Progress Times that MCISD is considering its own police force I couldnt help but recall the long proven saying that it takes a village to raise a child. That village of course includes its fire department, political infrastructure, laws, schools, churches and of course a police department. Each of these are specialties. Each requires special training and, in many cases, a special type of person. All these agencies are charged with raising children who will prosper in Americas free society, within a set of rules, and providing remediation if they dont.

Does MCISD want to set a double standard? What benefit does a second police force have to the village and more importantly to the children? To me it seems that they want to establish a different set of standards for students. Our City of Mission police department enforces the law of the land daily. Would the school police enforce a different one? If not wouldnt that agency be just a duplication of effort sponsored by control freaks? Shouldnt the students expect that the laws and type of enforcement they experience for 13 years be the same they experience one foot off campus or a second after graduation?

On a more practical note, where will the ISD get these officers, vehicles, communication system, etc? Where will they be trained and by whom? Will they be paid the same as other Law Enforcement Officers in Mission and not off the street security guards? They would be placing our most valuable asset, our children, in unknown hands. Just for the chance at some possible future grants that might not even materialize.

Nope, Keep Law Enforcement within our police department. Add a little sensitivity training if needed, and maybe create a specialty division within the department for those experienced with school security. However, for a school board, who cant even get a stadium repaired, to try and reinvent the police department is pure folly and a danger to the students.

Ned Sheats

Mission

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