What is a school police chief?

[LAS14]

I've never heard of a school district having its own police department. Can someone explain?

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las

[XanaDUer2]

1. I wondered about that, too

Sounds weird

[ripcord]

2. It is common in California for larger school districts to have their own police forces. nt

[LeftInTX]

3. Many school districts have their own police departments now

My husband's district has a force of 150 officers

A really small district like Uvalde probably should have contracted with their local police department

[UTUSN]

4. Have to be "softer" than regular /"real" cops because 99% dealing with kids.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

5. A way to streamline the school-to-prison pipeline.

[dem4decades]

6. Useless

[Wingus Dingus]

7. Never heard of it either.

[In It to Win It]

8. It's not common where I am. Here, the Sheriff's office assigns deputies to schools

But they are under the authority of the county Sheriff's office, and not the school district. All public middle and high schools within the county are assigned 1 or 2 deputies.

[Goonch]

9. a school police chief?