CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Bishop Independent School District is preparing to launch its own police force, district officials announced Thursday.
Edward Day, former police chief for the city of Bishop and newly appointed safety and security director for the district, said the department is being built from the ground up.
“I want to start off by saying we’re a very fortunate school district,” Day said. “We don’t see the level of crime as some of the other districts might see. But we do have criminal offenses that occur within the school environment. And so that’s what law enforcement will be there to address as well as school safety.”…