Our officers have been on campus since the beginning of this school year,
but now they'll look a little different
with some additional equipment and uniforms.
I'm Matt Greer, and I'm the Chief of Police Eanes ISD.
In the 2022-2023 school year, after a lot of research, discussion
and the passage of House Bill 3,
the Eanes ISD Board of Trustees
voted to create its own police department.
Since then, we've been working
hard to get our department approved and licensed by the state,
purchasing the equipment we need to do the job, and most importantly,
recruiting and hiring the best officers for our campuses.
In March, we held our Eanes ISD Police Department
Commissioning and Pinning Ceremony where we introduced
our officers to the community, and they took the oath of office.
When the board of trustees
approved the process to create a police department
Eanes ISD, planned for and carefully budgeted equipment purchases,
including police vehicles for the officers.
It's important to note budgeted funds to purchase the equipment and vehicles
and install charging stations come from community supported bonds
separate from the fund used to pay teacher and staff salaries.