FAQs

Yes. All Bullard ISD PD Officers are licensed peace officers. They are certified by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.

No. The Bullard ISD Police Department hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm. Our officers work campus events and district athletic events after normal business hours.  After hours and weekend emergencies are forwarded to the Bullard Police Department (BPD) through a Memorandum of Understanding.  The BPD will then contact the on-call BISD Police Department Officer for resolution.

Yes. They have statewide authority to make arrests both on and off-campus.

None. Police officers are not disciplinarians and should not be used as such.  Our role is to investigate violations of law and ordinances in accordance with the authority and power specified by Board Policy.  While police actions/classifications may result in the assignment of disciplinary consequence, discipline is the responsibility of the campus administrators.

Board Policy CKE (LOCAL) specifies this jurisdiction as: “...all territory within District boundaries, as well as all real and personal property outside the boundaries of the District that is owned, leased, or rented by the District, or is otherwise under the District’s control.”  Education Code 37.081(a).

Yes. Bullard ISD Police Officers are authorized to issue traffic citations. Bullard ISD Officers may monitor speed in school zones using radar, on or off school property.

Tickets issued by Bullard ISD Police Officers are adjudicated in either the Municipal Court in the City of Bullard or in the Justice of the Peace Courts in Cherokee and Smith County.  The Officer issuing the citation will provide the court information to you at the time of the citation.

If you do not appear in court or pay your fine, the court may issue a warrant for your arrest. Any police officer may arrest you once the warrant is issued.

Call the officer directly at his/her campus. If you do not receive a call-back by the end of the business day, please call the Bullard ISD Police Department at (903) 894-2871 and ask for the Chief of Police.

Yes. Outside extra jobs go through an administrative review and departmental approval process. You may frequently see BISD Police Officers in a BISD police department uniform working events outside our primary jurisdiction such as traffic control, community events, churches, restaurants, movie theaters, and sporting events.