The complicated wind down of the embattled Dallas schools bus-service provider moved forward Monday with the layoff of 17 police officers.Dallas County Schools provided commissioned police officers, called school resource officers, for three area districts: Duncanville, Carrollton-Farmers Branch and Teague. But now that the agency is being disbanded, they all have to go. The state-appointed committee overseeing the shutdown of DCS does not have the legal authority to operate a police department, said acting DCS CEO Alan King.The last day on the job for the officers will be Jan. 31.The disbandment committee has agreed to sell 27 pistols to a wholesaler.Some DCS police officers may be hired in the districts where they were assigned by DCS.“We hope that they will,” Mike Moses, chair of the dissolution committee and a former DISD superintendent, said Monday at a DCS trustees meeting. “I think good people will have the opportunity to work in these situations.”Carrollton-Farmers Branch hopes to retain the officers that were working at its schools but will reassign them as security guards. Duncanville is exploring a way to keep theirs as commissioned police officers through an agreement with Mansfield ISD, which has its own police force. Continue reading...

Police Officers Lose Their Jobs as Bus Agency Winds Down Business, Prepares for Court Battle With Dallas
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