Safety and Security Department

About the DVISD Safety and Security Department

As the district’s safety and security team, we will support and mentor students by using Restorative Justice practices, comfortable approachability, and social-emotional learning, to build positive relationships where students and staff feel safe on every campus.

The Del Valle ISD Safety and Security Department consists of the following personnel: Chief David Lopez, Lieutenant Reyes Hernandez, Sergeant Nita Smith, and Officers Darrell Ray, Francisco Saucedo, Michael Sawyer, and Dereck Williams. The department aligns with district policies and procedures while providing the highest level of safety at all campuses.

The department successfully completed the State of Texas mandatory TCOLE training. Officer training includes Social Justice, SEL (restorative circles), working with special education students, active shooter training, stop the bleed, power of mentoring, bullying (David’s Law).

View a message from Chief Lopez.