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San Felipe-Del Rio CISD accepts donated mobile command vehicle and reviews intruder-detection audit
Summary
Trustees acknowledged a donation of a 2010 mobile command vehicle from the Val Verde County Sheriff’s Office and received an intruder-detection audit showing system completion with one corrective action at Del Rio Freshman School.
The San Felipe-Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees on Monday accepted a donation from the Val Verde County Sheriff’s Office and reviewed a recent intruder-detection audit that is largely complete but identified one corrective action at Del Rio Freshman School.
Trustees were presented with a 2010 Ford E-450 mobile command vehicle donated by Sheriff Joe Frank Martinez’s office. The district was told the vehicle has 3,620 miles, six digital police radios, one analog radio, one UHF radio, an onboard generator, an external-mounted camera capable of extending 44 feet, and will be outfitted to provide internet access and real-time monitoring of campus security cameras.
The district also heard an intruder-detection audit report showing overall completion of the project. The auditor reported the district’s intruder-detection program is 100% complete for the year but identified a single corrective action arising from an April 10 assessment at Del Rio Freshman School: door-sweep logs for that campus were not available for review. The auditor said the corrective action requires training and completion by June 2025 and described the training delivered to Del Rio Freshman School staff on April 14 covering door procedures, lanyard identification, and door-sweep and sentinel protocols.
Board members and district leaders thanked the sheriff’s office for the donation and described the vehicle as a redundancy to existing command units and a resource for large events and emergencies. A representative for the sheriff’s office said the vehicle was originally purchased with juvenile-justice grant funds and anticipated it would support campus safety work.
No formal vote was recorded in the minutes to accept the donation; district staff publicly acknowledged the gift and presented the sheriff’s representative with a certificate. The intruder-detection audit was presented to the board for information, and the district reported completion of required training and the corrective action timetable.
District officials said the command vehicle will be assigned to support communication, crowd management and real-time monitoring during large campus events, and that it will supplement the district’s existing Bullard unit when multiple command resources are needed.
