 CCSD has more than 309,000 students located at 352 schools, with over 30,000 employees consisting of administration, teachers, and support staff.The department was originally formed in 1967 as school security and it was not until 1971 that the state legislature granted the officers in the department status as police officers.On July 7, 2007, Nevada Revised Statutes expanded the patrol areas for school police to include traffic duty on streets adjacent to school property.