Mom demands answers after she says police told stranger to take her 14-year-old child to Humble High School

HUMBLE, Texas — No explanation will be good enough, according to the mother of an unassuming ISD student, who said the district’s personal police department refused to help her Tuesday.

Derranisha Taylor said she and her 14-year-old daughter got into an argument around 6 a.m. Tuesday before the girl went to Humble High School.

According to Taylor, her daughter left the apartment at about 5:30 a.m. and thought her teen was heading to the bus.

A Good Samaritan who was passing by in her car said she saw Taylor’s daughter visibly upset and stopped her. The two did not know each other.

The teen got into her car and told her what happened to her mother that morning.

The Good Samaritan said she called Humble ISD police and was told to take the girl to Humble High School, where an officer would meet her there.

Upon arrival, an officer reportedly called her back and told her to take the girl back to where she found her and call 911 from there.

“She should never have left with a stranger,” Taylor said.

Instead, the Good Samaritan took her to a nearby Harris County Sheriff’s Office substation, where she was reunited with her mother.

Taylor is frustrated that Humble ISD police did not respond and allowed her daughter to stay with a woman she did not know.

“I’m just thankful that it was a good Samaritan and not a sick person who took advantage of the fact that the police didn’t take it (seriously),” Taylor said.

She wondered why the modest ISD police didn’t do more in this situation.

“Is this what we pay our tax dollars for?” Taylor asked. ‘I don’t understand. It has nothing to do with color because these were officers who were my color.”

Taylor said she called the district Wednesday morning but didn’t hear back. The day before, she told the district police that she planned to take legal action.

A spokesperson for Humble ISD said in a statement that what happened Tuesday should not have happened.

“The Humble ISD Police Department is investigating what happened and will take appropriate corrective action if procedures are not followed,” the statement read.

They then said it is their protocol to send an officer to those who call and ask for help.