{"id":530835,"date":"2026-03-10T10:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T10:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/530835\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T10:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T10:36:08","slug":"cops-seize-water-pistol-after-sydney-tafe-thrown-into-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/530835\/","title":{"rendered":"Cops seize water pistol after Sydney TAFE thrown into lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police have seized a water pistol and spoken to a 16-year-old girl after a TAFE campus was put in lockdown over reports of suspicious behaviour.\n<\/p>\n<p>Officers had been going classroom to classroom and building to building at the Campbelltown TAFE after security alerted them to two people seen acting suspiciously about 4.30pm today.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Police attended the campus and reviewed CCTV holdings and commenced inquiries into the whereabouts of the two people,&#8221; NSW Police said.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Police completed a sweep of all classrooms and buildings within the campus, with no items of interest located.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>About 7pm, officers went to a Campbelltown home where police said they spoke with a 16-year-old girl.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As part of those inquiries, police seized a water pistol,&#8221; police said.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Investigations continue.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/304b5028-fa3c-4f0a-b890-098a27452496.jpeg\"   alt=\"The campus remains in lockdown.\"\/>The campus was put into lockdown. (Nine)<\/p>\n<p>Earlier there were reports that someone had been spotted holding what was believed to be a firearm.<\/p>\n<p>NEVER MISS A STORY: Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police have seized a water pistol and spoken to a 16-year-old girl after a TAFE campus was put&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":530836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-530835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=530835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/530836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}