{"id":268554,"date":"2026-05-12T21:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T21:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/268554\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T21:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T21:32:11","slug":"tampa-police-to-host-takeover-with-a-purpose-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/268554\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Police to host \u201cTakeover with A Purpose\u201d Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA, FL (May 12th, 2026) \u2013 The Tampa Police Department is inviting the community to an upcoming &#8220;Takeover with a Purpose&#8221; event designed to create a positive and safe alternative for teens.<\/p>\n<p paraeid=\"{9a171687-6ff9-4017-95a6-8d923590185e}{8}\" paraid=\"1204456728\">&#8220;We want young people to know that the Tampa Police Department and our community partners are invested in them and their future,&#8221; said Chief Lee Bercaw. &#8220;This is an opportunity to create positive spaces and outlets for our teens. We are committed to the safety of everyone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p paraeid=\"{9a171687-6ff9-4017-95a6-8d923590185e}{10}\" paraid=\"2060901543\">The goal is to bring together youth, families, community partners, and law enforcement for an evening focused on positive engagement and community connection.<\/p>\n<p paraeid=\"{9a171687-6ff9-4017-95a6-8d923590185e}{12}\" paraid=\"489937221\">The &#8220;Takeover with A Purpose&#8221; event will take place on Friday, May 15th, 2026, from 8 p.m. to Midnight at the Jackson Heights NFL YET Center (3310 E Lake Ave, Tampa, FL 33610).<\/p>\n<p>There will be free food, activities and raffle prizes available.<\/p>\n<p>Message from Chief Lee Bercaw and community partners regarding &#8220;Teen Takeovers&#8221; : https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0BGHQnMBijg&amp;feature=youtu.be<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, FL (May 12th, 2026) \u2013 The Tampa Police Department is inviting the community to an upcoming &#8220;Takeover&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268555,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-268554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}