{"id":120549,"date":"2026-01-12T23:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T23:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/120549\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T23:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T23:38:08","slug":"texas-dps-holding-flight-officer-training-in-collin-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/120549\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas DPS holding Flight Officer training in Collin County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/e7b6f027-5ed504e8-A2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article    <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">MCKINNEY, Texas &#8211; The Texas Department of Public Safety&#8217;s Aircraft Operations Division is holding Tactical Flight Officer training in Collin County this week.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The multi-agency training will run from Tuesday, Jan. 13 through Thursday, Jan. 15 in Allen and McKinney.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">DPS aircraft are based at McKinney airport, which is why the training will take place there.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Residents may notice an increased law enforcement presence, including low-flying helicopters, coordinated ground movements with officers, and mock vehicle pursuits.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">&#8220;These exercises are planned, controlled and not related to any active incident,&#8221; DPS said of the training. &#8220;Training in real-world environments helps agencies strengthen coordination, improve response times and ensure officers are prepared to protect the public safely and effectively.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this story came from an email from The Texas Department of Public Safety.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/collin-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Collin County<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/collin-county\/mckinney\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">McKinney<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/collin-county\/allen\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Allen<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article MCKINNEY, Texas &#8211; The Texas Department of Public Safety&#8217;s Aircraft Operations Division is holding Tactical Flight Officer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120550,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1242,960,1046,1247,223,27,29,28,216,393],"class_list":{"0":"post-120549","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-allen","9":"tag-collin-county","10":"tag-crime-publicsafety","11":"tag-mckinney","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-texas-headlines","15":"tag-texas-news","16":"tag-tx","17":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}