{"id":356389,"date":"2026-06-30T22:25:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T22:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/356389\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T22:25:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T22:25:26","slug":"texas-dps-deploys-explosive-detection-k-9-teams-to-houston-for-fifa-world-cup-security-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/356389\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas DPS deploys explosive detection K-9 teams to Houston for FIFA World Cup security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas (KEYE)  \u2014 Texas Department of Public Safety explosive detection K-9 teams and their handlers have deployed from Austin to Houston to support security efforts during the FIFA World Cup, the agency said.<\/p>\n<p>The K-9 teams are trained to detect explosive materials and are working around the clock alongside law enforcement partners to help protect the games and attendees, DPS said.<\/p>\n<p>A photo shared by the agency shows four handlers and three dogs posing on the field inside NRG Stadium, one of the Houston-area venues hosting World Cup matches.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/police-seek-suspects-in-central-austin-7-eleven-robbery-that-injured-store-clerk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ALSO | Police seek suspects in Central Austin 7-Eleven robbery that injured store clerk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Always ready. Always serving,&#8221; TxDPS said in the post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas (KEYE) \u2014 Texas Department of Public Safety explosive detection K-9 teams and their handlers have deployed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":354988,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-356389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356389","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=356389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}