{"id":368237,"date":"2026-07-10T13:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T13:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/368237\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T13:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T13:22:08","slug":"two-southeast-texas-police-departments-team-up-to-learn-valuable-active-shooter-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/368237\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Southeast Texas police departments team up to learn valuable active shooter training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two police departments worked together to prepare for something they hope never happens in their communities.<\/p>\n<p>The Port Neches Police Department and the Groves Police Department conducted active shooter training yesterday at the Port Neches Middle School.<\/p>\n<p>Officers strapped on protective vests and other equipment to simulate their response to an emergency.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We plan together, bounce ideas off of each other, and set up some scenarios that will really be beneficial to our training, &#8221; Groves City Marshal Christopher Robinson said. &#8220;It&#8217;s an amazing process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a big deal to us, &#8221; Port Neches Police Chief Cheri Griffith said. &#8220;I know it&#8217;s a big deal to groves, and we do what we can to stay on top of our game and be ready for any situation that happens at the school.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Both police departments work closely with the school district to ensure a fast response in the event of an active shooter or any other emergency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two police departments worked together to prepare for something they hope never happens in their communities. The Port&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368238,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-368237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368237","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=368237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}