{"id":397853,"date":"2026-08-04T23:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T23:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/397853\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T23:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T23:58:08","slug":"houston-isd-police-department-readies-safety-security-measures-for-2026-27-school-year-heights-river-oaks-montrose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/397853\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston ISD Police Department readies safety, security measures for 2026-27 school year | Heights &#8211; River Oaks &#8211; Montrose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the start of the 2026-27 school year looms closer Aug. 10, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonisd.org\/our-district\/district-campus-safety\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston ISD Police Department<\/a> and its partners will be bolstering security and safety measures, according to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=041b98c-riE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aug. 4 news conference<\/a> for the school district.<\/p>\n<p>Two-minute impact<\/p>\n<p>With students slated to soon return to HISD\u2019s campuses, 112 guards have been added to monitor schools, and more will be added, Houston ISD Police Chief Shamara D. Garner said during the news conference. Officers will also be patrolling campuses 24 hours per day, she added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe beginning of a school year represents new opportunities for academic growth, new opportunities to reconnect with friends or even make new friends,\u201d Garner said. \u201cBut what is not new is our shared commitment to keeping our students safe and to do all we can to maintain a safe learning environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>HISD\u2019s annual Project Safe Start has been in operation for the last 25 years, Garner said. The program includes partnerships between HISD\u2019s police department and other entities, such as precinct constables, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstontx.gov\/police\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston Police Department<\/a> and the Houston Ministers Against Crime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis program is more than just a safety initiative,\u201d HPD Assistant Chief Yasar Bashir said Aug. 4. \u201cIt&#8217;s a reflection of our shared value as a community and our deep commitment to protecting students and educators.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One more thing<\/p>\n<p>At the news conference, Garner offered back-to-school safety tips for students and the community, such as:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the start of the 2026-27 school year looms closer Aug. 10, the Houston ISD Police Department and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397854,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[139663,56,139660,58,1686,139662,139659,139664,139661,57,2543],"class_list":["post-397853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-hisd-back-to-school-2026","tag-houston","tag-houston-constables","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-isd","tag-houston-isd-2026-27-school-year","tag-houston-isd-police-department","tag-houston-isd-police-department-project-safe-start","tag-houston-ministers-against-crime","tag-houston-news","tag-houston-police-department"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397853","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=397853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}