{"id":106995,"date":"2018-10-29T07:54:14","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T11:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=106995"},"modified":"2018-10-29T07:54:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T11:54:14","slug":"active-shooter-drill-held-just-down-the-road-from-the-pa-synagogue-at-the-local-jewish-community-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=106995","title":{"rendered":"Active-shooter drill held just down the road from the PA synagogue at the local Jewish Community Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<header class=\"mod-header\">\n<h1 class=\"headline\">Active-shooter drill planned at Squirrel Hill community center<\/h1>\n<p>WPXI.com<\/p>\n<p>Updated:\u00a0<time datetime=\"2018-01-25\">Jan 25, 2018 &#8211; 6:50 PM<\/time><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"mod-body story-body\">\n<div class=\"portlet-boundary\">\n<section class=\"mod-wrapper mod-carousel top-stories top-stories-update mixed-media-carousel\">\n<div class=\"mod-body\">\n<div id=\"carousel-mixed-media_689441212_158821\" class=\"carousel-mixed-media\" data-bind=\"css: { 'touch-moving': userInteracting() }\" data-sticky-video-enabled=\"false\">\n<div class=\"slides-wrapper\" data-bind=\"visible: loading()!=true\">\n<div class=\"scroller\">\n<ul class=\"slides\">\n<li class=\"slide current\" data-bind=\"css: { current: selectedIndex() == 0 }\" data-bbtr-carousel=\"\"><a class=\"big-link add-magnify-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/top-stories\/active-shooter-drill-planned-at-squirrel-hill-community-center\/689441212\" data-reveal-id=\"firstImageDisplayModal_599044149_147716\"><span class=\"crop-photo photo\" data-src=\"http:\/\/mediaweb.wpxi.com\/photo\/2017\/08\/27\/police-lights-at-night_1465_1503880989334_8976721_ver1.0_640_360.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mediaweb.wpxi.com\/theme\/images\/placeholder-16x9.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sticky-spacer unstuck\">\n<div class=\"janrain-container janrainSocialPlaceholder sharing-article-689441212 cmg-story-janrain-identity\" data-janrain-url=\"http:\/\/on.wpxi.com\/2DIF4pg\" data-janrain-title=\"Active-shooter drill planned at Squirrel Hill community center\" data-janrain-description=\"\" data-janrain-image=\"\" data-janrain-message=\"\" data-janrain-share-count-mode=\"none\">\n<div class=\"janrainSocialRoot janrainOrientationHorizontal janrainFormFactorBar janrainProviders_2 janrainGravityEast janrainModeBroadcast janrainShareCountHidden\" dir=\"ltr\" data-bind=\"css: cssClass, attr: { dir: i18n.direction }\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Local and federal law enforcement will conduct an active-shooter drill Thursday night at a Pittsburgh community center.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh and Allegheny County police, as well as FBI personnel, will stage the scene at the Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill from 8 p.m. to midnight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These exercises help the community, first responders and other officials know what to expect and how to react to a major situation,\u201d said Pittsburgh Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich. \u201cThe exercise also provides an opportunity to enhance the emergency plan as needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The public will see a large law enforcement presence at the center near the intersection of Forbes and Murray avenues. During the drill, Darlington Road will be closed from St. Edmund\u2019s Way to Murray.<\/p>\n<p>The drill will include apprehending a shooter, evacuations and treating victims on the scene. At least 50 volunteers from Squirrel Hill and the Jewish Community Center staff will participate in the exercise.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/top-stories\/active-shooter-drill-planned-at-squirrel-hill-community-center\/689441212\">http:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/top-stories\/active-shooter-drill-planned-at-squirrel-hill-community-center\/689441212<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=106995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106995\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=106995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=106995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=106995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}