Crime & Safety
Just a Drill
Several police departments will be holding training exercises at a local school today.
See a lot of police vehicles at Saint Philip Neri Catholic School in Lafayette Hill?
Don’t worry. It’s just a drill.
Whitemarsh Police Chief Mike Beaty said his police department will be hosting a training exercise at the school on Chestnut Street on Wednesday, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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The training will help emergency service agencies, and the school, prepare for a variety of emergency scenarios.
School will not be in session during the training and no students are participating.
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Also involved in the training exercise are: the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office; the Plymouth Township Police Department; the Conshohocken Police Department; and the Montgomery County Department of Public Safety.
Beaty said his department has held training exercises at Neri, as well as other local schools in the past.
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Check back later for some pics of the training exercises.
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