Beachwood Police Team with Jewish Federation of Cleveland For Training

Employees from the Jewish Federation of Cleveland are teaming with Beachwood police for active threat training according to Fox 8.

The federation will take part in live exercises designed to prepare participants for dangerous and emergency situations.

The exercise is designed to include a number of different units working together, including the fire department, bomb squads and SWAT team, Fox 8 reported. Units are asked to respond as they would in any real situation.

Situations range from simple violent workplace situations to more extreme ones like terrorist attacks, as reported by Fox 8. The training is not in response to any type of threats, but mainly as precaution.

Federation staff have also been involved with the training, noting that statistics show their the Jewish community to be a prime target as a religious faith organization according to Fox 8.

Patch placed calls to Beachwood Police and the Jewish Federation of Cleveland that were not immediately returned.