{"id":5518,"date":"2012-11-17T15:36:52","date_gmt":"2012-11-17T20:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=5518"},"modified":"2012-11-17T15:36:52","modified_gmt":"2012-11-17T20:36:52","slug":"new-garden-police-offer-holiday-anti-theft-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=5518","title":{"rendered":"New Garden police offer holiday anti-theft tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">Residents urged to let police know if they will be out of town<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?attachment_id=5520\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5520\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5520\" style=\"border-width: 2px; border-color: black; border-style: solid; margin: 4px;\" title=\"NGTN_Patchl_logo\" src=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/NGTN_Patchl_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"134\" height=\"162\" \/><\/a>With the holiday season approaching, incidents of thefts and residential break-ins can take a sharp increase, said New Garden Township police.\u00a0 These incidents are often crimes of opportunity and can be reduced by following the tips below.<\/p>\n<p>Always lock your vehicle, even in the garage. Place purchases and valuables out of sight, preferably in the trunk. Make sure \u00a0your GPS is hidden.<\/p>\n<p>If thieves can&#8217;t see the reward, they usually will not force their way into your vehicle.\u00a0 Unfortunately, thefts occur everywhere. It is an unfortunate and all-too common occurrence to leave the garage door open with an unlocked vehicle and valuables inside, police said.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->\u00a0Additionally, with holiday travel, which may take you from your home for extended periods, take extra security precautions, including locking doors and windows; leaving lights or audio equipment on and parking a vehicle in the driveway to create the impression someone is home; activating alarms; advising \u00a0\u00a0a trusted neighbor or friend of your plans and absence from home; and refraining from publicizing your absence on social websites.<\/p>\n<p>Residents of New Garden Township may request a property check from the police department.\u00a0 Contact the New Garden Township police administrative office at 610-268-2907, ext. 100, to arrange this service.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents urged to let police know if they will be out of town With the holiday season approaching, incidents of thefts and residential break-ins can take a sharp increase, said New Garden Township police.\u00a0 These incidents are often crimes of opportunity and can be reduced by following the tips below. Always lock your vehicle, even [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,25],"tags":[686,924],"class_list":["post-5518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-community","tag-new-garden-township","tag-new-garden-township-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}