{"id":108710,"date":"2016-01-04T06:01:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/108710\/watch-out-for-these-crime-tactics-2\/"},"modified":"2016-01-05T08:58:14","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T06:58:14","slug":"watch-out-for-these-crime-tactics-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/01\/04\/watch-out-for-these-crime-tactics-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch out for these crime tactics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Primrose police been on high alert throughout the festive season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are appealing to the community to always be aware of their surroundings,\u201d said Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cBe cautious of people who ask you to stop while driving, because of a flat tyre or because your registration plate has fallen off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCriminals have begun to use this tactic to hijack unsuspecting victims.\u201d<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The police have also warned residents not to stop for anyone claiming to be a police officer unless they are in a clearly marked police vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe careful of fake police badges and uniforms,\u201d Maome said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe police have been out in full force making Primrose a safe place this festive season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/66218\/attempted-hijacking-caught-on-camera\/\" target=\"_blank\">Attempted hijacking caught on camera<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/74757\/breaking-new-ram-courier-van-hijacked-gerdview\/\" target=\"_blank\">RAM courier van hijacked involved in attempted hijacking<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='ddca83bfcddd4201205375160d900472'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keep alert this festive season \u2013 say police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":108761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[8297,989,1012,1003,1106,979,969,2730,999,998],"class_list":["post-108710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-community-2","tag-crime","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-leigh-hodgson","tag-police","tag-saps"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["community","crime","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Leigh Hodgson","police","SAPS"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}