{"id":116237,"date":"2016-03-28T08:01:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T06:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/116237\/sexual-crimes-have-increased-say-police\/"},"modified":"2016-03-29T09:18:34","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T07:18:34","slug":"sexual-crimes-have-increased-say-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/03\/28\/sexual-crimes-have-increased-say-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Sexual crimes have increased \u2013 say police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Primrose police recently visited Ho\u00ebrskool Vryburger High School.<\/p>\n<p>Officers used the visit to warn the school\u2019s pupils about crimes of concern in the area.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Students were warned not to walk around at night or visit taverns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSexual offences are showing a slight increase in the area, and most of these offences are a result of alcohol abuse,\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>The children were also asked to encourage their parents to pack their valuables out of sight when driving in the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmash-and-grabs remain a problem in the area and children need to be aware of this,\u201d said Maome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will visit other schools and sensitise the children about the crimes in each of their areas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other articles you may be interest in\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/114622\/school-disputes-claims-by-residents\/\" target=\"_blank\">School disputes claims by resident<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/114199\/dawnview-high-gives-back-to-the-community\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dawnview High gives back to the community<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/113680\/police-encourage-students\/\" target=\"_blank\">Police encourage students<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/113331\/germiston-saps-visit-local-school\/\" target=\"_blank\">Germiston SAPS visit local school<\/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='e5c159a7ebc89f9c0cebef7b62906c7c'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Primrose police visit Ho\u00ebrskool Vryburger High School to warn the pupils about crimes affecting the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":115603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8516],"tags":[977,8297,989,1012,1003,1106,979,969,2730],"class_list":["post-116237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-headlines","category-local-school-news","tag-children","tag-community-2","tag-crime","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-leigh-hodgson"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Schools"},"tag_labels":["children","community","crime","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Leigh Hodgson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116237","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=116237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}