{"id":117734,"date":"2016-04-07T08:35:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T06:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/117734\/follow-these-vehicle-safety-tips\/"},"modified":"2016-04-08T08:51:13","modified_gmt":"2016-04-08T06:51:13","slug":"follow-these-vehicle-safety-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/04\/07\/follow-these-vehicle-safety-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Follow these vehicle safety tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Elsburg police are warning the community to be aware of vehicle thefts and thefts out of motor vehicles in their areas.<\/p>\n<p>They have issued the following safety tips:<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensure that your motor vehicle is locked properly and the windows are properly closed. Check them physically as there could be people using a jamming device and gate remotes which can stop your car locking.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid deserted parking areas.<\/li>\n<li>Ask car guards to keep an eye on your vehicle while you are away.<\/li>\n<li>Vehicles with alarm systems, gear locks or anti-hijacking systems are harder to steal, so get the necessary security.<\/li>\n<li>If possible check your car every hour to ensure that it is still where you parked it.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that laptops, cellphones and loose valuable items are safely locked away in the boot or in another safe place.<\/li>\n<li>Report any suspicious movements around vehicles in parking lots to the police via the police sector vehicle cellphone numbers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Elsburg SAPS can be contacted on 011 827-2306 or 011 827-5631.<\/p>\n<p>The sector vehicles contact details are as follows:<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Sector One: 071 675 6891 or 071 675 6898.<\/li>\n<li>Sector Two: 071 675 6895 or 071 675 6896.<\/li>\n<li>Sector Three: 071 675 6897 or 071 675 6898.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other articles\u00a0 you may be interested in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/117576\/man-linked-to-several-housebreakings\/\" target=\"_blank\">Man linked to several housebreakings<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/117252\/family-grieves-after-murder-of-loving-grandmother\/\" target=\"_blank\">Family grieves after murder of loving grandmother<\/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='c3fb59e6150742b02f14e373abd23876'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police warn community to take heed of these safety precautions regarding their vehicles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":117756,"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":[989,1318,1509,979,969,2734,999,998,10520,2034],"class_list":["post-117734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-crime","tag-elsburg","tag-elsburg-saps","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-melissa-hart","tag-police","tag-saps","tag-theft-out-of-motor-vehicle","tag-vehicle-theft"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["crime","elsburg","Elsburg SAPS","germiston","germiston city news","melissa hart","police","SAPS","theft out of motor vehicle","vehicle theft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117734","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=117734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}