{"id":143547,"date":"2017-02-04T06:15:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-04T04:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/143547\/dont-make-yourself-a-target-say-police\/"},"modified":"2017-02-04T06:32:55","modified_gmt":"2017-02-04T04:32:55","slug":"dont-make-yourself-a-target-say-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/02\/04\/dont-make-yourself-a-target-say-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t make yourself a target \u2013 say police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police are urging women in Primrose to take special care of themselves and not become victims of crime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe number of rape cases being reported to the Primrose Police Station has increased, causing great concern for us,\u201d said communications officers for the Primrose police, Sgt Styles Maome.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Most of these cases have reportedly taken place in the Makause, Marathon and Delport informal settlements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are appealing to the women and younger girls to stop visiting the taverns or walking alone, especially at night.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cMany residents take unnecessary risks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need the support of our community to make Primrose safe,\u201d Maome said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/143110\/saps-nab-runaway-suspect\/\" target=\"_blank\">SAPS nab runaway suspect<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/143281\/alleged-thieves-hold-shopkeeper-at-knife-point\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alleged thieves hold shopkeeper at knife-point<\/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='4dde6c28887bcf842d61da33c9548907'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police concerned as the number of rape cases reported to them is increasing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":143565,"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":[1041,8297,989,1012,1003,1106,979,969,2730,999,1000,1480,997,998],"class_list":["post-143547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-arrests","tag-community-2","tag-crime","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-leigh-hodgson","tag-police","tag-primrose","tag-primrose-police","tag-primrose-saps","tag-saps"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["arrests","community","crime","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Leigh Hodgson","police","primrose","Primrose police","Primrose SAPS","SAPS"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143547","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=143547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}