{"id":152214,"date":"2017-05-25T06:22:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T04:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/152214\/police-address-crime-issues-in-primrose-east\/"},"modified":"2017-05-25T15:06:32","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T13:06:32","slug":"police-address-crime-issues-in-primrose-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/05\/25\/police-address-crime-issues-in-primrose-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Police address crime issues in Primrose East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Raising awareness about crime in Primrose remains a top priority for the Primrose police and Primrose Crime Prevention Youth Desk.<\/p>\n<p>Recently police have noted a rise in house break-ins and theft of motor vehicles in the Primrose East area.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_152216\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152216\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-152216\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2017\/05\/21GCNGENERALSAFE_52168-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/05\/21GCNGENERALSAFE_52168-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/05\/21GCNGENERALSAFE_52168-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/05\/21GCNGENERALSAFE_52168-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/05\/21GCNGENERALSAFE_52168.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-152216\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Primrose Crime Prevention Youth Desk member Mahlatse Maphafo places a safety tip pamphlet in a Primrose East home\u2019s mail box.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To try and tackle the problem and sensitise the community, members of the youth desk, with the help of officers from the Primrose Police Station, visited the area to share safety tips with residents.<\/p>\n<p>During the visit over 300 safety tips pamphlets were distributed to community members.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_152215\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152215\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-152215\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2017\/05\/21GCNGENERALSAFE_89635-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/05\/21GCNGENERALSAFE_89635-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/05\/21GCNGENERALSAFE_89635-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/05\/21GCNGENERALSAFE_89635-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/05\/21GCNGENERALSAFE_89635.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-152215\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moipone Mohloai (left) and Sinoyolo Thethi, members of the Primrose Crime Prevention Youth Desk, were part of a team that handed out safety tip pamphlets in Primrose East recently.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cPolice and members of the youth desk also interacted with residents warning them about the top crimes taking place in the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope our community will take them into consideration and that the tips will help in their time of need,\u201d said Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.<\/p>\n<p>Similar operations will be held in the future in the hope of bringing an end to crime in the area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/148757\/youth-desk-encourages-community-to-be-safe-this-easter\/\">Youth desk encourages community to be safe this Easter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/132208\/youth-desk-raises-awareness\/\">Youth desk raises awareness<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/117250\/join-the-primrose-polices-youth-desk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Join the Primrose police\u2019s Youth Desk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Have a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a 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