{"id":85359,"date":"2015-04-03T07:45:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T05:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/85359\/look-out-for-these-markings-says-cpf\/"},"modified":"2015-04-01T15:09:08","modified_gmt":"2015-04-01T13:09:08","slug":"look-out-for-these-markings-says-cpf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/04\/03\/look-out-for-these-markings-says-cpf\/","title":{"rendered":"Look out for these markers, says CPF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Din-Al-View Community Policing Forum Sector Five is extremely active in the sector, holding monthly meetings for all the residents.<\/p>\n<p>Meetings are held on the last Wednesday of every month, at 6.30pm, at Dinwiddie High School.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe want the community to be vigilant and proactive in keeping themselves, family and friends safe,\u201d said Jane Dijkman, the public relations officer for the CPF.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all try to keep our pavements clean, neat and tidy, yet when someone is throwing rubbish on your lawn, it may very well not be rubbish.\u201d<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The CPF has issued a list of markers they believe criminals are using.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease look out for these and remove them only if you are certain it is safe to do so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf possible, call a CPF member out to check before removing, or take a photo and let us know.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCriminals may mark your home to pass on information to other criminals,\u201d Dijkman said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the police, here are some of the markers used:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cZ\u201d painted on stop sign or the road \u2013 Houses in the street targeted for burglary.<\/li>\n<li>Pile of little stones \u2013 Dogs at home.<\/li>\n<li>Two big stones together \u2013 Two old people in the house.<\/li>\n<li>Stones in a row \u2013 Used to mark the number of people in the house.<\/li>\n<li>Swastika on road \u2013 House targeted for burglary.<\/li>\n<li>Direction of the swastika \u2013 Indicates which house is targeted.<\/li>\n<li>Coke tin, red cloth, crisp packet \u2013 Can expect resistance.<\/li>\n<li>Two Coke tins \u2013 Owner is armed.<\/li>\n<li>Coke tin opening towards the house \u2013 Someone is home.<\/li>\n<li>Upright Coke tin \u2013 Nobody home.<\/li>\n<li>White sorghum carton, plastic bag \u2013 Easy target.<\/li>\n<li>Sorghum carton facing the house \u2013 Target marked.<\/li>\n<li>White plastic bag on the fence \u2013 Easy target.<\/li>\n<li>Green used as a direction marker \u2013 Direction criminals should proceed in.<\/li>\n<li>Blue and\/or blue and white packets \u2013 Easy target, someone inside will help.<\/li>\n<li>Crisp packets, normally neatly folded but sometimes weighted down with something inside the packet: packet facing the house \u2013 owner at home; packet facing the road \u2013 nobody at home.<\/li>\n<li>Shoes and soles near or by the gate \u2013 Nobody at home (direction of the shoes indicates escape route).<\/li>\n<li>Wrong number on house or cellphone \u2013 Checking if you are home.<\/li>\n<li>Electricity switched off at the main box \u2013 Be aware of leaving the house open as people inside are targets.<\/li>\n<li>Strange items in front of the house (like cardboard boxes, bricks or tree branches) \u2013 Do not stop to remove as you may be a target.<\/li>\n<li>Brick \u2013 Normally indicates a car to be stolen.<\/li>\n<li>Two or three bricks (normally new) \u2013 House robbery planned.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The police advise homeowners to immediately remove and dispose of all markers and to keep pavements neat and tidy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You may also be interested in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/83496\/making-their-area-a-safer-place\/\" target=\"_blank\">Din-Al-View CPF takes a swing at crime<\/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='76b3ab3925d00210582f4535d7c7f4ea'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Din-Al-View CPF urges residents to take a stand against crime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":85370,"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":[2143,2144,1510,989,7045,2142,1324,979,969,7044,2734],"class_list":["post-85359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-albemarle","tag-castleview","tag-cpf-2","tag-crime","tag-crime-markers","tag-din-al-view-cpf","tag-dinwiddie","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-markers","tag-melissa-hart"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["albemarle","castleview","CPF","crime","crime markers","din-al-view cpf","dinwiddie","germiston","germiston city news","markers","melissa hart"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85359","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=85359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}