{"id":6155,"date":"2013-06-20T15:15:59","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T19:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=6155"},"modified":"2013-06-20T15:15:59","modified_gmt":"2013-06-20T19:15:59","slug":"coatesville-police-offer-crime-prevention-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=6155","title":{"rendered":"Coatesville police offer crime-prevention tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">Spree of vandalism, break-ins prompts advice<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P92600072.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6156\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P92600072-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P92600072-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P92600072-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P92600072-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A spate of break-ins, thefts and criminal mischief has prompted the Coatesville Police Department to issue some crime-prevention tips.<\/p>\n<p>For vehicles, residents are urged to lock doors and refrain from keeping valuables or keys, weapons &#8211; not even pepper spray &#8211; in your vehicle; these could aid a thief or be used against you if a suspect is confronted, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Try to park vehicles in well-lit areas, police suggested, and keep a record of serial numbers for items such as cell phones, GPS units, iPods and other electronic devices. Police said this would assist police in entering stolen items into a national database. Contractors are urged to utilize lock boxes and keep a record of tool serial numbers.<\/p>\n<p>At home, residents should always lock exterior doors when going to sleep or leaving the premises. At night, leave a porch and\/or deck light illuminated. Motion-detecting fixtures should be checked regularly to ensure that they are working properly and that the bulbs are illuminating the right area. If your home has a burglar alarm, provide the code only to trusted relatives or emergency contacts, police said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spree of vandalism, break-ins prompts advice A spate of break-ins, thefts and criminal mischief has prompted the Coatesville Police Department to issue some crime-prevention tips. For vehicles, residents are urged to lock doors and refrain from keeping valuables or keys, weapons &#8211; not even pepper spray &#8211; in your vehicle; these could aid a thief [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[490],"class_list":["post-6155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-lifestyle","tag-coatesville-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}