{"id":738,"date":"2008-12-05T13:09:53","date_gmt":"2008-12-05T21:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/?p=738"},"modified":"2008-12-05T13:09:53","modified_gmt":"2008-12-05T21:09:53","slug":"chpd-issues-holiday-shopping-safety-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/2008\/12\/chpd-issues-holiday-shopping-safety-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"CHPD issues holiday shopping safety tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This from the Chapel Hill Police Department:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Shopping Safely this Holiday Season<\/p>\n<p>The holiday season is quickly approaching.  The Chapel Hill Police Department would like to remind all citizens to be vigilant this holiday season and to report any suspicious activity to the police by calling 911.  <\/p>\n<p>Some crime prevention tips while shopping this holiday season:<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Park in well-lit areas, preferably near the door.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t leave anything in plain view inside your car.  Place items in the trunk.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Carry one credit card for all purchases.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Shop with a friend.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 If you are alone, don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be afraid to ask a security guard for an escort.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 If you are carrying cash for purchases, split the cash between several pockets to avoid showing a large amount of cash when paying for items.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Have your keys in your hand when you leave the store.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Walk to the parking lot with a group.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Do not be so overburdened with shopping bags that you cannot defend yourself or enter your car quickly.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Before unlocking your car, quickly check to make sure no one is hiding inside or underneath.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 If you see something or someone that looks suspicious, go back into the store and call 911.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This from the Chapel Hill Police Department: Shopping Safely this Holiday Season The holiday season is quickly approaching. The Chapel Hill Police Department would like to remind all citizens to be vigilant this holiday season and to report any suspicious activity to the police by calling 911. Some crime prevention tips while shopping this holiday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellany"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=738"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":739,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738\/revisions\/739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}