{"id":36264,"date":"2015-07-07T21:15:12","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T01:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=36264"},"modified":"2015-07-07T21:15:12","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T01:15:12","slug":"new-neighborhood-signs-aimed-at-solving-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2015\/07\/new-neighborhood-signs-aimed-at-solving-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"New Neighborhood Signs <br>Aimed At Solving Crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-28368\" title=\"crime stoppers\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/crime-stoppers-300x124.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/crime-stoppers-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/crime-stoppers.jpg 348w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>On\u00a0Wednesday, July 8, 20 new Crime Stoppers signs will be posted in targeted areas throughout\u00a0Lehigh Acres, in hopes of encouraging residents to provide anonymous tips on crime activity in their neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p>The signs will be installed by the Department of Transportation in areas where crime prevention specialists, and Crime Stoppers staff, felt would result in the most positive impact.\u00a0 Signs are being posted in all corners of the county, with most in areas more prevalent to crime than others.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->\u201cSo often people witness things, or even hear things in their community, and they are hesitant to be the ones visibly speaking to law enforcement,\u201d said Trish Routte, Crime Stoppers Coordinator.\u00a0 \u201cThese signs will be a permanent reminder that the Crime Stoppers hotline is an outlet for them to report criminal actions, or wanted people who are compromising the safety of their neighborhoods.\u00a0 The anonymous factor is key for many individuals, who want resolution to these crimes, but don\u2019t want to get directly involved.\u00a0 When they call Crime Stoppers, their identity is always anonymous, and if their tip leads to an arrest, they\u2019ll get a cash reward for their good citizenship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The installation process will begin at\u00a08 a.m.\u00a0on Wednesday, with all signs installed by early afternoon.\u00a0 The Crime Stoppers signs will be placed at the following locations:<\/p>\n<p>*Homestead Road, just north of SR 82, Lehigh Acres<\/p>\n<p>*Lee Boulevard, just east of SR 82, Lehigh Acres<\/p>\n<p>*Sunshine Boulevard, just north of SR 82, Lehigh Acres<\/p>\n<p>*Daniels\/Gunnery Road, eastbound, Lehigh Acres<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On\u00a0Wednesday, July 8, 20 new Crime Stoppers signs will be posted in targeted areas throughout\u00a0Lehigh Acres, in hopes of encouraging residents to provide anonymous tips on crime activity in their&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36264"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}