{"id":37025,"date":"2015-09-17T20:52:50","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T00:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=37025"},"modified":"2015-09-17T22:20:15","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T02:20:15","slug":"how-can-i-help-to-stop-crime-in-my-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2015\/09\/how-can-i-help-to-stop-crime-in-my-neighborhood\/","title":{"rendered":"How can I Help to Stop <br>Crime in my Neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/lcso-car.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full\" style=\"width: 259px; max-width: 259px;\" title=\"lcso car\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/lcso-car.jpg?w=259\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Keeping your neighborhood safe is a joint effort of eyes watching out for each other.<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t have to be pals with your neighbors BUT you can be vigilant of your surroundings as to who should be there and who should not.\u00a0\u00a0 If you see a strange individual(s) or a vehicle that doesn\u2019t belong, that should be a \u201cRed Flag\u201d to you.\u00a0 This should be called in to the Sheriff\u2019s Office at 239-477-1000 and you DO NOT have to give them your name!!!!!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t matter if you own your home or rent your home.\u00a0 Ask yourself this:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Do I want my home broken into and all my things stolen?<br \/>\n\u201cDo I want my vehicle broken into and those things stolen?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If your answer is no then you should think about how you can avoid this happening to you.\u00a0 You have all heard about Neighborhood Watch \u201cNW\u201d and have seen Neighborhood Watch signed posted all around.\u00a0 Belonging to a \u201cNW\u201d is very easy. You will learn what to look for.\u00a0 You don&#8217;t have to keep coming to meetings.\u00a0 However, they are extremely beneficial because we have our Sheriff Department Personnel at each meeting that you can ask lots of questions of.\u00a0 There are Community Watch Coordinators and residents just like you at these meetings.\u00a0 Why not come to a meeting and find out how you can help to PREVENT CRIME in your neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>Contact Steve McGiffin, Community Watch Coordinator Chairperson at 518-810-6533.\u00a0 Steve can tell you when the next meeting will be held and offer information.<\/p>\n<p>Contact Larry Gutridge, Crime Prevention Specialist for the Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office at 239-477-1802.\u00a0 Larry can tell you all about Neighborhood Watch.<\/p>\n<p>DON\u2019T BE A VICTIM DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keeping your neighborhood safe is a joint effort of eyes watching out for each other. You don&#8217;t have to be pals with your neighbors BUT you can be vigilant of&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\/37025"}],"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=37025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37025\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}