{"id":4771,"date":"2019-12-16T16:20:05","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T16:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eastlammermuircommunitycouncil.org.uk\/?p=4771"},"modified":"2019-12-16T16:20:05","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T16:20:05","slug":"festive-season-home-safety-advice-from-neighbourhood-watch-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/2019\/12\/festive-season-home-safety-advice-from-neighbourhood-watch-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"Festive Season Home Safety Advice from Neighbourhood Watch Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eastlammermuircommunitycouncil.org.uk\/files\/2019\/12\/images.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4773\" src=\"https:\/\/eastlammermuircommunitycouncil.org.uk\/files\/2019\/12\/images.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a>With Christmas just around the corner and presents piling up for the big day here as some ideas to help with your Festive Security and Safety<\/p>\n<p>Thieves know that over Christmas there will be high value presents and maybe more cash in your house than normal.<\/p>\n<p>Keep your home secure &#8211; lock all windows and doors. If you have an alarm installed &#8211; use it. Don\u2019t leave gifts in view of the windows and keep cash in your home to a minimum.<\/p>\n<p>Give your garden a festive spruce up. Lock your garden gates and side entrances. Don&#8217;t leave tools lying around that could be used to break into your home. Keep any sheds or outbuilding securely locked with good quality locks.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re going away for Christmas, keep your home secure. Lock all windows and doors, set your house alarm if you have one, use timers on lights, cancel any deliveries and ask a neighbour or friend you trust to keep an eye out while you\u2019re away.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re having a house party with lots of guests, it can be all too easy for a thief to slip in unnoticed. Make sure you know everyone who is there. If you\u2019re going to a party, don\u2019t let anyone tailgate you into a house or through a secured communal entry door who may not be a guest.<\/p>\n<p>Protect any gifts you\u2019ve bought for your friends and family. Get them to register mobile phones, tablets, laptops and cameras at <span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><em>www.immobilise.com<\/em>.<\/span> Don\u2019t give them a good quality bike without giving them a good quality lock, and register bikes at <em><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">www.BikeRegister.com.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Christmas just around the corner and presents piling up for the big day here as some ideas to help with your Festive Security and Safety Thieves know that over Christmas there will be high value presents and maybe more cash in your house than normal. Keep your home secure &#8211; lock all windows and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/2019\/12\/festive-season-home-safety-advice-from-neighbourhood-watch-scotland\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Festive Season Home Safety Advice from Neighbourhood Watch Scotland&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[352,353,354,334],"class_list":["post-4771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crime-prevention","tag-festive-safety","tag-home-safety","tag-neighbourhood-watch-scotland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4771"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4774,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4771\/revisions\/4774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}