{"350231":{"#nid":"350231","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Lock It Up Over Winter Break","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Police Department encourages students to secure their belongings and property over the upcoming winter break. Parents, please help us reinforce the following points with your students:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELock your door before you leave\u003C\/strong\u003E. If you share your residence with a roommate, remind them to always lock it and let them know your schedule for returning.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESecure your windows and lock them\u003C\/strong\u003E. Close the blinds or curtains. This will decrease the chance of someone looking into your dorm room when you are away.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EYour BuzzCard is more than identification\u003C\/strong\u003E. If you lose your BuzzCard be sure to report it immediately so we can deactivate your card. Otherwise, someone else may be dining on your BuzzFunds.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EConceal any money or valuables\u003C\/strong\u003E in a diversion-type safe or other locked container. Diversion safes come disguised as a number of familiar commercial products and can hide your valuables without attracting any attention to them.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETake expensive electronics with you\u003C\/strong\u003E. If you cannot take it with you make sure to place it in an area that is out of plain site, for example in a drawer, under the pillow, in a closet behind or beneath clothing.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMake sure to sign up for Jacket Guardian\u003C\/strong\u003E. This is a free opt-in system that transforms mobile phones into personal safety devices, enabling the GTPD and any Smart911 center to instantly access a user\u2019s profile information in an emergency. With Jacket Guardian\u2019s timer feature, users can also inform the GTPD of their intended destinations, specifying the expected time of arrival; police will receive an alert if the timer expires. Register online at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.guardian.gatech.edu\u0022 title=\u0022www.guardian.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewww.guardian.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech Police Department encourages students to secure their belongings and property over the upcoming winter break."}],"uid":"27244","created_gmt":"2014-11-26 17:15:55","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:37","author":"Sara Warner","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-11-26T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-11-26T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1298","name":"Parent and Family Programs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}