{"id":16067,"date":"2021-10-20T13:30:38","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T17:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=16067"},"modified":"2021-10-20T13:30:59","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T17:30:59","slug":"protect-building-sites-from-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2021\/10\/20\/protect-building-sites-from-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"Protect Building Sites from Theft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Building is booming in Polk County and so are construction-related thefts, according to feedback received by the Polk County Building Division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/New-Home-1.jpg?resize=800%2C531&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/New-Home-1.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/New-Home-1.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/New-Home-1.jpg?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt really isn\u2019t a surprise to us,\u201d said Building Director Benjamin Dunn. \u201cWith the shortages of supplies, skyrocketing inflation, and supply chain issues, unsecured building supplies are a beacon to criminals looking for an easy payday.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But a local construction job site doesn\u2019t have to be easy pickings. This is a problem that both homeowners and builders can work together to combat. All it takes is a few adjustments on how a building site is secured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few tips on securing a construction site include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Lock all doors and garages on homes when valuable materials and supplies are within the home;<\/li><li>Store lumber on the rear of the property when feasible to make it more difficult to take;<\/li><li>Secure the plywood delivered in a bunk to make it more difficult to take;<\/li><li>Install security cameras or affordable game cameras throughout the neighborhood under construction;<\/li><li>In following the guidelines set in Florida statute 810.09, place a sign on the property with specific wording that enhances criminal penalties;<\/li><li>In extreme situations of theft, hiring of a security company to patrol the construction sites may help; and<\/li><li>Coordinate with local law enforcement to hire off-duty deputies or police officers to help combat individuals engaging in theft. The Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office guidelines are here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=http-3A__www.polksheriff.org_programs-2Dservices_extra-2Dduty-2Ddeputy-2Demployment&amp;d=DwMFAg&amp;c=j9YNQVTYIohH8cYE_3mLmw&amp;r=b3UBA9sSODh761uzpPbVsYu3OWwWBnbBMhpj2hhXUYU&amp;m=ys2ZyqfBdPu1nDVFzrJOvj6KdRyQhTm-BREqUQ-HKRE&amp;s=a3D8jHH-ZrZSIv-RFCBpzRyEZWEhH3ES632xmNlz-h0&amp;e=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.polksheriff.org\/programs-services\/extra-duty-deputy-employment<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe want everyone to be able to protect their home and property, whether or not they are living in it at the time,\u201d Dunn added. \u201cJust because it may be a construction job site, doesn\u2019t mean there aren\u2019t victims affected by this.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Building is booming in Polk County and so are construction-related thefts, according to feedback received by the Polk County Building Division. \u201cIt really isn\u2019t a surprise to us,\u201d said Building&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"0","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}