{"id":129722,"date":"2026-03-04T21:59:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T21:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/129722\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T21:59:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T21:59:06","slug":"officials-to-proactively-inspect-for-skimmers-as-part-of-new-joint-operation-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/129722\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials to \u2018proactively inspect\u2019 for skimmers as part of new joint operation \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH  \u2014 Pennsylvania State Police is partnering with the United States Secret Service for a new community initiative. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">A joint operation called Operation Skimmer Community Check began on Wednesday. PSP officials say as a part of this program, agents and troopers will \u201cproactively inspect\u201d businesses for the presence of skimmer and shimmer devices. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Officials hope the inspections by trained experts will \u201cenhance public confidence and protect our communities.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PSP says these inspections will happen regularly as new information and mapping data become available. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 Pennsylvania State Police is partnering with the United States Secret Service for a new community initiative.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129723,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[60282,4739,10405,5665,20523,60283,1707,18396,7156,12448,36254,60284,29595,5670,7683,9152,17060,22273,39774,60285,83,7168,5684,60286,16403,60287,898,60288,73,75,74,60289,60290,5687,4359,60291,60292,5376,5689,8785,60293,60294,1420,9137,14742,15272,60295],"class_list":{"0":"post-129722","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-atm","9":"tag-balance","10":"tag-bank","11":"tag-buy","12":"tag-card","13":"tag-card-reader","14":"tag-cash","15":"tag-chip","16":"tag-close","17":"tag-credit","18":"tag-credit-card","19":"tag-debit","20":"tag-device","21":"tag-digital","22":"tag-hand","23":"tag-hold","24":"tag-item","25":"tag-keyboard","26":"tag-machine","27":"tag-magnetic","28":"tag-money","29":"tag-numbers","30":"tag-online","31":"tag-operating","32":"tag-password","33":"tag-paying","34":"tag-payment","35":"tag-pin","36":"tag-pittsburgh","37":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","38":"tag-pittsburgh-news","39":"tag-printer","40":"tag-pull","41":"tag-purchase","42":"tag-push","43":"tag-reader","44":"tag-receipt","45":"tag-sale","46":"tag-sell","47":"tag-shopping","48":"tag-swipe","49":"tag-swiping","50":"tag-terminal","51":"tag-tool","52":"tag-transaction","53":"tag-up","54":"tag-withdrawal"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}