{"id":297749,"date":"2026-10-01T17:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T17:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/297749\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T17:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T17:22:08","slug":"reading-police-offering-free-steering-wheel-locks-to-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/297749\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Police offering free steering wheel locks to residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Reading Police Department is offering a limited number of free steering wheel locks to members of the community.<\/p>\n<p>The locks will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last. Residents can pick one up at the Reading Police Department, 815 Washington St., between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Those interested should see the desk sergeant upon arrival.<\/p>\n<p>Police are also reminding residents to take precautions as colder weather approaches and more drivers may be warming up their vehicles before leaving home.<\/p>\n<p>The department advises drivers not to leave a running vehicle unlocked or unattended with the keys inside. Police said taking simple steps to secure a vehicle can help reduce opportunities for theft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Reading Police Department is offering a limited number of free steering wheel locks to members of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-297749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297749","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=297749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}