Keeping Your Shopping Trip Safe And Successful – CBS Pittsburgh

By: KDKA-TV Information Employees

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – We’re only one week from Christmas Day and for a lot of which means one factor: last-minute buying.

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Heading out the weekend earlier than Christmas to get everybody crossed off your buying checklist could be a mad sprint however with that comes threat, particularly if in case you have a number of stops to make.

When you nonetheless have a number of presents to purchase, Pittsburgh Public Security recommends ensuring these valuables, packages, and buying luggage are safe in your automobile, extra particularly, out of sight.

Maintain the presents within the trunk or coated up and when you’re residence, make sure that to carry all of them inside with you.

Additionally, when buying inside shops, make sure that to take your purse and/or pockets inside with you, even if you happen to consider will probably be a fast cease.

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Then, there’s the plain.

When you make a cease at a retailer, make sure to shut your automobile off, take the keys with you, and ensure the doorways and trunk are locked!

Public security can also be ensuring if folks see one thing, they’re certain to say one thing.

Anybody that sees an individual illegally making an attempt to enter a automobile or is aware of of somebody who’s a sufferer of auto theft, make sure to name 911.

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Have a secure and merry Christmas, Pittsburgh!