{"id":104439,"date":"2019-11-12T16:41:07","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T21:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=104439"},"modified":"2022-04-14T15:06:45","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T19:06:45","slug":"be-careful-during-holiday-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/be-careful-during-holiday-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Careful During Holiday Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UCF Police Department reminds you to stay vigilant this holiday season.<\/p>\n

Whether your plans have you at UCF or elsewhere, it’s important to be aware of your surroundings at all times.<\/p>\n

If you’ll be away from UCF during Thanksgiving or winter break, remember to take any valuables with you. Before you leave your home or office, ensure all doors and windows are locked and secure.<\/p>\n

Avoid accidental indicators about your whereabouts, such as posting when you will or won’t be home on social media or allowing packages to collect in front of your door.<\/p>\n

During this busy travel season, remember to buckle up and follow the rules of the road. If your festivities involve alcohol, never get behind the wheel after you’ve been drinking, and remember that “buzzed” driving is drunk driving.<\/p>\n

While the holidays are a time for fellowship, exercise caution before letting people you don’t know into your home, and vice versa.<\/p>\n

UCF Police will continue to patrol campus, and officers are available 24\/7. Call our non-emergency line at 407-823-5555 for assistance or dial 911 in an emergency.<\/p>\n

Remember that criminals look for opportunity, especially during the busy holiday season when people are more likely to be distracted. Stay alert, exercise caution, and remember we’re here if you need us.<\/p>\n

On behalf of everyone at the UCF Police Department, we wish you a successful remainder of the fall semester and safe and happy holiday season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UCF Police will continue to patrol campus, and officers are available 24\/7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":104534,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[12891,4911,4936],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-104439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colleges","category-community","tag-campus-safety","tag-ucf-police-department","tag-ucfpd"],"yoast_head":"\nBe Careful During Holiday Season | University of Central Florida News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The UCF Police Department reminds you to stay vigilant this holiday season. Whether your plans have you at UCF or elsewhere, it's important to be aware of\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/be-careful-during-holiday-season\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Be Careful During Holiday Season\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The UCF Police Department reminds you to stay vigilant this holiday season. Whether your plans have you at UCF or elsewhere, it's important to be aware of\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/be-careful-during-holiday-season\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"University of Central Florida News | UCF Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UCF\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-11-12T21:41:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-04-14T19:06:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2019\/11\/UCF-Police-Station.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Gene Kruckemyer \u201973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UCF\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UCF\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Gene Kruckemyer \u201973\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/be-careful-during-holiday-season\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/be-careful-during-holiday-season\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Gene Kruckemyer \u201973\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9640ca0c84355d1c971ce4e83999b1cc\"},\"headline\":\"Be Careful During Holiday Season\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-12T21:41:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-14T19:06:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/be-careful-during-holiday-season\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":248,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/be-careful-during-holiday-season\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/20\\\/files\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/UCF-Police-Station.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"campus safety\",\"UCF Police Department\",\"UCFPD\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Colleges & Campus\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2019\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/be-careful-during-holiday-season\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/be-careful-during-holiday-season\\\/\",\"name\":\"Be Careful During Holiday Season | University of Central Florida News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/be-careful-during-holiday-season\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/be-careful-during-holiday-season\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/20\\\/files\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/UCF-Police-Station.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-12T21:41:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-14T19:06:45+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9640ca0c84355d1c971ce4e83999b1cc\"},\"description\":\"The UCF Police Department reminds you to stay vigilant this holiday season. Whether your plans have you at UCF or elsewhere, it's important to be aware of\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/be-careful-during-holiday-season\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/be-careful-during-holiday-season\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/be-careful-during-holiday-season\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/20\\\/files\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/UCF-Police-Station.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/20\\\/files\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/UCF-Police-Station.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"The annual UCF Public Safety Awards Ceremony gathers friends, family and colleagues to celebrate sworn officers and civilian staff members who go beyond the call of duty.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/be-careful-during-holiday-season\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Be Careful During Holiday Season\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"University of Central Florida News | UCF Today\",\"description\":\"Central Florida Research, Arts, Technology, Student Life and College News, Stories and More\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9640ca0c84355d1c971ce4e83999b1cc\",\"name\":\"Gene Kruckemyer \u201973\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/20f0a9f8cf6e4eedc5c3a1afb1163237a6cb6db020a9c167bdf6212dc4a75997?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/20f0a9f8cf6e4eedc5c3a1afb1163237a6cb6db020a9c167bdf6212dc4a75997?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/20f0a9f8cf6e4eedc5c3a1afb1163237a6cb6db020a9c167bdf6212dc4a75997?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Gene Kruckemyer \u201973\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/author\\\/gkruckem\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/be-careful-during-holiday-season\\\/#local-main-organization-logo\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\",\"caption\":\"University of Central Florida\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Be Careful During Holiday Season | University of Central Florida News","description":"The UCF Police Department reminds you to stay vigilant this holiday season. Whether your plans have you at UCF or elsewhere, it's important to be aware of","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/be-careful-during-holiday-season\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Be Careful During Holiday Season","og_description":"The UCF Police Department reminds you to stay vigilant this holiday season. Whether your plans have you at UCF or elsewhere, it's important to be aware of","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/be-careful-during-holiday-season\/","og_site_name":"University of Central Florida News | UCF Today","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UCF","article_published_time":"2019-11-12T21:41:07+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-04-14T19:06:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2019\/11\/UCF-Police-Station.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Gene Kruckemyer \u201973","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@UCF","twitter_site":"@UCF","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Gene Kruckemyer \u201973","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/be-careful-during-holiday-season\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/be-careful-during-holiday-season\/"},"author":{"name":"Gene Kruckemyer \u201973","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/9640ca0c84355d1c971ce4e83999b1cc"},"headline":"Be Careful During Holiday Season","datePublished":"2019-11-12T21:41:07+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-14T19:06:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/be-careful-during-holiday-season\/"},"wordCount":248,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/be-careful-during-holiday-season\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2019\/11\/UCF-Police-Station.jpg","keywords":["campus safety","UCF Police Department","UCFPD"],"articleSection":["Colleges & Campus","Community"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2019","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/be-careful-during-holiday-season\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/be-careful-during-holiday-season\/","name":"Be Careful During Holiday Season | University of Central Florida News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/be-careful-during-holiday-season\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/be-careful-during-holiday-season\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2019\/11\/UCF-Police-Station.jpg","datePublished":"2019-11-12T21:41:07+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-14T19:06:45+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/9640ca0c84355d1c971ce4e83999b1cc"},"description":"The UCF Police Department reminds you to stay vigilant this holiday season. Whether your plans have you at UCF or elsewhere, it's important to be aware of","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/be-careful-during-holiday-season\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/be-careful-during-holiday-season\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/be-careful-during-holiday-season\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2019\/11\/UCF-Police-Station.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2019\/11\/UCF-Police-Station.jpg","width":1200,"height":800,"caption":"The annual UCF Public Safety Awards Ceremony gathers friends, family and colleagues to celebrate sworn officers and civilian staff members who go beyond the call of duty."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/be-careful-during-holiday-season\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Be Careful During Holiday Season"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/","name":"University of Central Florida News | UCF Today","description":"Central Florida Research, Arts, Technology, Student Life and College News, Stories and More","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/9640ca0c84355d1c971ce4e83999b1cc","name":"Gene Kruckemyer \u201973","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/20f0a9f8cf6e4eedc5c3a1afb1163237a6cb6db020a9c167bdf6212dc4a75997?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/20f0a9f8cf6e4eedc5c3a1afb1163237a6cb6db020a9c167bdf6212dc4a75997?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/20f0a9f8cf6e4eedc5c3a1afb1163237a6cb6db020a9c167bdf6212dc4a75997?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Gene Kruckemyer \u201973"},"url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/author\/gkruckem\/"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/be-careful-during-holiday-season\/#local-main-organization-logo","url":"","contentUrl":"","caption":"University of Central Florida"}]}},"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2019\/11\/UCF-Police-Station-300x200.jpg","primary_category":5,"primary_tag":12891,"author_byline":"UCF Police Department","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104439"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104535,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104439\/revisions\/104535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104439"},{"taxonomy":"tu_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tu_author?post=104439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}