{"id":113546,"date":"2021-01-24T14:25:32","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T22:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=113546"},"modified":"2021-01-24T14:25:32","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T22:25:32","slug":"catalytic-converter-theft-how-to-prevent-becoming-a-victim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=113546","title":{"rendered":"Catalytic Converter Theft: How to Prevent Becoming a Victim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tuolumne County, CA&#8230; Catalytic converters contain valuable metals and can be relatively simple to steal. But, the cost on the victim is significant. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/cataltyticconvertertheft.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-113548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/cataltyticconvertertheft.jpg 640w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/cataltyticconvertertheft-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/cataltyticconvertertheft-123x70.jpg 123w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/cataltyticconvertertheft-570x320.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are a few steps you can take to prevent your vehicles catalytic converter from being stolen. Thieves are criminals of opportunity. Follow these few directions and eliminate the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Park in well-lit and\/or secure areas. Park in your garage, directly under street lights or have motion detector lights near your vehicle.<br \/>\n\u2022 Park in high traffic, publicly visible areas or near the entrance of the stores you are visiting.<br \/>\n\u2022 Purchase a highly sensitive vehicle alarm system so it activates at even slight movement.<br \/>\n\u2022 Speak with your mechanic about clearly marking your catalytic converter to make it traceable, and methods to secure it better.<br \/>\n\u2022 Talk with friends and family about these types of thefts and help everyone stay more aware.<br \/>\n\u2022 When you see suspicious activity, call law enforcement right away.<br \/>\n\u2022 Engrave your license plate number on the converter to make it traceable.<\/p>\n<p>If your catalytic converter is stolen, you will know it as soon as you start your vehicle. Your vehicle will sound loud, similar to a motorcycle muffler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuolumne County, CA&#8230; Catalytic converters contain valuable metals and can be relatively simple to steal. But, the cost on the victim is significant. There are a few steps you can take to prevent your vehicles catalytic converter from being stolen. Thieves are criminals of opportunity. Follow these few directions and eliminate the opportunity. \u2022 Park [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1599,"featured_media":63523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,16,4,1,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-law-enforcement","category-life-style","category-news","category-tuolumne-county","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tcso.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=113546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/63523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=113546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=113546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=113546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}