Swatting Across N.J. Continues As Authorities Get More Tight-Lipped About Investigations
Schools, malls, even a hospital across New Jersey continue to be victimized by hoax emergency calls known as swatting.
It happened several more times in the past 24 hours, causing the lockdown, closing or evacuation of several buildings while police search for a reported bomb or gunman on the loose.
Schools in Clinton Township and Freehold Township were affected Tuesday morning, and two large malls, Monmouth Mall in Eatontown and Freehold Raceway Mall in Freehold Township, were targeted on Monday night, authorities said.
Swatting is the intentional tricking of a police department or law enforcement agency to respond in force to a certain place by calling in a fake crisis, such as a hostage situation, mass shooting or bomb threat. The term comes from the fact that most such incidents result in a SWAT team response.
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Schools, malls, even a hospital across New Jersey continue to be victimized by hoax emergency calls known as swatting.
It happened several more times in the past 24 hours, causing the lockdown, closing or evacuation of several buildings while police search for a reported bomb or gunman on the loose.
Schools in Clinton Township and Freehold Township were affected Tuesday morning, and two large malls, Monmouth Mall in Eatontown and Freehold Raceway Mall in Freehold Township, were targeted on Monday night, authorities said.
Swatting is the intentional tricking of a police department or law enforcement agency to respond in force to a certain place by calling in a fake crisis, such as a hostage situation, mass shooting or bomb threat. The term comes from the fact that most such incidents result in a SWAT team response.
http://govtslaves.info/swatting-across-n-j-continues-as-authorities-get-more-tight-lipped-about-investigations/