Marlboro Wants Residents To Report Suspicious Behavior At Schools

MARLBORO, NJ — As the United States continues to grapple with the devastating Florida school shooting last month, Marlboro Township unveiled a new initiative this week to encourage residents to report anything or anyone that seems out of place — especially in the school system.

Citizens can be an integral part of school security, using the "See Something. Say Something. We Will Do Something" campaign, Marlboro Mayor Jon Hornik said.

“We are asking residents to be an active partner in the safety of our schools. If you see something on social media, hear something, see something out of place, or someone’s behavior doesn’t seem quite right, make that call," he said. "The Citizen Reporting Initiative encourages citizens to be additional eyes and ears in our
multi-pronged approach to school security. We ask that you make the report, even anonymously, to the authorities. We would rather that the event be deemed not-credible than to never receive the report.”

Marlboro will be putting that flyer above on all Township buildings, in all school buildings in the Township, at police headquarters and on all social media.

The police department has had a full-time, armed police officer assigned to Marlboro High School since 2000. Also, in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook tragedy, the police department assigned armed police officers to all of Marlboro's K-8 district schools.

“In response to the recent tragedies occurring across the United States, the Marlboro Township Police Department is empowering our residents to report suspicious activity in and around our community," said Marlboro Police Chief Bruce Hall. "The reporting of suspicious activity is an important component for law enforcement."

Photo of Marlboro Twp. High School via Google Earth.