{"id":187938,"date":"2026-03-11T23:35:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T23:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/187938\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T23:35:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T23:35:18","slug":"miami-officials-are-pleading-with-properties-to-help-them-crack-down-on-high-rise-social-media-stunts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/187938\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami officials are pleading with properties to help them crack down on high-rise social media stunts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami Beach police have pleaded <\/a>with property managers in the area to help crack down on social media influencers<\/a> performing social media stunts on high-rise buildings.<\/p>\n

Police have noted the \u201cconcerning trend\u201d known as \u201cUrban Exploration,\u201d which involves individuals trespassing on private structures in Miami Beach and southern parts of the city<\/a>, a community advisory posted by the department stated.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough more commonly known to take place in abandoned building structures, in several cases individuals have gained unauthorized access to building stairwells and rooftops to record videos or photographs for social media,\u201d<\/a> the advisory stated.<\/p>\n

Footage online shows a group of young people climbing on railings in stairwells, covering security cameras with traffic cones and even kicking down doors to gain access to higher spots.<\/p>\n

\"Miami<\/p>\n

Miami Beach police have pleaded with property managers in the area to help crackdown on social media influencers performing stunts on high-rise buildings to post on social media (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Another showed the group being confronted by building staff and making a swift getaway.<\/p>\n

Content has been posted from some of Miami<\/a>\u2019s most prominent high-rises, which include Portofino Tower, Fontainebleau, Tresor Tower, Blue Diamond Condominium, Green Diamond Condominium, and Akoyo Condominium.<\/p>\n

\u201cProperty managers and security are encouraged to review and strengthen rooftop and stairwell security in order to prevent unauthorized entry,\u201d the MBPD advisory stated.<\/p>\n

Speaking to WSVN<\/a>, Miami Beach<\/a> Police officer Christopher Bess said the individuals were gaining access to the high-rises \u201cby any means necessary\u201d and accused them of \u201cputting likes and views before safety.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThese kids are actually committing burglary because they\u2019re using force to gain access to the stairwell,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s extremely dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Independent has contacted the Miami Beach Police Department for further information and comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami Beach police have pleaded with property managers in the area to help crack down on social media…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187939,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[11824,123,1642,5745,125,124,88154,6097,88153],"class_list":["post-187938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-abandoned-building","tag-miami","tag-miami-beach","tag-miami-beach-police","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-security-cameras","tag-social-media","tag-social-media-influencers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}