Police departments across Westchester County say they are on heightened alert a day after a large teen takeover at Bay Plaza Mall in the Bronx that resulted in 18 arrests.<\/p>\n
\tSince the incident, social media posts have circulated about potential teen takeovers in Westchester. Police in Yonkers, Mount Vernon, New Rochelle and at the county level have issued messages saying they are monitoring the situation and remaining vigilant.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cThe Department of Public Safety and its Real Time Crime Intelligence Center are monitoring social media activity and working with municipal law enforcement partners to discourage so\u2011called teen \u2018takeovers\u2019 of retail venues and other public spaces,\u201d the Westchester County Police Department said in a release. \u201cIn addition, the department\u2019s patrol officers are prepared to respond to assist any municipality if needed in the event a disruptive takeover occurs.\u201d<\/p>\n
\tPolice are urging parents to speak with their children.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cThese parents need to teach their kids what\u2019s right and what\u2019s wrong. This is wrong,\u201d said Denise Shockley of New Rochelle.<\/p>\n
\tPolice say the takeovers are not only disruptive but can be dangerous.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cThink twice. We have long\u2011established, well\u2011practiced procedures in place for situations like this,\u201d the Yonkers Police Department said in a post. \u201cWe are fully prepared to respond to any level of unrest. Our department has significant personnel, specialized units and regional partnerships ready to deploy at a moment\u2019s notice. We have a responsibility to protect our residents, our business owners and their property \u2014 and we approach that responsibility with seriousness, resolve and zero hesitation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police departments across Westchester County say they are on heightened alert a day after a large teen takeover…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136903,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,58192,58191,129,131,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-136902","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-bronx","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-nyc","12":"tag-street-takeover","13":"tag-street-takeovers","14":"tag-the-bronx","15":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","16":"tag-the-bronx-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}