DARTMOUTH, MASS. (WHDH) - Police in Dartmouth have released a video to highlight that officers are taking the recent clown threat seriously.
In the video, an officer responds to a report of a clown sighting in the woods. The officer finds the clown suspect and confronts him before pulling some clown antics of his own.
Though light-hearted, the video has a serious message – the department is taking the threats seriously and says that disturbing the peace, trespassing, and enticing of a child are arrestable offenses.
In the video, detective Kyle Costa concludes, “If you want to act like a clown, we have no problem treating you like one.”
You can watch the video here:
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