Police in Montgomery County are warning teens that a viral TikTok trend where they kick someone's front door is not only dangerous, but illegal.
In Conshohocken, a woman caught the supposed prank in action on a Ring camera and shared it with NBC10. The video showed a group of teenagers run up and kick her front door, causing some damage.
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WATCH HERELansdale Police Chief Mike Trail said his department has identified the teens involved and says parents have an obligation to monitor and set parameters for their kids.
"Understand that there a lot of safety parameters that you can institute," Trail said of TikTok and other social media app. "Like family pairing, where you can tell what your kids are looking at."
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"These can have tragic results," he said. "We've seen it across the country and, sadly to say, if we had more supervision in place we could have prevented a lot of these difficult situations that we've seen."
Trail said his concerns are heightened with summer here, as kids are home and sometimes without supervision.
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"Some children may think this is a harmless prank, but the recipient of your harmless prank may not know that," Trail said. "These things can have disastrous results."
