--- description: Speaking in South Carolina Tuesday, Donald Trump told the audience to report their neighbors if they see suspicious behavior. title: Donald Trump Encourages People to Spy On Their Neighbors image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4cebaf4bef14e17f/698872a5a988ca0b776b574c/donald-trump7.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Donald Trump](/tag/donald-trump/) ## Donald Trump Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Donald Trump Encourages People to Spy on Their Neighbors  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 25, 2015 5:14 PM CUT  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses supporters during a campaign rally at the Greater Columbus Convention Center on November 23, 2015 in Columbus, Ohio. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses supporters during a campaign rally at the Greater Columbus Convention Center on November 23, 2015 in Columbus, Ohio.Ty Wright—Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 25, 2015 5:14 PM CUT Donald Trump made headlines recently calling for increased domestic security measures, namely a “[database](http://time.com/4121511/donald-trump-muslims-database-terrorism/ "undefined")” of Muslims in the country. Now he has a new tactic in mind: getting people to spy on their neighbors. “The real greatest resource is all of you, because you have all those eyes and you see what’s happening,” the business mogul told the crowd at a rally in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Tuesday night, [according to _The Hill_](http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/261267-trump-report-your-neighbors-for-suspicious-activities "undefined"). “People move into a house a block down the road, you know who’s going in,” he said. “You can see and you report them to the local police.” He acknowledged this wouldn’t be a perfect system: “We know if there’s something going on, report them. Most likely you’ll be wrong, but that’s OK.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4127275/donald-trump-spy-report-neighbors/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4127275/donald-trump-spy-report-neighbors/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Encourages People to Spy on Their Neighbors","datePublished":"2015-11-25T17:14:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:54:40.170Z","description":"And then report them to the police","url":"https://time.com/4127275/donald-trump-spy-report-neighbors/","keywords":["Donald Trump","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4cebaf4bef14e17f/698872a5a988ca0b776b574c/donald-trump7.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4cebaf4bef14e17f/698872a5a988ca0b776b574c/donald-trump7.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses supporters during a campaign rally at the Greater Columbus Convention Center on November 23, 2015 in Columbus, Ohio.","caption":"Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses supporters during a campaign rally at the Greater Columbus Convention Center on November 23, 2015 in Columbus, Ohio.","creditText":"Ty Wright—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4127275/donald-trump-spy-report-neighbors/","name":"Donald Trump Encourages People to Spy on Their Neighbors"}}]}] ```