--- title: Donald Trump Encourages People to Spy on Their Neighbors description: Speaking in South Carolina Tuesday, Donald Trump told the audience to report their neighbors if they see suspicious behavior. canonical: https://time.com/4127275/donald-trump-spy-report-neighbors/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-25T17:14:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T12:54:40.170Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Encourages People to Spy On Their Neighbors og:description: And then report them to the police og:url: https://time.com/4127275/donald-trump-spy-report-neighbors/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4cebaf4bef14e17f/698872a5a988ca0b776b574c/donald-trump7.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses supporters during a campaign rally at the Greater Columbus Convention Center on November 23, 2015 in Columbus, Ohio. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Encourages People to Spy On Their Neighbors twitter:description: And then report them to the police twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4cebaf4bef14e17f/698872a5a988ca0b776b574c/donald-trump7.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Encourages People to Spy on Their Neighbors  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Nov 25, 2015 5:14 PM UTC  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](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Nov 25, 2015 5:14 PM UTC Donald Trump made headlines recently calling for increased domestic security measures, namely a “[database](http://time.com/4121511/donald-trump-muslims-database-terrorism/)” 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). “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. 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