Handling Reports of Attempted Child Luring

Summit's police chief balances the need to inform with the need to avoid panic.

When a Summit elementary school student reported to school staff that a tan SUV had followed her, she did the right thing, said Police Chief Robert Weck. But the incident, which occured Wednesday morning in front of Brayton School, isn't being considered an attempted luring incident by police just yet. "Our detective and juvenile bureaus are investigating this," said Weck. Cops have vetted all the information in the case, and so far are calling this a suspicious incident. There have been luring reports in recent days that have stretched from Cranford, to the search for a luring suspect in Morristown. A string of incidents in Bergen County — over a dozen reported — including a report of a 12-year-old who said he was offered money to enter a…

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