Cherry Hill Mall Puts New Parental Supervision Policies Into Place

Over the weekend of April 5-6, Cherry Hill Mall implemented a new parental supervision policy that mall officials said would address teens fighting and police being called to the mall.

The policy, outlined on the mall's website, states that mall security will begin monitoring people entering the mall beginning at 4 p.m. on Saturdays. Youth not accompanied by an adult parent or guardian older than 21 will be asked to leave. Or they will be asked to return with an adult.

One parent older than 21 may escort up to four youths to the mall, but one must be their child.

Youth working at the mall who are younger than 18 will be allowed into the mall without a parent or guardian. But they'll have to show proof of employment and report immediately to their place of employment. Then, leave the mall property immediately after their shift.

FOX 29 News spoke with several mall customers who reported mixed feelings about the mall's new policy. 

"Parents used to drop their kids off at the mall and pick them up. Can't do that anymore because they travel in groups and shoplift. They're harassing people," said Randi Freedman from Cherry Hill.

"I'm not in agreement with it, and if that were to be the case, they need to find something for the teenagers to do. Teenagers have money; they have their own money. They can't go spend it in the mall?" asked Cheryl Washington from Camden.

Read the full text of the parental supervision policy on Cherry Hill Mall's website.