AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (WXYZ) - Auburn Hills police are responding to a disturbing Facebook post in which a woman reacts to rumors of human trafficking at Great Lakes Crossing. <\/p>\n
That video has some on edge. <\/p>\n
You can't believe everything you see or read on social media, so says a local police chief who says a video posted on Facebook is making a bad situation worse. <\/p>\n
It contains shocking allegation bound to put parents on edge: a sex trafficking ring targeting women and children at Great Lakes Crossing. <\/p>\n
So says the unassuming mother in a video she posted on Facebook. <\/p>\n
I think she repeated things that she believed to be true at the time,says Auburn Hills Police Chief Doreen Olko. <\/p>\n
But the disturbing claims arent true. Neither is the public's belief that Auburn Hills police are engaged in a cover up to protect the mall. <\/p>\n
I've also found it insulting on behalf of our whole police department that someone would suggests that we are hushing it up, says Olko. <\/p>\n
Police sent investigators to the woman's home. She repeated the encounter she had with a man who held the door open for her and her 6-month-old son. <\/p>\n
He looks me up and down and starts talking about how incredible my body is, she says in the video. And all I could think was is this guy like trying or going to try to traffic me and (my son)? <\/p>\n
The trafficking fears have been spurred by rumors on social media. They've been so disruptive the Auburn Hills police chief took to her blog to denounce them. <\/p>\n
\"I'm a person who cares about facts and about truth, so that's why we respond to this and react to it,\" Olko says. <\/p>\n
The chief says the video is an example of how important it is to use social media responsibly. <\/p>\n
\"It's harmful and reckless to post things like that,\" she says. <\/p>\n
Because of the woman's earnest belief that the human trafficking rumors were based in fact, she is not being charged with a crime. <\/p>\n
The Auburn Hills police chief says if parents are truly concerned about human trafficking they should keep an eye on their children's email and social media accounts - that's where the real danger lurks. <\/p>\n
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