Editing Mall of America (section)

=== Security personnel ===
Behavior Detection Officers (BDOs) are trained in Israel, each one going through at least 240 hours of training.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Inside the Anti-Terror Task Force at the Mall of America|url = https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/02/23/inside-the-anti-terror-task-force-at-the-mall-of-america/|website = Foreign Policy|access-date = October 4, 2015}}</ref> As Doug Reynolds, the former Security Director at the mall noted in a congressional testimony in 2008, BDOs are taught to "look for intent, rather than means. The objective is to focus on suspicious indicators in three categories: People, vehicles, and unattended items like backpacks, shopping bags, and suitcases."<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.gpoaccess.gov/congress/index.html|title = The Challenge of Protecting Mass Gatherings in a Post-9/11 World|date = July 9, 2008|access-date = October 4, 2015|website = US Government Printing Office|publisher = Committee on Homeland Security|last = Committee on Homeland Security House of Representatives One Hundred Tenth Congress|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120113082946/http://www.gpoaccess.gov/congress/index.html|archive-date = January 13, 2012}}</ref> This methodology has prepared the mall for a variety of threats, both from terrorists and everyday criminals.

In 2010, the [[Minnesota Star Tribune]] reported that mall security officials were instructed to question or detain individuals exhibiting what they deemed "suspicious behavior". Signs of suspicious behavior included photographing air-conditioning ducts, or signs that a shopper was hiding something.<ref name="startribune1">{{cite news|url=http://www.startribune.com/business/129559713.html|title=They're watching at the Mall of America|author=G.W. SCHULZ, DANIEL ZWERDLING and ANDREW BECKER|date=September 11, 2011|access-date=January 8, 2015|newspaper=Star Tribune}}</ref> At the time, some officials within the Bloomington Police Department worried that the mall's security methods may infringe peoples' rights.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.salon.com/news/politics/feature/2011/09/07/mallofamerica|title=The shadow of suspicion falls in the Mall of America|date=September 7, 2011|work=Salon}}</ref>

In 2011, [[NPR]]'s ''[[All Things Considered]]'' and ''[[Morning Edition]]'' and [[PBS]]'s [[PBS NewsHour|''NewsHour'']] both aired programs documenting security abuses by the mall's security personnel.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2011/09/07/140234451/under-suspicion-at-the-mall-of-america  |title=Under Suspicion at the Mall of America |publisher=NPR |date=September 7, 2011}}</ref> On December 31, 2013, members from the [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] protest movement [[Idle No More]] attempted to repeat a successful Native-American round dance held at the mall in 2012,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2012/12/idle_no_more_flash_dance_brings_more_than_1000_protesters_to_mall_of_america_video.php|title=Idle No More flash dance brings more than 1,000 protesters to Mall of America|last1=Rupar|first1=Aaron|website=CityPages|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222211923/http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2012/12/idle_no_more_flash_dance_brings_more_than_1000_protesters_to_mall_of_america_video.php|archive-date=February 22, 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=February 22, 2015}}</ref> but failed after being stopped by mall security. Organizers of the dance, Patricia Shepard and Reyna Crow from [[Duluth]] were arrested on site for trespassing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/local/Idle-No-More-Round-Dance-attempt-ends-in-arrest-at-Mall-of-America-238327111.html|title="Idle No More" Round Dance attempt ends in arrests at Mall of America|author=KBJR News|publisher=Northland Newsletter|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104175200/http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/local/Idle-No-More-Round-Dance-attempt-ends-in-arrest-at-Mall-of-America-238327111.html|archive-date=January 4, 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=February 22, 2015}}</ref>

In January 2023, a TikTok was posted of a man wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the slogan ''Jesus saves'' and the [[Coexist (image)]] logo crossed out being asked to either take it off or leave the mall, the member of security in the video saying "Jesus is associated with religion and it is offending people. People have been offended." In the video he stated that in another instance he was preaching in the mall and the mall has a policy against religious solicitation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.christianheadlines.com/contributors/amanda-casanova/man-is-told-leave-mall-of-america-for-wearing-jesus-is-the-only-way-shirt.html |title=Man Is Allegedly Told to Leave Mall of America for Wearing 'Jesus Is the Only Way' Shirt |website=Christian Headlines |date=January 12, 2023 |access-date=January 16, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/man-in-jesus-saves-t-shirt-at-mall-of-america-told-to-take-it-off/ |title=Man in Jesus Saves t-shirt at Mall of America told to take it off |website=MSN |date=January 16, 2023 |access-date=January 16, 2023}}</ref>