York Regional Police are borrowing a page from late night TV host Jimmy Kimmel’s playbook, releasing a video of officers reading mean tweets police received.
“@yrp Hope yall wages get cut so hard y’all can’t even afford a happy meal 4 ya kids,” one tweet said that was read aloud by York Regional Police spokeswoman Const. Laura Nicolle before she burst into laughter.
“Why are 90% of you bald?! Hair is good, grow that ****. @YRP,” Staff Sgt. David Mitchell, who happens to be bald, read aloud and later quipped, “Stupid genetics.”
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Const. Andy Pattenden told Global News officers wanted to acknowledge the growing presence of their Twitter account, which was over 100,000 followers as of Thursday afternoon.
Pattenden said a majority of the tweets police receive are constructive and positive, but he said he estimates only about “five per cent” of the tweets would be considered “mean.”