It’s usually tired puns and cringe-making alleged “jokes”, but let’s hand it to the cops when credit’s due.
Police in Kingston, south-west London, have struggled to pin down a burglary suspect, so they decided to pen an open letter to her on Twitter instead.
Please stop ignoring us Tracey…. ?? pic.twitter.com/EM0w8rtRmd
— Kingston Police (@MPSKingston) January 5, 2017
The letter reads: “We have a slight suspicion that you might be blanking us #Awkward. You don’t text, you don’t call back and haven’t accepted our friend request.”
The recipient, Tracey Dyke, is a suspect in multiple burglaries in Kingston where vulnerable victims were targeted, leaving them “traumatised and very upset”.
The cops attached a shot of Dyke to the tweet and told her to hand herself in, and asked members of the public to call 999 if they spot her.
The detectives signed off: “Looking forward to seeing you soon and happy new year…”
In the spirit of humorous authority, here’s a brief sample of other police having a little bit of fun on Twitter.
Anyone lost a huge amount of cannabis in the Chelmsley Wood area? Don’t panic, we found it. Please come to the police station to collect it.
— Solihull Police (@SolihullPolice) December 7, 2012
From one of our jobs yesterday….what car is this?? RETWEET for a Hyundai i20 or FAV for a Vauxhall Corsa #21983 ?? pic.twitter.com/YV3T09o0Gg
— Hants Roads Policing (@HantsPolRoads) June 5, 2015
@NandosUK @ProperDM That's peri peri naughty, that is
— GMP City Centre (@GMPCityCentre) May 26, 2016
999 call at 8pm last night from man in phone box Granby Row who asked us to come and arrest him "because he's bored." We didn't go.
— GMP City Centre (@GMPCityCentre) June 11, 2016
Report of swan on the loose on Mancunian Way earlier today. We sent our finest, but no trace. Already swanned off? pic.twitter.com/zWcLWoJnOn
— GMP City Centre (@GMPCityCentre) April 25, 2016
