The police department of Mumbai, India, does three things: They protect. They serve. They provide teh LOLZ. Whoever is running the Twitter account for the police department of the Indian megapolis (population: 18 million) has a strong social media and meme game. They spread safety tips, crime prevention ideas, and community news bulletins with the pictures, GIFs, memes, and creative uses of trending topics and hashtags that you, Internet resident, absolutely treasure.
Such as Stranger Things.
https://twitter.com/MumbaiPolice/status/927028495028490242
They really dig Stranger Things.
https://twitter.com/MumbaiPolice/status/926326026808029184
https://twitter.com/MumbaiPolice/status/928499190602199040
And Pirate of the Caribbean.
https://twitter.com/MumbaiPolice/status/935375846319239168
Even the police idolize Katniss.
https://twitter.com/MumbaiPolice/status/935009952774705152
And superheroes, of course.
https://twitter.com/MumbaiPolice/status/906394004866117632
https://twitter.com/MumbaiPolice/status/919779058766045184
They can even make Monica Gellar likeable!
https://twitter.com/MumbaiPolice/status/921959346648498178
Over the last couple of years, news stories about police departments have gone viral because they are very, very bad stories: shooting unarmed civilians, and things like that. But by being friendly, supportive, and relatable, at the very least the Mumbai Police have won back hearts and minds. People on Twitter are absolutely loving it.
Wow..@MumbaiPolice
You are really the boss of streets of Mumbai and Social Media.
Hats off!!! https://t.co/4Mpd9Wmkn4
— Iboredbanker (@iboredbanker) November 29, 2017
You are really the boss of streets of Mumbai and Social Media.
Hats off!!!!
People are digging how in-touch it makes the department seem.
https://twitter.com/ratkutti/status/935694527284748288
Really like some state police being tech savvy, Mumbai especially.
https://twitter.com/dishi_gahlowt/status/926368188140544000
Count on @MumbaiPolice to always keep up with popular culture.
Here, here!
again, whoever's handling this, GIVE THEM A M'F'ing RAISE https://t.co/TgDtuXkeWf
— Rishi (@rishid_9) November 9, 2017
again, whoever’s handling this, GIVE THEM A M’Fing RAISE