When I think about the police, I usually think about sly highway patrol cars perched at the edge of interstates just waiting to nab me for speeding.
What I don’t think of is hilarious tweets. But a police department’s Twitter account might be about to change that.
The city of Lawrence is the sixth largest in Kansas, boasting about 88,000 people. What they are lacking in a skyline, however, their police department more than makes up for with an absolutely hilarious Twitter game.
For instance, they are more than willing to throw shade at tailgaters,
Officer Fry is playing real life Mario Kart in a bit, so don't tailgate us pic.twitter.com/0g9MHJrLhl
— Lawrence Police (@LawrenceKS_PD) January 22, 2017
And be open about the more disappointing parts of being a cop.
Sometimes it's disappointing when you go stealth mode to sneak up on a burglar and they aren't burgling. All's well that ends well.
— Lawrence Police (@LawrenceKS_PD) January 22, 2017
Any awkward conversations are totally fair game for social media.
"Officer Wisdom, what kind of cases do you like to work?"
"I like to do drugs"#NoContext— Lawrence Police (@LawrenceKS_PD) January 22, 2017
And if you do the crime, be prepared to do the time…with internet shaming, that is.
Contrary to some belief, you do in fact need BOTH headlights to legally drive pic.twitter.com/gaLxro1iWZ
— Lawrence Police (@LawrenceKS_PD) January 22, 2017
They even leak some super top secret stuff!
On a special recon mission… pic.twitter.com/ExVo0gyvj1
— Lawrence Police (@LawrenceKS_PD) January 22, 2017
And giving us a look into what cops do when they are bored.
Now that we have some time to kill, anyone get ripped off by their drug dealer and wanna report them?
— Lawrence Police (@LawrenceKS_PD) January 22, 2017
With some A+ sure-fire tips too!
Clearing the crash. Pro tip #2 of the night: your car is not supposed to touch other cars #LKPDTweetalong
— Lawrence Police (@LawrenceKS_PD) January 22, 2017
Pro tip no. 3 of the night. If you're under 21, don't hand an officer a fake and try to pass it off as yours. It only makes it worse
— Lawrence Police (@LawrenceKS_PD) January 22, 2017
Wait, we need to revise. No matter your age, giving a fake ID to an officer will complicate your night
— Lawrence Police (@LawrenceKS_PD) January 22, 2017
This stuff is seriously funny:
The bars downtown are packed. We're gonna do a couple walk throughs to let everyone know to be chillllll tonight #LKPDTweetalong
— Lawrence Police (@LawrenceKS_PD) January 22, 2017
Out on a possibly wanted person call. Snuck up all sneaky like.
— Lawrence Police (@LawrenceKS_PD) January 22, 2017
This person may be wanted by someone, but not the law.
— Lawrence Police (@LawrenceKS_PD) January 22, 2017
And they really, REALLY wanted to go an entire night without a bar fight:
Lawrence has successfully gone 0️⃣1️⃣ days without a fight at bar closing time.
— Lawrence Police (@LawrenceKS_PD) January 22, 2017
Ok Lawrence. All you have to do is walk out of the bar and get home safely. Don't. Stop. To. Punch. Other. People. We can do this!
— Lawrence Police (@LawrenceKS_PD) January 22, 2017
Way to go everyone! We did it! But we lost a stop sign to a drunken pedestrian https://t.co/WabYGRQhss
— Lawrence Police (@LawrenceKS_PD) January 22, 2017
Which they were SO close to accomplishing:
We spoke too soon. Lawrence has successfully gone 0️⃣0️⃣days without a fight at bar closing time. Ugh.
— Lawrence Police (@LawrenceKS_PD) January 22, 2017
Check out all their tweets on Twitter!
If you have to blow into a Tostitos bag to know if you're intoxicated, for the love of all that is holy, DO NOT DRIVE https://t.co/gnTcIIL7Oj
— Lawrence Police (@LawrenceKS_PD) January 26, 2017
While the Police Department is ordinarily very funny, when they have to post some serious or grave news on social media, they revert to a very business-like tone.
They are def the funniest police department of all time! 
