Teens TP’d police HQ as a prank but least expected the officers hit them back — with a perfectly old-school 90s response
Halloween just went by and the first things that come to mind are trick-or-treating or toilet-paper rolling pranks. Kids are more than keen to get your house all up in the toilet rolls, even if it’s not spooky. This year, the students of the Cleburne County High School took their annual rolling tricks up a notch and targeted businesses, CBS News revealed. Fortunately or unfortunately, they picked the wrong ones. The bold youngsters decided to attack the Heflin Police headquarters and the officers had an unexpected comeback. For ages, kids have loved TP’ing houses.
The main reason these students mentioned was “it’s fun,” while adding, "And then you don't get caught and it's like, this is fantastic.” They weren’t very fortunate with the latter this time…or rather, they just didn’t think it through when they went all out on the police headquarters. While you’re wondering, “What were they thinking?!” The officers took it in stride but had to offer a tough reply. Heflin Police Chief Ross McGlaughn noted, "It was up on the roof, the spare cars we had in the parking lot ... We had to do something.” According to some, TP’ing a house on Halloween is just another prank as part of the trick-or-treat shenanigans. To others, it’s an unacceptable act.
The officers at the headquarters merged both these notions to give a mic-drop reply. They shared a public post on Facebook, calling out the kids and giving them a message. It read, “We think that rolling the police department was a little uncalled for, but as we enter into Halloween season, we don't want to hear any crying when we load up like we are going to serve a search warrant and go full out tactical ninja style old school rolling at your place next month," McGlaughn wrote. The officer even got competitively creative with the revenge plan and added, "We know who you are and while you just put the PlayStation controller down for a week, we are children of the 80s and 90s who perfected this craft years ago."
Speaking of his approach, McGlaughn pointed out, “As long as they're doing this, they're not getting into trouble doing something else. I haven't seen any types of drugs or alcohol involved. You know, I think they're spending all their money on toilet paper.” The students took the response with much enthusiasm. They’re awaiting the “fun” the officers have to offer. "I just think it's good clean fun for everyone, and it's been great for our whole town, the police department and everybody," one student said. As promised, the department carried out its attack a few days later, The New York Post revealed.
With support from locals, permission from parents, in another post, revealing their victorious plot, the officer said, “A convoy of police officers with the help of a few others slid silently through the night. Old school rules were put into place. We would park down the road and approach the target on foot.” He mentioned how it was “every man for himself” as they left their cars out to avoid alerting their targets. “I felt like a general leading troops into battle,” he said. With air drone support and taking full advantage of the police benefits, the officers went all out. The results were shared in pictures.
“My group was kicking butt like a pack of ninjas! Toilet paper hung from the branches of every tree and bush. I was proud of my team. They had 100 percent, absolutely, lived up to every bit of the hype I had talked them into,” McGlaughn wrote. The community also enjoyed this little mission. Beth Struck wrote, “Thanks for making us GenXers proud!” Christy Lundy added, “From a former roller, your attack was Epic!”
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