Party picture from Swedish Police, gives very mixed reactions on social media.

[Crispin]

The police in Huddinge, south of Stockholm, posted a few pictures from a party on their facebook page, one of them was this





https://m.facebook.com/Polisen.Huddinge/

Replies ranges from "wtf no wonder you get no respect!" To "great youre having fun, youre the best!"

What do you think? Was it a bad idea to show the pictures on their public fb page?

[Socialhealer]

oh no police officers are having fun when not at work.

[Deleted]

Retarded police.

oh no police officers are having fun when not at work.

Keep that stuff on your private facebook if it's not related to your job, don't use the public police facebook account for that shit.

[Konteil]

i think its nice for people to see these guys are people too. i think most oftedn all they see is the badge and they get treated as just a badge. no decency as a human being anymore.

[Lenonis]

Keep that stuff on your private facebook if it's not related to your job, don't use the public police facebook account for that shit.

Eh, I don't know about that. Part of the police job is community outreach and being viewed as accessible and approachable. Showing that they can be relaxed and have fun could be some brand building effort that is very much related to being able to do their job.

[Deleted]

Eh, I don't know about that. Part of the police job is community outreach and being viewed as accessible and approachable. Showing that they can be relaxed and have fun could be some brand building effort that is very much related to being able to do their job.

They're showing themselves to be a joke instead of showing themselves as accessible and/or approachable.

[Deleted]

Eh, I don't know about that. Part of the police job is community outreach and being viewed as accessible and approachable.

I agree. I don't think there is anything wrong with that picture.

[Lenonis]

They're showing themselves to be a joke instead of showing themselves as accessible and/or approachable.

Well...that's your opinion. Not quite sure why this indicated to you that they are incapable of doing their job.

Other people would see this, laugh, and feel more comfortable that the police they rely on are actual people who can have a bit of fun.

Of course this could be entirely cultural -- the police in the US have a very very bad reputation. Might be different in your neck of the woods.

[Socialhealer]

They're showing themselves to be a joke instead of showing themselves as accessible and/or approachable.

a joke? what they're not being manly enough? should they be drinking beers and beating people? and arm wrestling?

[Deleted]

Of course this could be entirely cultural -- the police in the US have a very very bad reputation. Might be different in your neck of the woods.

"Cultural"? No, it's not cultural, they're a joke, that's what it is. The police are supposed to be a professional group, their facebook account should be used for professional matters - not what they do in their own free time. The police are not supposed to be your friends, they are there to ensure that laws are being followed and that people who break the law are arrested.

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a joke? what they're not being manly enough? should they be drinking beers and beating people? and arm wrestling?

I wouldn't care if they had posted it on their own personal facebook profiles, they shouldn't be using the official police facebook profile for their free time endeavors.

[Socialhealer]

I wouldn't care if they had posted it on their own personal facebook profiles, they shouldn't be using the official police facebook profile for their free time endeavors.

nono you do care, as you said they're a joke, why are they a joke? i mean what if they were in uniform in free time, what exactly is your problem with this.

[Dug]

Just a silly photo I see nothing wrong with it.

[Deleted]

"Cultural"? No, it's not cultural, they're a joke, that's what it is. The police are supposed to be a professional group, their facebook account should be used for professional matters - not what they do in their own free time. The police are not supposed to be your friends, they are there to ensure that laws are being followed and that people who break the law are arrested.

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I wouldn't care if they had posted it on their own personal facebook profiles, they shouldn't be using the official police facebook profile for their free time endeavors.

The local police facebook account isn't something "official" they can post whatever they like on it. Personally I think this is a good idea, makes people see the faces behind the uniform. We have had a lot of problem recently where young kids are made to hate the police, criminal groups demonizing the uniform. If youngsters knows who the police are it is easier for them to relate with the officers and see past just the uniform.

Ofcourse angry internet idiots who never spend any time outside of their flat won't relise this, you just want your burly strong officer to go back to beating up the hippies right?

[Lenonis]

The police are not supposed to be your friends, they are there to ensure that laws are being followed and that people who break the law are arrested.

Ever think that attitudes like this are why people dislike and fear the police? Police want to be viewed as approachable so they get cooperation in investigations and have people not afraid to bring potential law violations to their attention.

Unless you want the police to be like the military -- in which case I think you have a very frightening vision of what society should be like.

[Deleted]

nono you do care, as you said they're a joke, why are they a joke? i mean what if they were in uniform in free time, what exactly is your problem with this.

Read what she wrote.

[Crissi]

I love this. STuff like this does serve an actual use, in that it gets people to regard the police as just another normal human instead of KILL MACHINES to be feared.

[Deleted]

I see no problem with them having a laugh. They dont want a rep for being macho, they want to come across as normal people.

[Socialhealer]

Read what she wrote.

i did but she's not really explaining why they are a joke, police can't post pictures of themselves outside of work? they have to be ultra serious and terrifying?

also seeing replies on this thread so far it seem she is in the minority and most people are happy with this.

[Manabomb]

Retarded police.



Keep that stuff on your private facebook if it's not related to your job, don't use the public police facebook account for that shit.

Yes, because we should have to hide literally anything that labels as us "different" from the socialized norm.

What and whom is it exactly harming that the police posted his photo? A few sexist morons trying to shit on fun? Yeah, that's what I thought. We already have plenty of people like you in the world, so a few more shitting on fun won't hurt in the long run.

[Deleted]

nono you do care, as you said they're a joke, why are they a joke?

What part of that post was hard for you to understand?