Singapore police's video to combat shop theft goes viral
“You’ve seen him in stores and maybe on the streets.”
Teasing with the line above is how the Singapore Police Force introduced on its Facebook page on Sunday a stop shop theft video that has gone viral with over 5,000 likes and more than 4,000 shares as at Monday morning.
“Now, the island’s most recognised cardboard standee is here to tell you that even during this Year of the Goat, you just can’t bleat the law!” the page added, pun fully intended.
The video starts off with a shoplifter walking into a shop shiftily and just as he is about to steal something, a vigilant passerby goes up to him and stops him in the now recognisable “stop” position of the standee with the right hand up.
The same scenario is repeated three more times with the same shoplifter but with different passers-by.
Finally, in the last scene, the handsome police officer of the cardboard standee appears in real life, surprising the shoplifter.
The shoplifter is then handcuffed and taken away, while the vigilant passersby break into song and dance.
Click on the image below to watch the video.
The cardboard standee of the real policeman was unveiled two years ago and has since been seen in supermarkets and shops all over Singapore. It was aimed to deter potential perpetrators, according to its media release.
Now, this is looking to be a baaaaa-d time for bleating the law.
