Teens in Heflin, Alabama, inadvertently started a prank war with the local police, resulting in a “full-out tactical ninja style old school” toilet paper threat.
As is tradition in the small town of Heflin, Halloween season brings out the pranksters at Cleburne County High School. The students set out with rolls of toilet paper and targeted homes, but this year they decided to include many of the town’s businesses in on the fun as well. This included the Heflin Police Department, and the local police weren’t going to accept this kind of prank lying down.
“It was up on the roof, the spare cars we had in the parking lot … We had to do something,” said Heflin Police Chief Ross McGlaughn of the TP “attack.” After the rolling, he took to social media with a good-natured warning to the students who covered the department.
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“Dear school kids of Cleburne County. Homecoming week has finally come to an end. Toilet paper sales have skyrocketed this week, and with the added sales tax revenue, we should all be able to get raises for the new fiscal year. We want to thank you for contributing to our salaries. 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. 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. Good luck in the game tomorrow night, and we will see you next month,” read the September 25 post.
After getting permission from the parents of the students, police set out to enact their “ninja style” revenge on the playful teens. They coordinated an operation that involved officers from multiple jurisdictions and more toilet paper than you could imagine.
The prank war has delighted the locals, who are happy to see young people getting along with law enforcement and engaging in their community rather than isolating in their online lives like many of their peers around the world.
“As long as they’re doing this, they’re not getting into trouble doing something else,” McGlaughn pointed out. “I haven’t seen any types of drugs or alcohol involved. You know, I think they’re spending all their money on toilet paper.”
“I just think it’s good clean fun for everyone, and it’s been great for our whole town, the police department, and everybody,” said one student.
Business owners are even supplying the pranksters around town with free toilet paper rolls, and the students are even selling “insurance” for locations that don’t want to participate in the rolling.
“They call it the Toilet Paper Rapid Response Team,” the police chief explained. “So if you buy their insurance and your yard gets rolled, the youth group will come clean it up for you … So you can buy protection.”
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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