Squatting down in front of the police station and holding your head to take pictures? Media: How can you "fall into a trap" by checking in?
During the May Day holiday, the Pozi Street Police Station in Tianxin District, Changsha, Hunan Province became a place for Internet celebrities to check in. According to reports, many tourists arrived in front of the police station and pretended to be arrested by squatting down and holding their heads. The staff of the police station specially placed a loudspeaker at the gate and kept playing the reminder: "Please check in in a civilized manner. It is strictly forbidden to squat down or hold your head to take pictures. Thank you for your cooperation." Even so, it cannot stop some netizens from continuing to stage funny scenes.
Most people will not go to the police station when nothing happens, let alone check in at the police station. The Pozi Street Police Station came out of the documentary "Guarding Jiefang West". The documentary truly showed the trivial and arduous daily work of the police station. The police strictly enforced the law and had a passionate work attitude, which was deeply loved by the audience. Watching the documentary online is not enough. It is normal for viewers to go to the scene and take photos with the police station sign and the police. The Pozi Street Police Station should also be happy to see such harmonious and pleasant police-citizen interactions.
There is nothing wrong with tourists posing and taking a few photos at internet celebrity check-in points, but performing squatting and bundling their heads at the entrance of the police station is very unserious. Squatting down and holding your head is an action that the police require criminal suspects to do to prevent resistance or escape, so doing this action is not a glorious thing. Taking photos and clocking in as a criminal suspect and recording one's "ugliness", isn't it just making fun of the law?
Grassroots police work hard and handle many disputes and cases every day. Not only do tourists gather to take photos, which affects the order of the police office, but groups of netizens squatting down and holding their heads also show disrespect for the work of the police. If tourists take photos of squatting and holding their heads and post them online, it will also create bad guidance and may lead to larger-scale followers. In addition, Pozi Street Police Station is located in a bustling business district with a large flow of people. Tourists occupy the road and can easily block traffic.
There must be standards when taking photos and rules when checking in. According to reports, in 2021, the Hunan Public Security Bureau specially released a tweet "Unlocking the correct check-in posture at the Pozi Street Police Station" to demonstrate how to take photos and check-in correctly, and to remind tourists not to make illegal actions. In 2022, a sign was erected at the entrance of the Pozi Street Police Station to remind tourists to check in in a civilized manner. During the May Day holiday, the police station also placed a loudspeaker to remind tourists. Regrettably, as can be seen from the photos and videos on the Internet, many netizens still knowingly squatted down and held their heads in front of the Pozi Street Police Station to take pictures. Ignoring the police's well-intentioned and serious reminders and imitating others is also a kind of "self-indulgence".
The police station does not need such irrational traffic, and police work cannot withstand such disorderly disruption. Disrespecting the seriousness and professionalism of the police profession and using entertainment for fun is undoubtedly a bad way of checking in. In the face of followers who follow the trend and an organized team of Internet celebrities, we must not only persuade and guide them, but also have certain disciplinary measures. For those tourists who occupy the entrance of the police station for a long time and whose personal behavior affects the normal work of the police station, the police should deal with them in accordance with the law and regulations.
It's really not a good idea to squat down and hold your head while clocking in at the police station. Stand up and raise your head to see a more beautiful scenery.