The Dunwoody Police Department is one of the latest organizations to complete the Mannequin Challenge, which started as a video on Twitter destined to go viral.
The Jacksonville, Florida, teenagers who created the moment-in-time, social media trend on Oct. 26 asked only to share and retweet, not to bring awareness to any issue or organization.
But Dunwoody police officers used the viral challenge as a chance to remind residents to “lock, take and hide” valuables. The video includes an appearance by Channel 2 Action News reporter Mike Petchenik, who covers crime in North Fulton.
Crimes of opportunity are easy to prevent by locking your car, taking your keys and hiding your belongings, police say.
Dunwoody police changed the song often used in the video, choosing "Don't Let Me Down" by The Chainsmokers.
More often, Mannequin Challenge videos use the song “Black Beatles,” by the duo Rae Sremmurd, an act comprised of Swae Lee and Slim Jxmmi.
Their impulsive if not strategic decision to release the single live with their Mannequin Challenge led to others using the song in their videos.
More than 4 million tweets about the #MannequinChallenge have been posted since Nov. 1.
Some took it as a chance to step away from the highly-charged political atmosphere and take a literal break, as The Atlanta Journal-Constitution staff did.
WATCH: AJC staffers take on the #MannequinChallenge
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