Winston-Salem Police Get Funky In Lip Sync Battle: WATCH

WINSTON-SALEM, NC — Apparently peer pressure is a powerful thing for the men and women wearing blue. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers did it, and so did those in Mooresville. Now, cops in Winston-Salem have, too.

Yes, there’s another lip-synching video from a North Carolina police department. Weeks after police departments across the U.S. began rolling out videos, the Winston-Salem Police Department accepted the lip sync challenge and released a video Monday afternoon. It was well worth the wait.

For more than a month, law enforcement agencies around the country have been challenging one another to a lip sync battle in what's turned out to be a fun exercise not just for them but observers as well. The videos have shown a softer side to police.

While many police departments went with perky ditties, such as Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s feel good pop song “Can't Stop The Feeling!" by Justin Timberlake, Winston-Salem went straight to the club, relying on some of the best hip-hop standards to get officers moving. It’s all there, from DJ Kool’s “Let Me Clear My Throat,” Salt-N-Pepa’s “Push It,” Nelly’s “Hot In Here,” and North Carolina’s own Petey Pablo singing “Raise Up,” WSPD officers twerk, grind and put a completely new spin on morning roll call and the doughnut run.

Watch the WSPD lip sync video on Facebook.

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