The Fairfax County Police Department’s social and public affairs division was struck by a recent social media trend they came across while monitoring for relevant information.
Other police agencies had been using a pointer stick to highlight key moments in an officers’ dash camera footage in the seconds before a crash happened. It’s something they immediately wanted to replicate.
So, Katie Hayek, the department’s director of communications, jumped on the trend and bought a long pointer stick topped with a white gloved hand similar to the one worn by Mickey Mouse. Officer Katie Watts, in her tenth year with the Northern Virginia agency, had all the inspiration she needed…