California heat wave prompts unusual police plea: ‘Please stop committing crimes’

In light of the blistering summer heat wave gripping parts of the state, a Northern California police department took to social media on Friday with an unusual request: “Please stop committing crimes.”

“Not forever,” clarified the Woodland Police Department in Yolo County — just until the temperature dips below egg-frying levels.

“It’s currently about 163 degrees outside (give or take a heatstroke), and we’re out here patrolling in what can only be described as mobile saunas cleverly disguised as uniforms,” read the department’s post on Facebook…

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