Yes. Seriously. CNN reports.
The Braintree Police Department asked the community to put a pin in crime until the heat wave passes in a Facebook post Friday.
“It is straight up hot as soccer balls out there,” the department wrote in
the post, which has racked up more than 106,000 shares since Friday.Yes, a police department really used the phrase “hot as soccer balls.”
The department confirmed to CNN Saturday that the post is, indeed, legit.
The heat is criminal enough. The National Weather Service issued an excessive heat warning for parts of the eastern United States, including Braintree in eastern Massachusetts.
While temperatures in the area could reach 102 degrees, it’ll likely feel even worse: The heat index, or the more accurate temperature your body feels when air temperature and humidity are both factored in, could be as high as 115 degrees, the weather service said.
That’s simply too hot for lawbreaking, Braintree police said.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/20/us/police-department-heat-wave-stop-crime-trnd/index.html