Toronto police make best tweet correction in Twitter history

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Toronto police have a tough job.

We live in a major city, and the daily events faced by police here are unpredictable. Just a quick glance at their social media accounts can show how different every hour is for the Service.

And sometimes, that unpredictability can lead to errors.

On Monday, police were in pursuit of a naked male running near Woodbine Station. But it turns out the man wasn’t fully naked. So police wanted to ensure the public had the correct information. That correction took Twitter by storm, and has generated over 700 retweets and 1000 likes — not the usual amount for a police account.

EXPOSURE:
Woodbine Subway
-Naked man running down street
-Correction: he is wearing socks
-He has now entered Woodbine subway
-On subway platform#GO3132226
^dh

— Toronto Police OPS (@TPSOperations) December 5, 2017

While the world never got a final update on the sock-wearing naked runner, hopefully he was reunited with his shoes.

For now, the man (and Toronto police) left us with the gift of these tweets:

Thanks for the clarification, I’ll be in the look out for the naked guy with socks. Instead of the naked guy without socks.

— MEOW.ITSSARAH (@SarahBear07) December 5, 2017

Roger that. Can we get a colour on the socks?

— Brent (@BrentMc482) December 5, 2017

That correction tho 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

— Whisky Jean (@Whisky_Jean) December 5, 2017

God forbid anyone should streak without foot protection in autumn.

— Patchouli Woollahra (@PatchouliW) December 5, 2017

It is a bit brass monkey out there with the wind chill. (His mom will be glad he’s remembered his socks).

— sadderthinker (@oldscotcan) December 5, 2017

Well, where he is wearing the socks matters!

— Minor Leaguer (@Minor_Leaguer) December 5, 2017

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— Whisky Jean (@Whisky_Jean) December 5, 2017

But, there is a fine for not wearing footwear in the TTC. So maybe he was actually just avoiding the hefty $235 fine.

Nakedness is not fineable by any TTC policies but there’s a $195 #TTC fine for failure to wear footwear. The guy can ride! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

— Popcorn’Scratch-Pad (@Popcorns_Views) December 5, 2017

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