Published : Aug. 19, 2014 - 14:19
미국 캔자스 시티의 한 경찰관이 동네 어린이들과 “댄스배틀”을 하는 모습이 시민의 카메라에 찍혔다고 외신이 보도했다.
경찰관 크렙스 (26)는 동료와 함께 동네를 순찰하던 도중 크렙스 동료가 아이들에게 크렙스와 댄스배틀을 하면 사탕을 주겠다고 제안했다.
양쪽 곧바로 춤을 추기 시작했지만 승부는 빨리 갈렸다. 크렙스는 “배틀”의 패배자였지만 그는 “좋은 패배”라고 했다.
“춤을 추면서도 내가 지금 거리에서 춤을 추고 있다는 걸 믿을 수 없었다. 하지만 경찰로 일을 시작했을 때 시민들과 친밀한 관계를 형성하는 것이 내 목표였다. 시민들과 친해지면 그들이 어려움에 처했을 때 우리를 부를 확률이 높기 때문이다.”라고 덧붙였다.
(코리아헤럴드 조한나 인턴기자 hnncho@heraldcorp.com)
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Kansas City cop gets schooled in dance-off with neighborhood kids on video
Officer Jeff Krebs‘ partner offered the kids candy if they could beat him.
A Missouri police officer put on an arresting display after he was challenged to beat a group of neighborhood kids at busting a move.
Officer Jeff Krebs was riding around with his older partner when they stopped in a Kansas City neighborhood on Sunday.
Krebs’ partner then offered some area kids Jolly Ranchers candies if they would take part in a dance-off with the 26-year-old officer
The kids and Krebs traded moves back-and-forth while someone recorded the whole thing.
“What I was thinking was, I can‘t believe I’m doing this,” Krebs told KSHB.
Krebs ended up losing the contest but it was certainly a winning effort.
“When I joined the police force I told them I wanted to build rapport with the community because I feel like if we build rapport with them then they are more likely to call us when they need us,” Krebs said.
In a post about the video, the Kansas City Police Department wrote that they might start to consider “including dancing as a course at the Academy.” (UPI)