Viral Photo Shows Pokemon Go Bringing Police, Young People Together
FALL RIVER (CBS) – Nothing brings people together like trying to catch 'em all.
Pokemon Go, in which players use their smartphones to go out and try to catch digital monsters in the real world, is the hottest app on the market.
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And in Fall River, it looks like the game is proving to be a unique way for police to get involved with young people in the community. The department posted a few photos to Twitter Sunday of a police officer and some youths with their phones out, looking for Pokemon.
FRPD and several neighborhood folks hunting Pokemon pic.twitter.com/CUL4orkNpg
— Fall River Police (@FallRiverPD) July 10, 2016
FRPD assisting neighbors with #PokemonGO. Team work !
— Fall River Police (@FallRiverPD) July 10, 2016
#PokemonGO hunt is on, FRPD assisting pic.twitter.com/rKzxAfreG2
— Fall River Police (@FallRiverPD) July 10, 2016
One of the pictures had been retweeted more than 1,000 times in under 24 hours.