#HaliCop photo now trending as internet meme

A simple photo of a Halifax police officer sitting on the sidewalk with a street busker that swept the internet Friday has been given extended life as an online meme.

Photo started conversation about police interacting with people on human level

Lisa Blackburn CBC News Posted: May 28, 2016 7:46 AM EDT | Last Updated: May 28, 2016

Halifax police officer with street person

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As a community officer, Const. Shawn Currie said it's part of his job to get to know people in the area and help them solve their problems.

A simple photo of a Halifax police officer sitting on the sidewalk with a street busker that swept the internet Friday has been given extended life as an online meme.

By Friday evening, the hashtag #HaliCop was trending on Twitter with the photo of Const. Shawn Currie photoshopped into various locations and situations.

The original photo has been shared hundreds of times since being posted and prompted the discussion about police interacting with people on a human level.

A passerby snapped this photo of Const. Shawn Currie on the sidewalk with a busker on Halifax's Spring Garden Road. (Bruno Baurin/Twitter)

"We're always seen as the enforcer," Currie told CBC's Maritime Noon. "But that [photo] is the every day. We sit in a coffee shop, we sit on a wall wherever it is that we need to have a conversation with someone and it's comfortable."

Late Friday, Halifax Police were enjoying the fun, tweeting how impressed they were with the memes and people's photoshop skills.

The force said Currie would choose his favourite#HaliCop meme on Monday and the winner would get an autographed travel mug.

Hey @amysmithcbc , could #HaliCop be your co-anchor for the evening? pic.twitter.com/CGVn8KG7nV
—@CaptSwiggy

Hali Potter. #HaliCop pic.twitter.com/mjdp9VsEsR
—@Proi_RS

#HaliCop taking the bigger chair to curl up in pic.twitter.com/vLrs1sYGsH
—@HalifaxReTales

Final #HaliCop of the evening. pic.twitter.com/mNNrrsAr8o
—@evilpez4

A little more classical take on #HaliCop pic.twitter.com/iLQ8Bgewxt
—@realfatapollo

ok last one promise #HaliCop @alanayorke pic.twitter.com/rFey935efP
—@poorhaus

#HaliCop is casual second.. Safety first. #PeggysCove pic.twitter.com/GnnhTnTJol
—@thejimpster

#HaliCop pic.twitter.com/f9I92JyZ9Y
—@WindsweptCoast

Tonight's forecast.#HaliCop pic.twitter.com/1gbUpTiOkU
—@evilpez4

Okay, Twitter. Cst. Currie will choose his favourite #HaliCop image on Monday. Winner gets an HRP travel mug signed by #HaliCop himself!
—@HfxRegPolice

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#HaliCop photo now trending as internet meme

Photo started conversation about police interacting with people on human level

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