YPD offers to ‘test your meth’ in public service announcement

The Yuma Police Department posted a tongue-in-cheek public service announcement Wednesday saying they are willing to ” test your meth ” in a heat advisory.

The Facebook post goes on to say, ” Because we care, the Yuma Police Department is offering free testing of your meth. We will even come to you and test it. For everyone who takes advantage of this offer, we will ensure you get a set of orange jammies , flip flops and a full color 8X10 to share with your family. ”

This public service announcement comes a couple days after a police department in Tennessee warned of ” meth gators ” .

A police department in Tennessee caused quite the stir on social media last week when it posted a warning asking residents to stop flushing drugs down their toilets and sinks because of fears that it could create meth gators .

Now the police are saying the Facebook post wasn’t meant to be taken seriously.

” Let us be perfectly clear: the meth gator was a humorous illustration used to highlight the dangers of flushing drugs and other substances down your toilet, ” the Loretto Police Department wrote on Facebook on Friday. ” Alas, the meth-gator is not real. Let’s say that again: THE METH GATOR IS NOT (at this time) REAL. ”

The department’s police chief was interviewed by media organizations all over the world, the post says, and he also took calls ” from professionals fearing we actually had a meth-influenced gator in our custody. ”