Police Facts

In the US, a court ruled that police departments can legally reject applicants for scoring too high on intelligence tests, after a man was denied a job for being 'too smart.'

Some British police cars carry a teddy bear to console children after an accident.

In 2005, a 12-year-old Ethiopian girl was kidnapped by seven men who intended to force her into marriage. When police and relatives found her a week later, three lions were standing guard around her. The kidnappers were gone. A wildlife expert said the girl's crying may have sounded like a mewing lion cub, which could explain why they protected her instead of attacking. The lions turned and walked back into the forest as the humans approached.

In 2010, police in Belfast, Northern Ireland, used ice cream van music to calm angry teen rioters - and it worked!

In the 80s, a Japanese director released gore movies that were so realistic, he was investigated by the police and had to prove that no one was actually murdered.

The police were called over 90 times during the filming of the movie "Borat."

During an Easter egg hunt in Surrey in 2016, about 30 kids spotted two men sprinting across a field with a police helicopter circling overhead. Without being told, the children lay down in the dirt and formed a giant human arrow pointing the helicopter straight at the fleeing suspects. Both men were caught. The crew landed to thank the kids — and the children shared their own Easter chocolate with them.