Police are asking kids to stop pulling AI homeless man prank

Separately, would someone please hand The Verge a stylebook?

Round Rock Police Patrol Division Commander Andy McKinney told NBC that it could even “cause a SWAT response.”

The Salem, MA police department summed it up best in a statement saying, “this prank dehumanizes the homeless, causes the distressed recipient to panic and wastes police resources.

With no dateline or prior reference to Texas, apparently Round Rock has been elevated to dateline-city status. Meanwhile, in Salem, Mass., they're slumming it with USPS abbreviations that aren't used in any style I've encountered.

"Police ask kids to stop doing things" has a stellar success ratio.