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But when the Bexar County, Texas, Sheriff's Office boasted that Mena had \"a mean lip sync not many can beat,\" others in law enforcement in the state and elsewhere took that as a bit of a challenge.

#lipsyncbattle Here we go @SheriffChody @BexarCoSheriff @SATXPolice I now challenge @PfChiefRobledo @PhippsChief @JPDChiefTaylor @KVUE @JenniL_KVUE pic.twitter.com/j2Mi5kSTTV

— Leonard Cantu (@ChiefCantu111) June 27, 2018

Enter performances from officers from San Antonio, Laredo, Austin and other cities across the country. Hashtag: LipSyncBattle.

\"People get to see another side of the officers and the not-so-serious side that everybody perceives it to be when you're talking to an officer or you're communicating with one,\" Mena told ABC News. \"It lets the younger generation know that OK, it's OK to go up to an officer and just say, 'Hi.' That way they know that we like to have a good time too.\"

#LipSyncBattle continues....this time with one of our own. K9 Quelle let the big dogs out on this one!! The best K9 lip sync yet!!!???? Good job HOUSTON!! #K9s4COPS #K9s4KIDS #LEOLipSyncBattle pic.twitter.com/r1OVxQ99aR

— K9s4COPs (@K9s4COPs) June 29, 2018

Mena said that while he thought that other officers would participate from his county, he had no idea others from across the state and the U.S. would post their own videos.

\"I am extremely glad that other officers from different agencies -- I've even seen some firemen -- get involved. I think it's great. I think it helps the morale and I think it helps with communities and law enforcement coming together,\" he said. \"I want to challenge every other department out there throughout the country to get involved and have one of their officers lip sync and see where it goes.\"

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