Officers and K-9 doing pushups help remind residents to lock their doors

One Alabama police department is getting a lot of attention with its latest 9 p.m. routine reminder post on social media.

Law enforcement agencies across the nation have begun using social media to help prevent residential and vehicle burglaries with daily posts at 9 p.m. reminding their residents to lock their doors. But some departments are having fun with their #9PMRoutine posts.

“K-9 Nitro, Officer Cowan and Officer Hancock are getting warmed up and ready to apprehend any bad guys that break the law!” the post said.

As of 8:45 p.m. Tuesday, the Facebook post had more than 135,000 views, more than 1,800 likes and had nearly 5,200 shares.

This story was originally published November 21, 2017 at 8:51 PM with the headline "Officers and K-9 doing pushups help remind residents to lock their doors."