British Police Send Cheeky Euro 2012 Live-Tweets

Twitter regularly blows up during major sporting events, with fans digitally posting reactions, arguments and wiseacre remarks in response to the real world action. But you don't typically see official law enforcement accounts chiming in with their own two cents.

That's exactly what the Staffordshire Police did during Sunday's Euro 2012 quarterfinal match between England and Italy, though. The central England police department's unexpected stream of sarcastic, partisan tweet-puns became a hit with many fans, and stories of the cheeky posts spread around web the after the match.

England was eliminated from Europe's every-four-years soccer championship on penalty kicks -- the team's cu…
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