# NC Sheriff's office offers Valentine's Day 'special' for exes

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**Created:** [February 13, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nc-sheriffs-office-offers-valentines-day-special-for-exes/932858 "2021-02-13T20:54:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nc-sheriffs-office-offers-valentines-day-special-for-exes/932858/1 "2021-02-13T20:54:29Z")

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just seen this as I was browsing the news pages on MSN

[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/sheriffs-office-offers-valentines-day-special-for-exes/ar-BB1dDvQP?ocid=SK2DDHP](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/sheriffs-office-offers-valentines-day-special-for-exes/ar-BB1dDvQP?ocid=SK2DDHP)

You know there’s a few spurned lovers that’s gonna take them up on this …

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**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nc-sheriffs-office-offers-valentines-day-special-for-exes/932858/2 "2021-02-13T21:46:21Z")

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Maybe the most fascinating part of the article is:

> Some reactions to the post praised the idea as brilliant and hilarious, and one person suggested whoever came up with the idea deserves a raise. The News & Observer of Raleigh reports others did not find it funny. “Nothing like making a joke about people’s freedom!!” one commenter posted.

There have been no end of law enforcement stings – some very creative, some very clever, and some so scaldingly obvious as to make it _almost_ embarrassing to be a dumb criminal.

I wonder if the Hallmark Channel will buy the rights to the story for this one. Made for television, indeed.

[ISTR a Valentine’s Day from my distant past that _did_ involve a pair of handcuffs … but I digress]