CMPD Chosen As Finalist In USA Today’s Lip Sync Challenge

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has made it to the first ever finals of the USA Today lip sync challenge.

The CMPD will face the Flower Mound, Texas, department, which is a suburb of Dallas.  The voting ends Wednesday at noon.

Coincidentally, the Carolina Panthers take on the Dallas Cowboys in week one of the NFL season.

To help your favorite local police department take down another Texas foe, vote here.

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CHARLOTTE, NC — The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is one of four finalists representing the East Coast in USA Today’s bracket for the best lip sync challenge video.

The videos that went viral on social media in recent months are now jockeying to be named the best in the country thanks to a new bracket compiled by USA Today.

Viewers are being asked to vote in the bracket that currently features four departments representing each of the four different areas of the country, including the West Coast, East Coast, Midwest, and South.

The current finalists in the Law Enforcement Lip Sync Challenge bracket and links to their videos are listed below:

West Coast

Seattle Police Department

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department

Orange County Sheriff’s Department

Gilbert, AZ Police and Fire

East Coast

Mechanic Falls, ME Police Department

Harford County, MD Sheriff’s Office

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department

Hampton, VA Police and Fire

Midwest

Sturgis, MI Police Department

Middletown, OH Police Department

Oshkosh Police Department

Dakota County, Wisconsin 

South

Savannah, GA Police Department

Leads, AL Police Department

Bexar County, TX Sheriff’s Office

Flower Mound, TX

So far, more than 70,000 people have voted in the bracket. To cast your vote, click the links provided!