Canadian Police turns on Facebook’s ‘cat-filter’ while live streaming press conference

RCMP apologizes after accidentally live-streaming press conference on a double murder with Facebook cat filter on

British Columbia’s Royal Canadian Mounted Police (BCRCMP) was left red-faced after someone handling the law enforcement’s social media had accidentally turned on the “cat filter” during live-streaming of a press conference on Facebook about a double murder.

Sergeant Janelle Shoihet, from the RCMP of British Columbia, who was addressing a double homicide matter on Friday blamed “technical difficulties” for the error.

She was giving a briefing about the double murders of American woman Chynna Noelle Deese, 24 and her Australian boyfriend Lucas Fowler, 23, whose bodies were found July 15 on a remote B.C. highway.

In the original coverage on Friday, Shoihet is seen addressing the press conference with pointy pink ears, a kitty’s nose, and whiskers due to the cat filter.

A reporter (Tyler Dawson) used Twitter to alert the police about the cat filter:

The B.C. RCMP are giving a press conference on the two people murdered on the Alaska Highway, and they have the cat ear filter on. pic.twitter.com/j8GvkvKA4u

— Tyler Dawson (@tylerrdawson) July 19, 2019

RCMP response re having cat ears filter on their press conference live cast regarding two people murdered on the Alaska highway #RCMP https://t.co/yaOvgT5mf6

— Mercedes Stephenson (@MercedesGlobal) July 19, 2019

 

Many reacted to the incident and took to Twitter to criticize the force.

One took to the social networking site to write: “Honestly, devastated families are watching these clowns beclown themselves; they’re reliant on them to solve the murders.”

Another said: “Someone at RCMP is missing a few brain cells.”

A third posted: “Boy, this should bring comfort to the families. What a joke.”

While a fourth stated: “This is something they should’ve checked when doing a presser on murder.”

The BCRCMP later apologized over the gaff and said in a Twitter post: “Yes we are aware and addressing it as it’s an automatic setting. Thank you, we will rectify and issue a video shortly.

The news conference was re-recorded without the cat filter and the new version was posted to Facebook on Friday.

Last month, a similar incident had occurred in Pakistan when a volunteer had accidentally activated the Facebook’s “cat filter” during live broadcasting of a press conference by Pakistani regional minister Shaukat Yousafzai.

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