Police in Essex raised a smile as they were filmed blaring out KRS-One’s Sound Of Da Police from their patrol car.

A video shows the marked police car driving through Chelmsford town centre over the bank holiday weekend with the hip hop song playing from a loudspeaker.

An Essex reveller recording the amusing scene can be heard giggling to the song, which has the line: ‘Woop, woop, it’s the sound of the police.’

It was uploaded on to YouTube by Ross Burton on April 22.


Released in 1993, the classic track features lyrics about police brutality and institutionalised racism in the US.

An Essex Police spokesman said: ‘We have viewed the footage and are looking into the matter.’