Story highlights A raunchy conversation between two cops in a helicopter was inadvertently broadcast

Resident all over Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada, reported hearing the bawdy talk

(CNN) A red-faced Winnipeg Police Department is apologizing over an explicit conversation between two officers overheard by a few residents in Manitoba, Canada.

Well, "overheard" might not be the appropriate term, given that the sexually explicit conversation was actually broadcast over a loudspeaker.

And "a few" residents may be understating it as well, since the loudspeaker was affixed to a helicopter patrolling a wide swath of the city at the time. Residents from several neighborhoods reported hearing the bawdy banter.

Winnipeg police, probably quite eager for the whole thing to blow over, nevertheless owned up to the embarrassing gaff on Tuesday via Twitter.

"#Winnipeg, please accept our sincerest apologies for last night's conversation that was broadcast via Air 1. #whoops."

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