WHO said cops don’t have a sense of humour?

A belligerent man in a cheap chicken suit who flips a Northern Territory police officer the bird is the star of a hilarious new video urging partygoers to behave at an upcoming music festival.

And take our word for it, unlike most government-funded attempts at humour, this one is actually funny.

media_camera The police officer confiscates the giant bird’s alcohol.

With a nod to The Simpsons’ Troy McClure, and with the aid of the giant chicken suited man, Senior Constable Dean Elliot urges Darwin’s Bass in the Grass festival attendees not to bring booze, do drugs, try to climb fences in or out of the grounds or to try forging tickets.

media_camera Belligerent bird then responds by flipping him the bird. Standard behaviour.

But ultimately, the message from Sen Constable Elliot, the self-titled “TV legend and instructional guru” you may remember from such police instructional videos as How to Run an RBT station, is a simple one.

“Don’t be a cock,” he says, standing alongside the man in the chicken suit.

The antagonistic and aggressive chicken — a chook version of Plucka Duck, cleverly named Richard — is seen dragging itself over an empty stage with heavy beats playing, as if very, very high.

media_camera The apparently very, very high bird tries to snatch back his drugs from Sen Constable Elliot.

Sen Constable Elliott catches the fowl with a bag of drugs, which the recalcitrant chook tries to grab back off him, as well as confiscating a bottle of grog in a brown paper bag the bird tries to take into the festival grounds.

The latter move prompts the chook to flip him the bird.

media_camera Sen Constable Elliot tackles the bird to the ground as he tries to escape over a fence.

Sen Constable Elliot also takes the chook down in a running tackle as he attempts to climb a fence, in a clever demonstration that people should not try sneaking in or out of the festival grounds.

He also warns against forging tickets, with a cleverly disguised, “legit ticket”.

media_camera Totes legit.

The NT Police force has long been known for its sense of humour but media units in other states and territories have been jumping on board the humour train in recent years, with GIFs, memes and other social media bells and whistles being used in a bid to outdo each other with public service announcements.

However, it is believed the NT force is the first to warn “don’t be a cock”.

The video has apparently resonated. As of Wednesday, it had clocked up more than 10,000 views.

Originally published as Hilarious cops video says ‘don’t be a c**k’