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Many versions of fans jamming to Taylor Swift鈥檚 鈥淪hake it off鈥� have been made.

But a Dover, Del., police dashboard camera that captured聽an officer bopping to the beat聽is not only funny, but is also the latest in a series of efforts to re-humanize police in the wake of the Michael Brown and Eric Garner deaths by police.

鈥淲hile reviewing in-car cameras we tend to see some 鈥榠nteresting鈥� things,鈥� the video introduction reads. 鈥淲e decided to share some of them with you in a new series called Dash Cam Confessionals.鈥�

Actually, the video was planned by Delaware Police Department Public Affairs Officer Mark Hoffman involving Master Corporal Jeff Davis, who knew he was being filmed.

This video is a far cry from previous videos the Dover police department has posted on YouTube, such as the department鈥檚聽ALS Ice Bucket Challenge聽video or its聽鈥淗eroes and Helpers鈥澛燾ompilation.

聽鈥淲e wanted to do something special for our local followers on Facebook after we hit 10,000 followers, so I put a GoPro on the dashboard and figured, what could be funnier than a 48-year-old fat guy jamming to Taylor Swift,鈥� Mr. Hoffman says in a phone interview. 鈥淛eff Davis is kind of the class clown of the force and I knew he鈥檇 be game to do it.鈥�

As it turns out, Officer Davis has four children and his daughter Gabrielle, age 10, is a huge fan of Taylor Swift.

鈥淚 knew all the lyrics long before Mark asked me to do the video because my daughter loves Taylor Swift and 'Shake it Off'鈥檚 been playing non-stop in my house since it came out.鈥�

The video took 45-minutes, two takes and very little editing according to Hoffman.

鈥淚 thought that maybe it would help a little to counter all the bad feelings people have had about police over the past four months,鈥� Davis explains. 鈥淏ut I never, in my wildest鈥�, ever, imagined it would become so popular that almost overnight we鈥檙e getting calls from people in Germany who loved the video.鈥�

In the first 24 hours since posting, the video had more than 250,000 views.

In the aftermath of the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., the death of Eric Garner in a chokehold in New York City police, and other incidents, police department public affairs officers have had to work hard to address negative police stereotypes.

Before Christmas, stories began to flood the media about good deeds being done by law enforcement.聽On Facebook a popular new page 鈥淕ood Deeds Done by Police鈥� appeared.聽

The law enforcement industry publication 鈥淏ehind the Badge鈥� has been loaded with upbeat stories singing the praises of police-driven good deeds.

In聽Tarrant, Ala.聽Helen Johnson was caught stealing eggs to feed her family. However, instead of making an arrest, Tarrant Police Officer William Stacy bought her a dozen eggs. A bystander recorded the good deed on their cell phone.聽The video聽went viral.

In聽Lowell, Mich., police officers gave out holiday gifts instead of traffic tickets.聽

Asked if the department will be releasing another video soon Hoffman says, 鈥淚 know that given this success we should just drop the mic and exit at the top of our game, but we will have more coming in another month or so.鈥�

For his part Davis says that because his fame has happened so fast his daughter is currently unaware of how famous her father has become.

鈥淢y kids are used to me being a goofy, fun-loving guy so she won鈥檛 be surprised,鈥� he says. 鈥淏ut if I know my Gabrielle, she鈥檚 going to be hoping Taylor Swift sends her concert tickets." And apparently this video shoot has been transformative for Davis: "Last time she went to a Taylor Swift concert I dropped her off. But next time, I think maybe I鈥檒l stay and see the show.鈥�