Law and Order

(Fox News) - The acting chief of the Bangkok police department's Crime Suppression Division is trying to get his own officers to stop showing up late for work, parking in the wrong place, or committing other minor offenses. So offenders will now have to wear pink armbands depicting the face of Hello Kitty — a Japanese symbol of cuteness. The New York Times reports the first attempt — using tartan-colored armbands — failed — because officers actually liked them and took them as souvenirs.

But the threat of making masculine cops wear the pink Hello Kittys seems to be working. As of last week no offenses had been committed that would force officers to wear the dreaded armbands.