Knoxville, Tennessee says it has hot cops too in buff badge battle

First it was Gainesville, Florida. Then it was Sarasota police. Now Knoxville, Tennessee is getting into the hot cop fray.

Over the weekend, photos from Gainesville of its hottest, er, finest boys in blue started going viral.

Sarasota Police Department answered the call, with a photo of its own.

Our Emergency Response Team Officers responded to help our friends at the North Port Police Department & North Port Fire...

Posted by Sarasota Police Department on Tuesday, September 12, 2017

So, Knoxville put up the photo of its five best (looking) officers (and yes we're counting the K-9 officer), challenging those on social media to leave a comment and then make a donation in the name of either Gainesville or Knoxville to help Hurricane Irma victims in Florida.

There's no denying the Gainesville Police Department has set the internet on fire with a picture of three of their...

Posted by Knoxville Police Department - TN on Wednesday, September 13, 2017

As of Thursday morning, the photo had more than 13,000 comments, many NSFW.

Other comments are more like bad pickup lines.

Some are sarcastically doubting that the boys in blue are really cops and wondering who gets to choose which officers are featured.

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