It looks like Beyoncé’s halftime show is still causing an uproar, as Tampa police officers recently expressed no interest in working at her Formation World Tour stop in the city. The perceived anti-police message of the “Formation” music video and her Super Bowl performance seems to be the culprit, the Washington Times reported. Some police forces are taking extreme measures by boycotting Queen Bey entirely, like this Miami Fraternal Order of Police officer who took to Twitter to show his solidarity against the issue.
#FOP-BOYCOTTS-BEYONCÉ pic.twitter.com/OJaauApbc4
— Miami FOP 20 (@JavierOrtizFOP) February 18, 2016
Although some officers are making quite clear that they want nothing to do with the performance, Steve Hegarty, a spokesman for the Tampa Police Department told the Times: “We’re going to staff it because we have a responsibility to do that regardless of how controversial it might be, who the artist might be or the politician might be…This is a couple of months away, so we’ve still got plenty of time to fill those slots.”
Typically, when officers are not on regular duty, they will work overtime at sporting events or concerts. The concert is supposedly already sold out—typical for Bey—so if no Tampa officials are present, chaos could erupt. There is no word yet on whether or not the Tampa police department will be taken off their scheduled shifts to work the venue or if some off-duty officers will be forced to work the concert, Tampa’s Fox 13 News reports.