The town of Broummana in Lebanon has hired a group of young women as auxiliary police officers for the summer - and dressed them all in shorts.
With their male colleagues still wearing trousers, the issue has caused a stir in the press and on social media.
I'm Pierre Achkar, I'm the mayor of Broummana.
Every year we are trying to make a shock to attract the international media. And to attract the local people and the tourists to Broummana.
It's pretty. People like pretty. Do you want them ugly?
Everything is changing in the world. At a certain time, wearing jeans was vulgar. Women are free: sexy or not sexy, it's a free country.
More at https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-44738752/the-mayor-who-wants-a-sexy-police-force
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