North Haven police removed a post on Facebook after people called it racist.
Police said the post was part of a campaign to remind residents to lock their car doors nightly called "#9pmroutine".
On Jan. 14, Omar Devone Little, a fictional character on the HBO series "The Wire", was the post for "#9pmroutine".
"Fans of HBO's The Wire (sic) know that when OMAR is coming your doors better be locked #9pmroutine," The caption with the photo read.
Celebrities, popular people in the news and even Santa Claus were depicted in some of these Facebook campaign posts, North Haven police said.
"Evidently, some individuals perceived that this posting was racist and they had anonymously complained," North Haven police said on Friday.
The town's first selectman requested the post be removed.
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"The North Haven Police Department does not believe this posting was racist and it would not have allowed any #9pmroutine posting if it was in anyway racist, or if it was felt that the posting would be offensive to anyone. The intent of this posting was simply to use a popular TV personality, 'Omar Little of The Wire' to get our nightly message out to the community," the department said.
