Road House is reportedly teaching the NYPD how to be nice during beatings

The clip in question finds Swayze’s bouncer guru giving his employees the three simple rules of keeping an orderly nightclub and/or major metropolitan area—chiefly, learning to “be nice, until it’s time to not be nice.” In the movie, Patrick Swayze tells his goons he will “let you know” when that time is. It’s not clear whether the NYPD also plans to hire its own Patrick Swayzes for that purpose, or just maintain its current policy of “when they’re black.”

Surprisingly for a group that is normally so open to listening, the Post suggests the NYPD officers have resisted the Road House clip by “smirking and stifling laughter”—which certainly doesn’t sound like the actions of anyone who’s watching Road House. But Mayor Bill de Blasio has denied those reports, arguing that the retraining program would have “a transcendent effect,” much like seeing Road House in any context.

Elsewhere, NYPD commissioner Bill Bratton called the Post’s article “incredible misinformation,” saying the majority of officers said in a survey that they found the training useful, but notably refusing to confirm whether Road House was part of it. No doubt this is to maintain secrecy around the soon-to-be-implemented procedure of keeping the peace by ripping people’s throats out, while also helpfully reminding suspects they’re questioning that pain don’t hurt.