Overview
- On Oct. 29, the Heflin Police Department, joined by other agencies and community members, toilet‑papered several students’ homes in a planned nighttime response to an earlier prank on police headquarters.
- Chief Ross McGlaughn had warned students on Facebook and said parents granted permission for the operation targeting the Class of 2026.
- Department photos and drone video documented the effort, which rain turned into a soggy scene by morning that drew bemused mockery on social media.
- Local businesses leaned in by setting out free toilet paper as the tradition expanded from a few homes to much of the town this season.
- Students organized a Toilet Paper Rapid Response Team that sells cleanup insurance to residents whose yards get rolled.