--- title: Colorado Deputy Does ‘Whip/Nae Nae’ in Elevator Viral Video description: A video of a Colorado deputy dancing to rapper Silentó’s “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” inside an elevator has gone viral. canonical: https://time.com/4201415/el-paso-sheriff-whip-nae-nae/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-31T14:58:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:29:29.672Z og:title: Watch a Sheriff’s Deputy Do the ‘Whip/Nae Nae’ to Celebrate His Retirement og:description: He's so excited he's dancing in the elevator og:url: https://time.com/4201415/el-paso-sheriff-whip-nae-nae/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch a Sheriff’s Deputy Do the ‘Whip/Nae Nae’ to Celebrate His Retirement twitter:description: He's so excited he's dancing in the elevator twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch a Sheriff’s Deputy Do the ‘Whip/Nae Nae’ to Celebrate His Retirement > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Jan 31, 2016 2:58 PM UTC  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Jan 31, 2016 2:58 PM UTC A video of a [Colorado deputy dancing](https://www.facebook.com/EPCSheriffsOffice/videos/vb.1510079609280352/1669313240023654/?type=2&theater) to rapper Silentó’s “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” inside an elevator has gone viral. The footage of El Paso County Sheriff’s Deputy Tony Scherb busting a move in his bright orange button-down has been viewed nearly 3 million times since the sheriff’s office posted it Friday. The hilarious video was created to honor Scherb, who retired after 29 years of service, [authorities said](https://www.facebook.com/EPCSheriffsOffice/photos/a.1511846685770311.1073741828.1510079609280352/1669697106651934/?type=3&theater). In the 3-minute video, Scherb inspires other colleagues to break out their best dance moves inside the elevator, but they straighten up and put on serious faces when their boss walks in. **_Read next:_** [**_The 10 Richest Women of All Time_**](http://time.com/money/4153560/10-richest-women-all-time/) The outgoing deputy let loose after earning a reputation from his peers and supervisors as “being highly professional,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement. “Tony has been a valued member of the Sheriff’s Office for so many years and a personal friend to many of us,” the statement said. “We are going to miss him and we wish him the very best.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4201415/el-paso-sheriff-whip-nae-nae/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4201415/el-paso-sheriff-whip-nae-nae/"},"headline":"Watch a Sheriff’s Deputy Do the ‘Whip/Nae Nae’ to Celebrate His Retirement","datePublished":"2016-01-31T14:58:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:29:29.672Z","description":"He's so excited he's dancing in the elevator","url":"https://time.com/4201415/el-paso-sheriff-whip-nae-nae/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4201415/el-paso-sheriff-whip-nae-nae/","name":"Watch a Sheriff’s Deputy Do the ‘Whip/Nae Nae’ to Celebrate His Retirement"}}]}] ```