--- title: Police Officer Recreates Beyoncé's 'Formation' VIDEO description: A police officer in Virginia has become a viral hit after performing the choreography to Beyoncé's music video for 'Formation.' canonical: https://time.com/4533627/police-officer-beyonce-formation-dance/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-17T20:38:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:42.939Z og:title: Watch a Police Officer Recreate Beyoncé's 'Formation' Dance og:description: He came to slay. og:url: https://time.com/4533627/police-officer-beyonce-formation-dance/ 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 Police Officer Recreate Beyoncé's 'Formation' Dance twitter:description: He came to slay. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch This Police Officer Master Beyoncé's 'Formation' Choreography at a Pep Rally  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 17, 2016 8:38 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 17, 2016 8:38 PM UTC When [Beyoncé](http://time.com/4370269/beyonce-lemonade-love-drought-jay-z/) released the music video for her [hit song “Formation”](http://time.com/4210856/beyonce-formation-download-free-new-single-super-bowl-show/) last February and later gave a [politically-charged](http://time.com/4211434/super-bowl-50-halftime-show-coldplay-beyonce-bruno-mars/) performance of at the Super Bowl, [ protests from people who felt she was attacking police officers by symbolizing federal neglect of black communities followed](http://time.com/4215030/protest-beyonce-super-bowl-new-york-performance/). But police officer Deuntay Diggs might be one of Queen Bey’s biggest fans. Footage of Officer Diggs enthusiastically recreating the exact choreography to “Formation” at a pep rally at North Stafford High School in Virginia last week has gone viral. Diggs, who says he is the first openly gay deputy to serve at the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office [on his personal site](http://www.deuntaydiggs.com/), told [_Buzzfeed_](https://www.buzzfeed.com/keelyflaherty/this-cop-dancing-to-beyonce-is-what-we-all-deserve-this-week?utm%5Fterm=.le7b2YZvO0#.maQNZAWJ3o) that his decision to perform “Formation” came as a result of both his desire to let students know that they should feel free to express themselves and succeed and also to change the conversation surrounding police work. “The reason I’m doing this is to show kids that they can make it, that they can survive, that they can be successful,” he said. “I’ve been very fortunate, at this time when people look negatively upon law enforcement, that I’m able to change that narrative and open up some conversations and engage with people.” Diggs actually learned the choreography two months ago for lip-syncing contest to benefit children, citing that he’s a “huge Beyoncé fan,” but brought it out again for the pep rally last week. Watch his renditions of “Formation” below. > [](https://twitter.com/imxlino/status/786997802341535744) > [](https://twitter.com/hereforthe1D%5F/status/787022317071245312) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4533627/police-officer-beyonce-formation-dance/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4533627/police-officer-beyonce-formation-dance/"},"headline":"Watch This Police Officer Master Beyoncé's 'Formation' Choreography at a Pep Rally","datePublished":"2016-10-17T20:38:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:42.939Z","description":"He came to slay.","url":"https://time.com/4533627/police-officer-beyonce-formation-dance/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Beyonce","Funny","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"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/4533627/police-officer-beyonce-formation-dance/","name":"Watch This Police Officer Master Beyoncé's 'Formation' Choreography at a Pep Rally"}}]}] ```