WATCH NOW: Kenosha police officer earns moniker of ‘Dancing Cop’ while taking steps to engage community | Local News

In front of hundreds of onlookers, including other uniformed police officers, Fikejs took to the streets, flanked by members of the drill team.

The dancing policeman

Videos of the parade show him adjusting his belt and bike helmet, making sure everything is intact before mirroring and mostly staying with the rhythm of the troop through the steps, shimmies and leg raises, along with some of his own improvised and neatly syncopated hand gestures before returning to his bike.

Tami Conforti, who announced the parade for community media, said, “He’s done a great job.”

“So in the end I did it like three times. It was strictly just watching, ”said Fikejs. “It was definitely a random, spontaneous thing.”

You could also say he grew up dancing.

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When Fikejs was growing up, his mother owned a dance studio. Even in elementary school he learned different dance styles, including breakdance, hip hop, tap dance and jazz.

“I did all of this through high school and then I did high school sports,” he said. “My mother and sister did all of this (dance). They were all college gymnasts and dancers. So it was always what I grew up with. So, I’m pretty good at recording (moving). We traveled, went to competitions and we went to Nationals for stuff, so I have a little (experience). “