MUSKEGON, MI - A video which appears to have been taken by a Muskegon resident showing two Muskegon Police Department officers in uniform playing football with neighborhood children is going viral on Facebook and other social media sites.

Muskegon Director of Public Safety Jeffrey Lewis said Friday, April 17, that he is proud of the two officers and hopes the Muskegon community realizes that it's a reflection of the department as a whole.

Lewis said he had a chance to see the video this morning. The officers in the video, taken around 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 16, are Muskegon Police Sgt. Tim Bahorski and Officer Kevin Kattoula, Lewis said.

"We are pretty impressed," Lewis said. "It shows that there are really a lot of good officers out there."

The city of Muskegon Facebook page also posted the video.

Lewis said he is looking into more details about the events of that evening. He said the officers in the video work the night shift and may have simply wanted to interact with the neighborhood children there.

The video was posted by Jessica Lindsay who appears to be filming the video from her home. Under the video she captioned: "Come outside and this is wht I seen...two Muskegon police officer was plyn football wit the kids."

MLive Muskegon Chronicle was unable to reach Lindsay early Friday. It wasn't clear where in the city the interaction was recorded.

Lewis said he was going to find out later this afternoon.

Heather Lynn Peters covers police and fire, and writes a statewide food column, The Spunky Kitchen, for MLive/Muskegon Chronicle. Email her at hpeters@mlive.com and follow her on Twitter @HLPNEWS.