The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary wants everyone to know that it is not responsible for, or affiliated with, the Republican party’s presidential candidate Donald Trump.

The Canadian police department has seen a surge in misdirected attention this week, as social media users discussing the Republican National Convention continue to use the wrong handle on Twitter.

The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary has been fielding a flood of mentions and messages since Monday, when the GOP convention kicked off in Cleveland. The police department's Twitter handle, @RNC_PoliceNL, is the first auto-complete suggestion that comes up for users who type in "RNC."

The U.S. political gathering is using @GOPconvention as its Twitter handle, and the hashtag #RNCinCLE for discussion, which has prompted the confusion.

The police force sent out an exasperated tweet on Monday, acknowledging the anger coming its way.

"And so begins all the mis-mentions to us," RNC Police said.

The police department's social media team typically answers with the message: "We are a Canadian Police Service in Newfoundland & Labrador with no U.S. political affiliations."

Const. Geoff Higdon, who manages the police department's Twitter account, says he tries to answer as many of the misdirected tweets as possible, but he sometimes has to block users when their messages are retweeted too often.

"We've gotten really positive response though, from the users we actually reply to," he told CTV News Channel on Wednesday. "They say, 'Oh, we love Canada, and sorry we're driving you crazy with all this Donald Trump nonsense."

The department has been hit with several angry and vulgar tweets, as well as a few messages of support.

One person appeared to have read the "police" in the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary's Twitter name, and misinterpreted it as a new "Republican GOP 'Peace' force."

Others were amused by the misdirected attention, with many praising the police department's social media team for their patience and humour.

Const. Higdon says he's hoping the attention will die down after the convention has concluded.

"But if not, I'll have to print all the tweets and bring them in a shoebox to Mr. Trump and say, 'I believe these are yours,'" he said.