littleroundman
02-08-2012, 12:05 AM
Police officer pursues himself for 20 minutes
Yahoo!7 February 8, 2012, 6:44 am
A police officer has gone on an embarrassing foot chase, pursuing a suspect for 20 minutes.
The only problem was, the suspect he was chasing was himself, Yahoo UK reported.
The police began the pursuit after CCTV operators noticed a man “acting suspiciously” and ordered the officer to track him down.
The area the policeman was patrolling had recently had a spate of robberies, and he began the pursuit of the mystery man down alleys and around the neighbourhood for 20 minutes.
The hilarious mystery was finally solved when a sergeant recognised the probationary officer in the CCTV room.
The comedic blunder was revealed by a senior officer in a magazine published by the Police Federation.
“Every time the man darted in to another side alleyway, the PC was turning immediately into the same alleyway, but every time the CCTV operator asked what he could see there was no trace,” the senior officer revealed.
“It was at this point that the sergeant entered the control room where he recognised the junior officer.
“With the sergeant's sides aching from laughter he pointed out to the PC that the operator had been watching him unaware that he was a plain-clothes officer – thus the PC had been chasing himself round the streets,” he added.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/ (http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/12840492/police-officer-pursues-himself-for-20-minutes/)
Yahoo!7 February 8, 2012, 6:44 am
A police officer has gone on an embarrassing foot chase, pursuing a suspect for 20 minutes.
The only problem was, the suspect he was chasing was himself, Yahoo UK reported.
The police began the pursuit after CCTV operators noticed a man “acting suspiciously” and ordered the officer to track him down.
The area the policeman was patrolling had recently had a spate of robberies, and he began the pursuit of the mystery man down alleys and around the neighbourhood for 20 minutes.
The hilarious mystery was finally solved when a sergeant recognised the probationary officer in the CCTV room.
The comedic blunder was revealed by a senior officer in a magazine published by the Police Federation.
“Every time the man darted in to another side alleyway, the PC was turning immediately into the same alleyway, but every time the CCTV operator asked what he could see there was no trace,” the senior officer revealed.
“It was at this point that the sergeant entered the control room where he recognised the junior officer.
“With the sergeant's sides aching from laughter he pointed out to the PC that the operator had been watching him unaware that he was a plain-clothes officer – thus the PC had been chasing himself round the streets,” he added.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/ (http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/12840492/police-officer-pursues-himself-for-20-minutes/)