During today’s programme we reported on the incredible actions of two police officers who found it more rewarding – and definitely safer – to chase Pokemon characters than real life villains.
Not two surprisingly they got fired and then had the audacity to appeal against their dismissal.
Yes truly the two officers with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) ignored a robbery in progress whilst they played Pokemon Go in their patrol car.
Seemingly the incident occurred on a “busy” Saturday when a call came in about a robbery with multiple suspects in progress at a Macy’s department store.
Rather than responding to the call the officers backed down an alley away from the robbery.
During an initial investigation the officers claimed they could not and did not hear the radio however it later emerged that they had indeed heard the call but had instead decided to ignore the officers responding to the robbery and leave it to them.
Minutes later, the officers concerned, Lozano and Mitchell began talking about Pokemon Go and “for approximately the next 20 minutes, were recorded discussing Pokemon as they drove to different locations where the virtual creatures apparently appeared on their mobile phones”.
During this period the men caught two rare Pokemon, a Snorlax and a Togetic, although it is not clear whether the suspects in the robbery were apprehended by their colleagues.
The DICVS recorded Mitchell exclaiming “got ’em” after catching the Snorlax, and then saying “don’t run away, don’t run away” while Lozano described how he “buried it and ultra-balled” the Togetic Pokemon.
“The guys are going to be so jealous,” he later said, before remarking: “I got you a new Pokemon today, dude.”
The men’s appeal against the termination of their employment was denied and they were found to have lied about missing the radio call for the robbery in progress.
Well there’s a surprise!
In the second hour we reported on another surprising outcome.
We all know that buying a house is one of the biggest investments you’ll ever make.
First off you need to save up for the initial downpayment, so a home loan advisor in the US was excitedly preparing to help a client close a property deal.
Her client, had provided copies of her bank statements for proof of deposit, which revealed she had $38,000 (£28,000) in her bank ready to go but after she re-checked just a week later she was shocked to find that there was just $1,000 left in the account.
Baffled as to where the money had all gone, she called the client to find out what was going on only to be told that the woman had spent all the money on a psychic.
The client explained that she called the psychic to see if the there were good vibes that the deal would go through.
The advisor pointed out that now the money for the downpayment had all gone, and asked how it is going to come back to which the client said that the psychic had assured that although she had no idea where the money would come from all would be well.
However the advisor responded, “I’m going to be honest with you, we’re probably not going to close. We don’t have any money… you spent it all on her.”
As I said, another big surprise!
See you again next week,
Scott
