Two Police Officers Are Fired for Playing Pokémon Go Instead of Supporting a Robbery

Many of us know what it feels like to dive into a video game and forget about the rest of the world. It’s not a problem if you do it in your spare time, but it’s a problem when you do it during work hours.

This is even more serious when you have an essential job, for example a police officer.

Two agents from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) had to look for new jobs after being fired for working hours.

They were fired in 2017 because They preferred to play Pokémon Go instead of following their boss’ instructions to support their colleagues in an ongoing robbery at a nearby market.

same agents They left the area of ​​crime to hunt Pokemon Go creatures in a different area. What the two policemen forgot is that, while searching for virtual creatures, they were filmed by the patrol car’s camera.

The incident happened a few years ago, but the two officers filed a lawsuit against his dismissal. The argument was that The video recordings violated privacy rules that protect conversations between police officers.

As expected, this objection was rejected. The minutes of the hearing also reveal that the two agents weren’t doing their jobs and were spending all their time hunting Pokémon instead of criminals.