Two police officers lost their jobs in Los Angeles Video game, According to a report by Vice.com, they were found playing Pokémon Go on duty and did not respond to a senior regarding the ongoing robbery, for which both were fired and against the recent ruling by the trial court. His petition was rejected.
Los Angeles Police Officer louis lozano And Eric Mitchell To assist in a commanding officer’s response to a robbery has been fired for “deliberately renouncing his duty and playing a game.” pokemon mobile game While on duty.”, official court documents say.
Reportedly, the incident took place in April 2017, but the court recently delivered the final verdict when both appealed against the City of Los Angeles decision and the “administrative mandate challenging the city’s decision to terminate his employment.” filed a petition for But the lower court rejected his petition.
According to the report, the two police officers received a call from a patrol officer in response to a robbery at Macy’s in the Crenshaw Mall in Los Angeles. They were near the location of the robbery, but did not respond and instead fled.
Based on the video and audio evidence, both were eventually fired. Reportedly, he talked about responding to the robbery, but chose not to and, moments later, began chasing Snorlax in the game.
Official court documents say that “for approximately the next 20 minutes, [the in-car monitoring system] holding [Mitchell and Lozano] Discussing Pokémon as they went to various places where virtual creatures were clearly visible on their mobile phones. On the way to the Snorlax location, Officer Michelle alerted Officer Lozano that ‘a totalic bus popped up’.
“After Michelle apparently grabbed the Snorlax – claiming ‘Got ’em – the petitioners agreed to ‘get togettic’ and walked away.”
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