UK: Police officer 'chased himself'

[Doktor]

The junior officer, who has not been named, was monitoring an area hit by a series of burglaries in an unnamed market town in the country’s south.

As the probationary officer from Sussex Police searched for suspects, the camera operator radioed that he had seen someone “acting suspiciously” in the area.

But he failed to realise that it was actually the plain-clothed officer he was watching on the screen, according to details leaked to an industry magazine.
The operator directed the officer, who was on foot patrol, as he followed the "suspect" on camera last month, telling his colleague on the ground that he was "hot on his heels".

The officer spent around 20 minutes giving chase before a sergeant came into the CCTV control room, recognised the “suspect” and laughed hysterically at the mistake.

CCTV police officer 'chased himself' after being mistaken for burglar - Telegraph
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I would have posted it in the jokes, but seems like ti is real

[bigross86]

One of the idiots in my company did that for a good half an hour with a jeep and an entire alert squad

[bonehead]

I'd give him an "A" for effort but he needs a lecture on working smarter. At least he wasn't asleep at the wheel. That happens all too often.