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    Policeman ‘chased himself’ for 20 minutes while looking for suspect

    By Adam Parris-Long | Yahoo! News – Tue, Feb 7, 2012

    A police officer chased himself for more than 20 minutes whilst on the look out for someone “acting suspiciously”, it has been revealed.

    The officer chased himself while attempting to find a suspect spotted on CCTV.The probationary officer, from Sussex Police, was undercover checking out an area that had been hit by a spate of burglaries when he was alerted by CCTV operators to a nearby suspect. Unaware that the suspect was himself, the officer set off to track them down – chasing his own tail for more than 20 minutes.

    The mistake was only realised after a sergeant inside the CCTV control room recognised the young officer, prompting mass hilarity. The pursuit came to light after a senior officer spoke of the incident to 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.

    Sussex Police also managed to see the funny side of the incident. “Policing is often a serious business, so we all enjoy moments of light relief,” a spokesperson said.

    “This story was shared anonymously with the Police Federation magazine, so unfortunately without the date or location, confirming the details and locating the officer is harder for us than it was for the CCTV operator.”

     
    • Merlin
      Merlin  •  Tamworth, England  •  3 months ago
      The story itself should have a thumbs up button. Brilliant! Made me smile
    • Rob
      Rob  •  Ilford, England  •  3 months ago
      Simple Mistake. Anyone who has not had a real good laugh at work due to something daft happening is in a very boring job. Good for morale and shows the police are just ordinary people.
      • Paige
        Paige 3 months ago
        with extra-ordinary power
    • carla
      carla  •  Liverpool, England  •  3 months ago
      Brilliant! nice to see they had a bit of a laugh at themselves
      • Peter Alex
        Peter Alex 3 months ago
        Total and utter unadulterated bolloxology if you ask me.
      • Adam
        Adam 3 months ago
        Nobody did ask you though did they Peter??
      • Pogo
        Pogo 3 months ago
        Yeah shut the F*** up Peter.
    • Cameron
      Cameron  •  3 months ago
      thats a bit like sending the new boy for 'a long stand' or 'tartan paint' lol
      • Young man
        Young man 3 months ago
        How about sending the new boy to B&Q for a box of bubbles for a spirit level?
      • Caldo
        Caldo 3 months ago
        Tub of elbow grease.
      • Desmond
        Desmond 3 months ago
        a good factory one is to send the new youngsters in to the girls sales office for fallopian tubes
    • BazBoy
      BazBoy  •  3 months ago
      At least there was a copper opn the ground, instead of merely watching on the screen.
    • Val
      Val  •  Cambridge, England  •  3 months ago
      Lovely human story, nice to hear something that has a funny rather than violent ending
      • donna
        donna 3 months ago
        made me smile...poor sod....:)
      • simon
        simon 3 months ago
        I agree Val. things aren't always bad.
      • Madge
        Madge 3 months ago
        i would have loved to hear how he tazed himself
    • Ken W
      Ken W  •  Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea  •  3 months ago
      Humour, at last. It hurts no one and it lightens the day. Those of us over 40 ish have all been the butt of such things and if it makes people laugh, it is better than making people angry or sad, there is too much of those in this world
      • Linda
        Linda 3 months ago
        I quite agree, reckon in a few years no-one will have a sense of humour.
      • Taffy
        Taffy 3 months ago
        In a few years? That long really? I thought it was closer than that.
        Ha! Ha! Ha!
    • Wombat
      Wombat  •  3 months ago
      To all the pompous blimps on this thread saying 'why aren't the police doing more?' etc, etc. Lighten up - if you cannot see the funny side of this then you have no sense of proportion.
    • Richard
      Richard  •  Bromsgrove, England  •  3 months ago
      Then spent the rest of the night doing the paper work
    • Williams
      Williams  •  London, England  •  3 months ago
      It wasn't his fault mind. It was the CCTV operator that was to blame.
    • Joshua
      Joshua  •  Chesterfield, England  •  3 months ago
      Shouldn't the clot behind the camera have said what the "suspect" was wearing? Might have figured it out sooner
    • Nan
      Nan  •  3 months ago
      Love it. Bet he wishes all his jobs have such a happy ending.
    • Emmie
      Emmie  •  3 months ago
      Nice to read something light hearted for a change on here lol
    • phantom reader
      phantom reader  •  3 months ago
      it reminds me of being in the scouts being sent to see someone and being told to ask for along (wait) i thought i was to help pick up a long weight and help them carry it back to camp and i stood sanding there waiting and waiting then the penny droped and i was a wind up.i bet thay where all in on it him being the new boy, mind you it not pc but its grate fun yet we are now told it was not a nice thing to do, this use to go on a lot in the good old days before the pc rubbish and health and safety rules came in an you became robots
    • DAVID BENJAMIN
      DAVID BENJAMIN  •  Milton Keynes, England  •  3 months ago
      It could have been worse, they could have send another police officer out to chase this one.
    • Time for Change
      Time for Change  •  London, England  •  3 months ago
      He was taking directions from the numpy sat at the camera, everyone of us would have followed those instructions if that was our job, nothing to do with being a rookie.
    • sharon
      sharon  •  Norwich, England  •  3 months ago
      HE'S BEHIND YOU lol nice to read a story that made me laugh for a change.
    • Gordon
      Gordon  •  3 months ago
      Chief Constable before he knows it .
    • Mr Joe Public
      Mr Joe Public  •  3 months ago
      sounds like thay set up the probationary officer.
    • BeoW
      BeoW  •  3 months ago
      So isn't it really the CCTV operator's fault? Particularly so if he/she didn't describe to the undercover cop about the "mysterious suspect's" clothing & merely mentioned that there was "someone" behaving suspiciously?
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