Video released of LAPD ignoring robbery to catch Togetic in Pokémon Go

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• norbert@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It's worth noting this happened 6 years ago both of the cops were fired.

  Listening to the audio and reading transcripts is hilarious. These guys are like a couple teenagers riding around discussing Pokemon, just completely ignoring their superiors trying to contact them on radio asking why they didn't respond, it's wild.

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  • FoundTheVegan@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The question is, what has happened in the LAPD from this exact event occurring again? This amount of negligence and selfishness is absolutely still happening.

    Hell, the fact that it took SIX YEARS to get this footage is damming all by itself. I want to be amused by the childish nature of this all, but goddamnit does the whole situation make me angry.

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    • abhibeckert@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      At the end of the article it says they were fired.

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  • dantheclamman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I find it doubly hilarious because of the journalist’s years-long quest to obtain the footage

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  • WalrusDragonOnABike@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    6 years ago? Was togetic's catch rate still bugged them? It was practically uncatchable at launch (only crit catches worked)

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    • DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Asking the important questions.

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    • Zoomboingding@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I don’t think it was bugged for that long, something like a couple weeks

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• 30mag@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  this should be posted in nottheonion if it isn’t already

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  • LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Should be posted in GuessIfOnionOrReal

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    • 30mag@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The absolute state of this country…

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• Hotdogman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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• magnetosphere@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Murder is acceptable, but driving recklessly to catch a Pokémon is what really gets cops fired.

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  • fiat_lux@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    On camera. It's not the driving or pokemon catching, it's the embarrassment and extra work they've caused their managers.

    Murder is acceptable, ruining the Chief's good mood is not.

    Internal Affairs investigation report, which was called “Dishonesty.pdf.”

    Also, lol at this detail from the article.

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• luthis@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  But what star level was it?

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  • GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Asking the real questions

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  • tsonfeir@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    They don’t have to catch them all.

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  • MimicJar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Sadly in 2017 there was no star level appraisal system. Third party tools (might have?) existed at that time, but it doesn’t sound like they used any.

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  • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    A high level!!

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• MimicJar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  So I watched the video and it sounds like they were also using a website to determine where Pokemon were appearing. Reading the Vice article the quote “and that they were only monitoring a tracking application to catch mythical creatures” appears.

  I mention this both because I find it interesting. The phone app will show you Pokemon nearby, but if you’ve caught the Pokemon before you can only see in your immediate area (the immediate area is wider for rural areas, but hardly enough). They also seem to know exactly where each Pokemon who pops up is, with more accuracy than you would get from the phone app and likely further away from where they were.

  And the second reason is that, while the video proves plenty, I assume they were using their car computer to check a Pokemon tracking website. I would bet the start of this investigation came from checking the logs on that device.

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• FrostbyteIX@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  At least tell us if it was a Shiny. Come one man…don’t skimp on the details of this Togetic.

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  • MimicJar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Shiny Togetic wasn’t available in the game at the time. (I had to look it up to be sure.)

    Plus when someone gets a shiny, they aren’t quiet about it.

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• rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Gotta catch ‘em all (thieves)

  Cops: I sleep

  Gotta catch ‘em all (pokemans)

  Cops: real shit

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  • fiat_lux@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Pokemon can't kick you in the nuts. I guess Nintendo removed it from the American version. /jk

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• just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Pieces of shit.

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• c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Can’t wait to see this episode of The Rookie.

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• _number8_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  we love our police don’t we folks

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• AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  To be fair almost everyone used to play Pokemon go on the job.

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