Undercover Cop in the U.K. Mistakenly Hunts Down Himself
- Posted on February 8, 2012 at 11:22pm by
Liz Klimas
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Leonardo DiCaprio plays an undercover cop in The Departed.
Like a dog chasing its own tail, you can imagine the frustration of a U.K. police officer when he found out he had been chasing after himself for the 20 minutes after a colleague had mistakenly identified him as the suspect in an undercover operation.
The Telegraph reports that an Sussex police officer in plain clothes was casing a neighborhood prone to recent burglaries when another officer monitoring a video feed reported seeing someone “acting suspiciously” in the area. The embarrassing chase was leaked to Police Federation magazine.
The Telegraph has more on the account:
The anonymous officer, believed to be the PC’s sergeant, told the monthly magazine: “An officer who joined a team in Sussex as a new probationary officer was soon very keen to do any plain-clothes operations and be as proactive as possible.
“He would be waiting at the end of his shift hoping to be unleashed for a further couple of hours of plain-clothes duties.
“On one such occasion in a little market town in Sussex which has suffered a spate of town centre shop break-ins, officers were on plain-clothed foot patrol when a report was received of a suspect male in one of the side roads.”
“The CCTV operator soon had the suspect on camera and everywhere he saw the male the keen PC was on his heels – radioing in to say he was in the same street.”
He added: “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.”
It was only when the sergeant saw the CCTV operator’s screen and recognized the undercover cop that they figured out why the suspect was so hard to catch.
[H/T Gizmodo]
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Comments (40)
Jstevensdk7
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 5:29pmUh, Blaze, you may want to re-consider linking and referencing Gizmodo. I used to subscribe to Gizmodo’s RSS feeds for years, but in the last 2 years, they have gone progressive left wing psycho and are more left than OWS crowd. Their comments and posts are very anti-religious, anti-christian, anti-conservative, very profane and vile. Just look at all of their “feature” comments next to each article. Probably not a good idea to reference these lefties.
Report Post »WeekendAtBernankes
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 9:23pmThis story is still hilarious.
Report Post »thorkyl
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:47pmNow that is just some funny stuff…
I wonder if it was set up…
“Let’s make the new guy chase himself”
Report Post »BeEtLjOoZ
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 12:05pmI have met the enemy and…
Report Post »GollygeeMrwilson
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 11:26am“This is E. Howard Hunt of the FBI. I know I am in there, and if I don’t come out with my hands up, I am coming in after me.”
Report Post »BlackCrow
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 10:41amIt’s called the 10% rule “You only need to be 10% smarter than the criminal” and we know how smart most criminals are.
Report Post »Jayms
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 9:28amHehe, that’s kind of silly :)
Report Post »HuckleberryFriend
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 9:03amAnybody else read “A Scanner Darkly”? Sounds like Agent Fred hunting down Bob Arctor. Must’ve had too much Substance D.
Report Post »Spyder
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 9:32amGreat reference! I LOL’d
Report Post »PA PATRIOT
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 7:42amNobody ever said Scotland Yard was the answer to intelligent investigations.
Report Post »grannyrecipe
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 7:40amThat has to have Leslie Nielsen laughing in his grave.
Report Post »supressorgrid
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 7:31amThe camera monitor is more than likely an East Indian dumchit with a G.E.D. and just enough command of English to say “I work cheap”
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:55amReminds me of blazing saddles, when Clevon Little puts the gun up to his own head, and tells everyone to back off or the n@&#% gets it in head… Funny stuff, guess you could’nt make that movie today, with PC and all !!!!
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:36am.
Report Post »Ok Barney, put your bullet back in your pocket LMAO…………..
@leftfighter
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 7:15amPlease tell me you mean Barney Fife and not Barney Frank.
That could have very different contexts, depending upon which you’re referring to…
Report Post »Flyingfish
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:36amThe cameras may be everywhere in England, but the police are usually never to be found. Where I was living at the police could hardly be bothered to patrol or when they did respond to a call it was well after the fact.
Report Post »Sheepdog911
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:14amSo much for governments hiring the most qualified people.
Report Post »Mr.Fitnah
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 3:49amI guess he is lucky he didnt order in a predator drone attack to catch the elusive neerdowell.
Report Post »Walter P
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 3:26amI don’t care who you are, that’s funny right there. I’ll forgo the obvious comments about such things as the police officer frisking himself.
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 3:09amGood thing the cops don’t have guns over there!
Report Post »freelancer91
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:52amThis reminds me of an episode of Spongebob……
Report Post »Gnostyk
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:10amReminds me of Philip K. Dick’s “A Scanner Darkly.” ;-)
Report Post »Melika
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:27amIt doesn‘t sound like it’s the cop’s fault, but the moron watching the camera feed.
Report Post »WeDontNeedNoSteenkinBadges10
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 12:55am“… an Sussex police officer in plain clothes was casing a neighborhood prone to recent burglaries when another officer monitoring a video feed reported seeing someone ‘acting suspiciously’ in the area …”
Totalitarian police? Acting suspiciously? In socialist-prison England? And it’s an “embarrassment” that anyone found out?
Report Post »Ripley responds to the U.K.:
“did IQs just drop sharply while i was away”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPa5oVG-nII
USAMEDIC3008
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 12:27amI was thinking of the movie
Report Post »To hell and back , Where Audie Murphy
shoots hinself in the mirror.
TXPilot
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 12:28amI saw this plot while watching SpongeBob with the kids……still funny though.
Report Post »Unc68
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 12:54amVery nice reference.
Report Post »Common.Cents
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:09am@TXPilot Weee woooo…. Weeee woooo…. WEEE WOO WEEE WOOO It really is too bad that spongebad destroys our kids minds. it is slightly funny sometimes.
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:54am@COMMON.CENTS…..lol…..obviously, you are a SpongeBob expert, and instantly recognized the “Hall Monitor” episode……
Report Post »Dancing_In_The_Ruins
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 3:45amSomehow Blazing Saddles comes to mind ” Don’t move or the @#$# gets it” .
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 5:25am…or the Clooney/Pitt movie – Burn After Reading.
Report Post »Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 12:23amBuahahahahaha!
Report Post »nzkiwi
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:12am@ Lesbian
My reaction exactly. I’m still giggling as I write.
Report Post »watchingandwaiting
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 11:59pmI have kids, so that’s how I know this: The exact same thing happened on an episode of Spongebob. Lol!
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 12:45amHmm…I have been meaning to take a trip to “find myself”…..the UK might possibly be the place I’ve been looking for.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 11:40pmA new episode of The Pink Panther.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 11:34pmwelcome to liberal world
where insanity and stupidity is the norm, and you get fined for playing frisbee and football at the beach
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 12:23amIt’s a funny story. Get over yourself.
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