Officer chases himself for 20 minutes.

[chuckskull]

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.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...r-burglar.html

You couldn't make it up.

[peterb]

He was a probationary officer - sounds like a wind up on the lines of "Go to stores and ask for a long weight" variety!

[IronWarrior]

Could be true there, maybe a joke played on the Officer.

Really don't want to believe that the CCTV operator was really that thick, I let the Officer off since he was only following instructions.