A California appeals court has upheld the firing of two Los Angeles police officers who were caught playing Pokémon Go instead of responding to a robbery at the Crenshaw Mall in 2017.
A California appeals court has upheld the firing of two Los Angeles police officers who were caught playing Pokémon Go instead of responding to a robbery at the Crenshaw Mall in 2017, court records show.
Greg Yacoubian, an attorney for the officers, said they “obviously are disappointed” in the ruling and were “considering how to proceed.”The incident occurred on a busy day in April 2017 when Lozano and Mitchell were assigned to a foot beat patrol in the Crenshaw area and there were “more calls than police cars available to respond,” according to court records.
Gomez, “still uneasy” about the incident the next day, decided to review the in-car video from Lozano and Mitchell’s vehicle to see what was going on, according to court records. From that video, he determined the officers had heard the radio call, discussed it and decided not to respond.A subsequent internal affairs investigation revealed the officers were instead playing Pokémon Go at the time, court records said.
The officers pleaded guilty to not responding to the radio call but not guilty to the other counts. They denied they were playing Pokémon Go, but admitted leaving their foot beat to find the “Snorlax” — which they alternately claimed they were doing as part of a “social media event” related to the game, as part of an “extra patrol,” and to “chase this mythical creature,” according to court records.
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