Britain: Undercover Police Officer Chased Himself Round the Streets for 20 Minutes After a CCTV Operator Mistook Him for Suspect
February 8th, 2012Via: Telegraph:
The junior officer, who has not been named, was monitoring an area hit by a series of burglaries in an unnamed market town in the country’s south.
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.
That is just awesome.
Their technology can never beat a little common sense.
Thanks. I needed a laugh and the keystone cops provide.
Cue the Benny Hill music….
Lol the East German web 2.0 moment ~ informants tracking informants tacking undercover police.
But think of the cash to be made.
A new layer of software to be rented to all CCTV users.
Friend or foe in some for of game like overlay.
Bright green is good, red is a known target.
Blue for a face of interest for MI5,6?
Too bad he didn’t shoot himself as well.