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Two police officers lost their jobs after ignoring calls about a robbery so they could drive around hunting pokemon in the augmented reality game Pokemon Go.

A California appellate court has ruled that two Los Angeles police officers were properly fired for playing Pokemon Go instead of responding to a robbery.

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Two US police officers who went off to hunt for ...

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Two US police officers who went off to hunt for ...

Back in 2017 officers Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell were caught ignoring a police radio call regarding a robbery to try and catch a Snorlax

The two officers were also seen playing Pokemon game on their phones on duty hours.

LOS ANGELES, United States -- Two US police officers who went off to hunt for Pokemon instead of responding to a robbery have been fired. AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell cruised the streets searching for fantastic creatures in the augmented reality smartphone game, documents

  Years ago, there existed a trending craze that had people walking out into the middle of the street and/or into stationary objects because they were too focused on their phone screens to watch where they were going. We all remember the Pokémon GO mobile game app. We remember that it started out as something […]

A California appellate court has upheld the firings of two Los Angeles Police Department officers who officials say ignored a report of a nearby robbery and instead chose to play Pokemon Go.

Two cops on the Los Angeles Police Department were let go from their jobs after skipping a call to respond to an active robbery in favor of playing Pokemon Go.