The officers gave various excuses for their actions, according to the court records, including that the captain who had responded to the robbery had not requested backup. — Los Angeles Times/TNSA California appeals court has upheld the firing of two Los Angeles police officers who were caught playingThe California Court of Appeal in its ruling Friday affirmed an earlier decision by a lower court that the Los Angeles Police Department’s decision to fire the two officers was justified.
When a call for a robbery in progress with multiple suspects at the Crenshaw Mall came in, a captain in the area responded, but Lozano and Mitchell, who were also in the area, did not — raising questions as to their whereabouts from their patrol supervisor, Sgt Jose Gomez. The in-car video showed that five minutes after Lozano said “screw it,” Mitchell alerted Lozano that a specific Pokémon character known as a “Snorlax” was projected as being nearby in the game. The video then showed the officers “discussing Pokémon” for the next 20 minutes “as they drove to different locations where the virtual creatures apparently appeared on their mobile phones,” court records said.
The officers were fired in line with the recommendations of the boards, prompting their legal challenges.The court found the department’s use of the in-car video justified — and that “it would be preposterous to require commanding officers and internal affairs investigators to ignore evidence of ‘criminal or egregious misconduct’ simply because it was unintentionally captured” in such recordings.
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