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LAPD police officers fired for playing Pokemon Go on the job and ignoring an actual robbery | Digit

Naomi Gleit Jan 13, 2022

Sometimes your gaming habits could get you into really serious trouble and that’s exactly what happened to two police officers in Los Angeles. The LAPD has…

LAPD fired two officers who ignored robbers to play ‘Pokémon Go’

Scott Marlette Jan 12, 2022

The early Pokémon Go frenzy apparently led to poor choices from two police officers. As Axios' Stephen Totilo and BBC News report, the LAPD is now known to…

LAPD officers fired for catching a Snorlax instead of a burglar denied appeal

Scott Marlette Jan 11, 2022

Two LAPD officers who were fired from their jobs in 2017 for playing Pokémon Go while on duty have had their appeal for reinstatement denied by a…