The Mirror
SUSSEX, United Kingdom — An undercover policeman chased himself round the streets for more than 20 minutes after a CCTV operator mistook him for a suspect.
The officer was staking out a burglary hotspot when the CCTV operator radioed him to say he had seen someone acting suspiciously nearby.
But the official did not realise he was watching the plain-clothed policeman.
He directed the bobby telling him he was “hot on the heels” of the “suspect”.
An officer said: “Every time the man darted into an alleyway, the PC was turning into the same alleyway but there was no trace. The CCTV operator was unaware he was chasing himself.”
The blunder, in a Sussex town, was revealed in Police Federation magazine Police. It ended when a sergeant recognised the policeman.
Copyright 2012 MGN Ltd.