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.
A California court denied the appeal of Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell, who were fired from the Los Angeles Police Department after the 2017 incident. Their lawyer says they re evaluating next steps.
Two LAPD officers reportedly ignored a call to respond to a robbery at a local Macy's to spend time hunting down a Pokémon in the popular mobile game Pokémon Go. Both men were fired from the police department, a decision upheld by an appeals court. According to transcripts from their police cruiser, the duo did capture the popular "Snorlax" character they were chasing at the time of the robbery call.