Cops Fired For Playing Pokemon Go On The Clock Denied Appeal

Two Los Angeles police officers won't be getting their jobs back after an appeal was denied by a California judge. The pair, Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell, ignored a request for backup of a robbery in progress to play Pokemon Go. The pair originally said they couldn't hear the call because they were in a loud area, but a supervisor checked their dashcam and found the two chose to go elsewhere. Further review showed the officers discussing the game, including a Snorlax that appeared and the best route to get to it and catch it. The officers appealed on the grounds that in-vehicle recordings weren't meant to monitor officers' "private conversations," but a judge called that reasoning "flawed" and threw the case out.