A bungling police officer spent 20 minutes chasing himself after being mistaken for a burglar on CCTV, it's been revealed.
The unnamed officer from Sussex Police had been monitoring an area hit by a series of burglaries when a CCTV operative reported seeing someone 'acting suspiciously'.
That someone was the undercover officer, but failing to realise this, the operator proceeded to direct the officer to follow the "suspect".
Unsurprisingly the officer was unable to catch himself during a 20 minute chase -- but he did tell colleagues he was "hot on his heels".
The Keystone Kops-esque gaffe only came to an end when a sergeant came into the CCTV control room, recognised the “suspect” and started laughing.
Details of the operation blunder were leaked to Police magazine, which is published by the Police Federation The unnamed officer from Sussex Police had been monitoring an area hit by a series of burglaries when a CCTV operative reported seeing someone 'acting suspiciously'.
That someone was the undercover officer, but failing to realise this, the operator proceeded to direct the officer to follow the "suspect".
Unsurprisingly the officer was unable to catch himself during a 20 minute chase -- but he did tell colleagues he was "hot on his heels".
The Keystone Kops-esque gaffe only came to an end when a sergeant came into the CCTV control room, recognised the “suspect” and started laughing.
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