Cop chases shady character who turns out to be himself

[Fuji Vice]

A police hunt for a suspected burglar came to a sudden and embarrassing halt in Sussex, England, when the cop in pursuit realized he was chasing himself.

According to a Daily Telegraph report based on a story that appeared in a Police Federation publication, the anonymous plainclothes officer spent 20 minutes looking for himself.

The officer was investigating an area recently hit by a series of burglaries, when the CCTV camera operator reported seeing someone "acting suspiciously" in the area.

The operator directed the cop in his search for this shady character, assuring him he was "hot on his heels."

"Every time the man darted in to another side alleyway, the PC was turning immediately into the same alleyway, but every time the CCTV operator asked what he could see there was no trace," an anonymous officer told Police magazine.

This continued for 20 minutes until a sergeant came into the CCTV control room, recognized the cop on camera, and laughed.

Wow, just, wow. I hope the CCTV guy isn't getting paid a whole hell of a lot, because he's pretty crappy at his job. :

 

[TroyTheAverage]

I have missed my wtf? news of the day. :

 

[Fuji Vice]

I have missed my wtf? news of the day. :

I thought you'd like that. I'll make a concerted effort to find some each day just for you buddy.

 

[Postman Dave]

Fantastic, although reading the title I was hoping for some Fight Club-like split personality shit.

 

[The Infamous J]

No joke but I swear to god this is something that happened in a Spongebob episode from wayyyy back in the day. lawlz

 

[Castiel]

J is right, that's the only thing I was thinking about reading this! :
Like Dave though I was also hoping by the title this was going to have some freaky awesome movie ending twist. Instead it's just a story full of stupidity and lulz. Great stuff!