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6 years ago? Was togetic’s catch rate still bugged them? It was practically uncatchable at launch (only crit catches worked)
Asking the important questions.
I don’t think it was bugged for that long, something like a couple weeks
The question is, what has happened in the LAPD from this exact event occurring again? This amount of negligence and selfishness is absolutely still happening.
Hell, the fact that it took SIX YEARS to get this footage is damming all by itself. I want to be amused by the childish nature of this all, but goddamnit does the whole situation make me angry.
At the end of the article it says they were fired.
I find it doubly hilarious because of the journalist’s years-long quest to obtain the footage
But what star level was it?
They don’t have to catch them all.
Asking the real questions
A high level!!
Sadly in 2017 there was no star level appraisal system. Third party tools (might have?) existed at that time, but it doesn’t sound like they used any.
this should be posted in nottheonion if it isn’t already
To be fair almost everyone used to play Pokemon go on the job.
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Pieces of shit.
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we love our police don’t we folks
Gotta catch ‘em all (thieves)
Cops: I sleep
Gotta catch ‘em all (pokemans)
Cops: real shit
Pokemon can’t kick you in the nuts. I guess Nintendo removed it from the American version. /jk
Murder is acceptable, but ignoring a robbery and driving recklessly to catch a Pokémon is what really gets cops fired.
On camera. It’s not the driving or pokemon catching, it’s the embarrassment and extra work they’ve caused their managers.
Murder is acceptable, ruining the Chief’s good mood is not.
Internal Affairs investigation report, which was called “Dishonesty.pdf.”
Also, lol at this detail from the article.
Can’t wait to see this episode of The Rookie.
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At least tell us if it was a Shiny. Come on man…don’t skimp on the details of this Togetic.
Shiny Togetic wasn’t available in the game at the time. (I had to look it up to be sure.)
Plus when someone gets a shiny, they aren’t quiet about it.
So I watched the video and it sounds like they were also using a website to determine where Pokemon were appearing. Reading the Vice article the quote “and that they were only monitoring a tracking application to catch mythical creatures” appears.
I mention this both because I find it interesting. The phone app will show you Pokemon nearby, but if you’ve caught the Pokemon before you can only see in your immediate area (the immediate area is wider for rural areas, but hardly enough). They also seem to know exactly where each Pokemon who pops up is, with more accuracy than you would get from the phone app and likely further away from where they were.
And the second reason is that, while the video proves plenty, I assume they were using their car computer to check a Pokemon tracking website. I would bet the start of this investigation came from checking the logs on that device.
