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LAPD releases video of officers who ignored robbery to play Pokémon Go

LAPD Headquarters on 1st Street in downtown Los Angeles on June 28, 2021.

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Police Department on Thursday released video footage that captured two officers talking about catching a character in a game of Pokémon Go while ignoring a robbery call in 2017.

The exchange was caught on the digital camera inside their squad car, shedding light on an episode that had previously only been described in department records and court documents.

Officers Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell were fired in 2018 after

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