This one happened to a couple of idiots my dad once knew
So, a couple of my dad’s mates (I use the term loosely, he knew of them), were on the beat in a shitty part of town about 30 years back.

They’d been given a tip-off by a local informant about a group of lads who had caused some nasty trouble with some of the locals in the town and were trying to make their way out of the area. It’s important to note that this was quite a remote area too and transport links weren’t what they are now. So, thinking they had all the time in the world, they though they’d start in the local market area of all places.

Not being the sharpest of tools, their plan was to conduct market-to-market stall and door-to-door enquiries about the group in the hope that someone else would blab. Cunning plan indeed.

The idiots were so convinced of their plan to locate the group, the brazenly strolled about in full uniform while conducting their force-full duty.

Five days later, the absconders were widespread across the news, having caused major havoc in another part of the area, even causing massive damage to a newly-built police station in the process.

During a de-brief it actually turns out that these two idiots had even interviewed the group and had let them get off without even such as a double take.

Both lost their jobs and they regularly blamed each other for the fiasco, one recalling during a drunken pub rant that the other had told him flatly to his face, just after talking to them that…
(Deskbound You insignificant speck of dust, Fri 6 Jul 2012, 16:11, 6 replies)

You sod...

(The Luggage is haunted..., Fri 6 Jul 2012, 16:37, closed)

A STORMTROOPER BANGS HIS HEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Sat 7 Jul 2012, 0:07, closed)

You utter cunt
Right up to the end.
( Ungersven would support SpankyHanky's patreon, Sat 7 Jul 2012, 0:28, closed)

Hehehehe

(Deskbound You insignificant speck of dust, Sat 7 Jul 2012, 0:49, closed)

Then Del Boy fell through the bar and everyone laughed.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Sat 7 Jul 2012, 18:17, closed)

Took me a while.
That's good, though. Better than most of the turd that gets posted. Nice.
(judgetheobscure used to sweep in butchers' shops., Sun 8 Jul 2012, 8:55, closed)