Reflects Badly on Police

A rookie police officer was sent to investigate a late night disturbance in Hartlepool and radioed to tell HQ he was at the right address because he could see another patrol car. The control room staff were confused by this because he was a few streets away from the disturbance. When they told him that he realised the other patrol car was a reflection of his own in a shop window. ‘The poor guy took a bit of ribbing,’ Cleveland police said on Tuesday. ‘It was dark and the street lights made the reflection seem very real but it may be some time before he lives this one down.’