LOS ANGELES—A court upheld on Jan. 7 the firing of two police officers who were playing Pokémon Go instead of responding to a robbery in progress. The Second District Court of Appeal ruled on Friday that it was justifiable for the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) to lay off two LAPD officers who were playing Pokémon Go while dismissing calls requesting their response to a robbery. On April 15, 2017, a surveillance camera inside LAPD officers Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell’s patrol car captured the two policemen playing Pokémon Go on their phones and discussing how they could catch “Snorlax,” also known as “the Sleeping Pokémon.” Five minutes into strategizing how to capture the Pokémon, a radio call came in reporting a robbery taking place at a Macy’s store in the Crenshaw area—close to where the officers were parked. According to a court document (pdf), the officers were contacted twice, …