23 Wild Escapes That Happened With (Accidental) Police Help

Movies and countless TV shows make the police's job pretty clear the public — investigate crimes, find the bad guys responsible for perpetrating them and put them in jail. We all pretty much innately understand that idea. But maybe some of the police involved in the incidents below didn’t get the memo? Because these bumbling goofuses are straight out of a cartoon, chasing around criminals while the Benny Hill theme blares in the background. They mix up their paperwork, they mix up orders and sometimes they just let people out of jail because they’re wearing khakis and ask nicely…