Committing a crime ... under the nose of a cop

Not very observant!

One-stop thieving to apprehension. In this case the arm of the law was just right. The goldilocks principle my friend PO1 William "Chip" Nagel in the nick of time :-)

I imagine that some days it is fun to be a cop. Most days likely not so much, but a few moments of dumbassery to get some laughs.