TWO police officers were asked to strip after being mistaken for kiss-o-grams in a comedy sketch-style mix-up.
The confusion came about after a woman whose son was celebrating his 18th birthday contacted two kiss-o-gram firms to make inquiries.
She booked a girl from Sunderland company Babes to attend a party at her home in Peterlee, County Durham, last Friday, and Pauline Simms, 24, duly turned up dressed as a policewoman.
But a kiss-o-gram from the other company, driven by its male owner, also turned up, apparently thinking that she too had been booked. A dispute ensued which resulted in the police being called.
A Durham Constabulary spokesman said: "It seems that a man who was representing the other company that arrived was involved in a dispute with the original strip-o-gram and during the course of that dispute, some keys and a mobile phone disappeared.
"When the police officers arrived and intervened, they were returned."
The spokesman said that in the confusion, party-goers thought the officers were part of the entertainment.
He said: "When they arrived, there was a belief that the genuine police officers were part of the package, and they were asked if they were going to take their clothes off."
They declined and convinced party-goers they were genuine officers.
The incident was classed as a civil dispute, and no charges were brought. Ms Simms declined to comment.
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