PCSO in uniform ‘makes his excuses’ in stripogram mix-up

A police community support officer (PCSO) was mistaken for a stripogram after he accidentally wandered into a 50th birthday party in uniform.

Mike Ober was on foot patrol in the Wiltshire town of Bradford upon Avon when he spotted an open door at a social club.

After popping his head round the door to investigate he was greeted by a group of women who went “wild with excitement” assuming he was the male stripper they had ordered.

He said: “The party was about to get started and they thought I was early. I had to beat a hasty retreat.”

The PCSO, in his mid-20s, said the social club was not normally used at weekends so he had decided to investigate what was happening, he told the BBC.

“There were no cars in the car park and the door was propped open,” he said.

He was greeted with loud cheers and someone shouted: “Oh, are you the stripogram?”

After being told he was too early and to come back later, Mr Ober walked away, passing the real stripper on his way in.