Mind Games - S9-E3
Continuity mistake: At the dinner table, after Edie plays her prank, the camera is opposite her. It's behind Danny and his sons. She sits down and puts asparagus on her plate. Two seconds later, the camera is now behind Pop. She picks up asparagus to put it on her plate, which is empty.
Milestones - S9-E12
Other mistake: First we see Jamie in a Ford CVPI with license plates 7554 like a couple of times before in the show, a minute after he's seen exiting a 2015 Ford Taurus with plates 82399. He answers a 10-85 while supposedly driving in the CVPI but somehow he manages to change in less than a minute to a Taurus. We see the exterior of the car, but the car's interior corresponding to the Taurus is seen a few seconds earlier. (00:03:35 - 00:04:20)
Milestones - S9-E12
Continuity mistake: Jamie is arresting a subject after he drops a knife. Jamie kicks the knife away from the subject and it lands next to the brown box and under the red wording on the box. In the next frame, the knife is now just behind Jamie's right knee. (00:05:10)
Visible crew/equipment: When Eddie and Jamie stop to help the woman holding the boy, in the exterior shot as Jamie gets into the back of the RMP with the young boy, the reflection of camera equipment is visible on the window. (00:04:55)
Answer: It's a common cop show plot device. If the police on the show always acted in the most logical way (i.e. not alerting a suspect to their presence) the show wouldn't have the opportunity for an exciting foot chase.