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If you ever interact with the FLHP you will find they are very professional and have a no-bull attitude. How soon until the union comes to the Miami LEO's defense?


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After driving 120 mph, a Miami police officer was charged with reckless driving and arrested on Florida's Turnpike in Broward County while on his way to his second job a few weeks ago, according to the Florida Highway Patrol, The Miami Herald reports.

Fausto Lopez, 35, was arrested at gunpoint by a highway patrol trooper after he ignored multiple warnings to stop, according to authorities, the Herald reports.

Which applys? Ect.

Some years back a retire Texas state trooper wrote a "How To Beat a ticket" book.
In the preface he observed that when he saw a car driven in excess of 100 mph or otherwise ignoring the laws to a large extent, chances were very good that it was an off-duty LEO

Rex B wrote:Some years back a retire Texas state trooper wrote a "How To Beat a ticket" book.
In the preface he observed that when he saw a car driven in excess of 100 mph or otherwise ignoring the laws to a large extent, chances were very good that it was an off-duty LEO

Can't say that surprises me.

I love it. Those who enforce the law should have to live by the law. She sounded pretty peeved, and I bet it had something to do with having to pull over a marked police vehicle, that was going 120+ mph, and that was ignoring her legal commands to pull over. For all she knew, it was a stolen vehicle out for a joy ride.

RJ

johnson0317 wrote:... For all she knew, it was a stolen vehicle out for a joy ride.

Or some dumb twerp who's impersonating a pohleece.

That female officer deserves some sort of a commendation. Too often we hear about officers covering up other officers misconduct but she removes him from the car, cuffs him and even disarms him. I hope he loses his job.

tallmike wrote:That female officer deserves some sort of a commendation. Too often we hear about officers covering up other officers misconduct but she removes him from the car, cuffs him and even disarms him. I hope he loses his job.

This same topic was on another forum and I said roughly the same thing but with a bit more detail. Comments were locked after my post.
IMO no LEO should be doing anything like this, total abuse of power. Lead by example.

...betcha he learns all about "you're never off-duty, you're always a cop" and maybe something about behaving like one...

IIRC, she was chastised for not calling off the pursuit as she was ordered to due to recklessness.

IMHO she was in the right and the other idiot had no right just because he was late for another job.

...it's easy for a supervisor who's sitting in the station or at a coffee shop to call off a chase...not knowing what the officer's seeing...and just as easy to blame the officer if he does break off and the one he's chasing kills someone in the next coupla blocks...she did a good thing and shouldn't have been censured for it...might have saved lives...
...La handled chase policies well back in the day...the law allowed us to do what we needed...but held us responsible if our choices hurt someone...most officers have that much common sense and wisdom and should be left alone to excercise it...easy for me to say, never having handled the city's checkbook...

If being late for work was a valid excuse for speeding, they would have to throw out a lot of tickets.

...key word being EXCUSE, rather than reason...if he'd hit MY family...there wouldn't have been any excuse...he's getting out cheap...

What if she hit your family?

...just the same...a driver is responsible for the results of their choices and actions...badge or no, drunk or sober...if a driver suffers a heart attack while driving and wipes out another car...that's a reason...and forgiveable...but when it's within my control and I hurt someone due to my choices and actions...I'm on the spot for it...