Florida Trooper Pulled Over Miami Police Car

[Will E Worm]

Miami cop accused of driving 120 mph in squad car to off-duty job

A Miami police officer in a marked squad car has been charged with reckless driving, accused of zigzagging through Florida Turnpike traffic at more than 120 miles an hour so that he could be on time for his off-duty job, the Florida Highway Patrol said Saturday.

Officer Fausto Lopez, 35, of Miami was handcuffed at gunpoint earlier this month and charged with second-degree reckless driving, a misdemeanor, according to the highway patrol's offense report. Lopez was eventually released, authorities said.

In a pursuit videotaped on the trooper's in-car camera, Lopez led Florida highway patrol officer D.J. Watts on a seven-minute, almost 12-mile chase in pre-dawn darkness on Tuesday, October 11, the report said.

The state patrol officer was driving on the turnpike when the white marked Miami police car blew by at a high rate of speed and "crossed over all lanes of traffic," the report said.

The highway patrol officer couldn't even overtake the Miami police car "due to the unit traveling extremely reckless, in and out of traffic at high rates of speed, in excess of 120 mph," according to the report.

The Miami cop ignored the state patrol officer's siren and lights -- and even "accelerated" at times and continued changing lanes.

At one point, the Miami officer slowed to 78 miles an hour, but sped up again, the highway patrol said.

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Officer Fausto Lopez :tongue:

 

[beauregard]

For a while, Jacksonville Sheriff's Office and FHP pulled each other over. It was a little battle over jurisdiction and somehow someone got pulled over first.

It went on for a few months, was funny watching a cop pull another over for speeding without lights, running through a stop sign etc...

Then sadly, they called a truce and stopped.

 

[Jack Davenport]

Good for the trooper. He should get a promotion.

 

[georges]

he probably drank too much tequilas before driving

 

[Will E Worm]

For a while, Jacksonville Sheriff's Office and FHP pulled each other over. It was a little battle over jurisdiction and somehow someone got pulled over first.

It went on for a few months, was funny watching a cop pull another over for speeding without lights, running through a stop sign etc...

Then sadly, they called a truce and stopped.

They should still be pulling each other over if they are breaking the law.

Good for the trooper. He should get a promotion.

A state highway patrol video shows the state trooper pulling out her service handgun as she approached the Miami police car with the officer seated behind the wheel.

:female:

he probably drank too much tequilas before driving

:beer:

 

[Jack Davenport]

Ahh. My mistake. I just skimmed through the post. Good for her. She should be promoted. NC has a few female State troopers. I am still getting used to that.