Re: Florida Trooper Arrests Miami Cop for Speeding
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: bohem</div><div class="ubbcode-body">So there's more to the story than face value with the posted video clip.
The comments from this MDPD officer seem to support the statements by the FHP Officer that this type of behavior is a systemic issue down there.
Based on the statement that she disobeyed an order to "let it go" I will redact my previous statement about not seeing an issue with her behavior; clearly there's a problem.
I see an issue with her superiors as well as the overall behavior of the LEO agencies involved on both sides here.
From another forum:
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I knew you guys would get a hold of this when it hit CNN
I spoke with my co-worker who was the officer that was arrested. he was clearly wrong for speeding...no doubt about it, and I'm not defending him for it
there also is a little more to the story that the public isn't aware of.
As you all know there is a brotherhood among police officers and yes we do let a fellow cop slide by with more than we would let the average citizen get by with. it's no different than any other profession that extends "professional courtesy"
Florida highway patrol (FHP) seem to have a chip on their shoulders. maybe it's because they are a state agency but they are breed to believe that they are somehow superior officers to city / county officers.
the fact is that most officers don't consider the FHP to be "real cops" because all they do is traffic. they are not State Police like most states have. still they are brother Law enforcement officers and we do everything for them just like we would do for any other cop out there.
but there are more than a few FHP officers that don't extend the same courtesy that we do for them. That's where the conflict arises.
years ago my department and FHP got into a ticket war...they hit us so we hit them back. it got real ugly and continued until the heads of the department got together and put a stop to it.
there was two wrong officers in this situation. the city cop for speeding and the FHP officer for over-reacting. the city officer wasn't doing 120 as the FHP said he was. believe me our cars can barley do that much. there's no audio in the beginning of the video because FHP edited it out because the FHP officer called it in and her supervisor told her to let it go and it would be handled by the city agency...which it should have been. that's why the FHP shuts of the lights but then she disobeyed a direct order and continued.
the city officer that was arrested is a really nice guy with only a couple of years on. he honestly didn't even know FHP was behind him most of the time. and wanted to cooperate but he never thought that FHP was trying to pull over a marked unit.
I'll come back later with more...by the way, If it was me in the same situation.. I probably wouldn't have stopped. If I did as soon as I saw her gun out I would have got right back in the car and drove to the police station </div></div>
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I just watched the posted video. that is a shortened version. the complete version shows the marked city car go past the FHP car pretty fast.
after a few seconds the FHP car decides to go after the city car, which by now is way up ahead. FHP is now trying to play catch up and according to the city officer he never knew FHP was trying to stop him. That is why the news is calling this a "chase"
The FHP conveniently edited out the audio when they released the tape because the trooper had already radioed in the tag number and car number and she was ordered to let the city car go and they would notify the city agency. FHP shuts off the lights and backs off for a minute.
then she decides to put her lights back on and speed up again and chase down the city car. which is the point the posted video starts at.
this FHP officer gave her reasoning for stopping the car because she thought it might have been stolen...bullshit Also during the full version she goes on to say how other police cars are always doing this and she never catches them...whatever that means.
This FHP officer is already well known for jacking up other cops but she took it to a whole new level this time. if she really did think the city car was stolen then she broke every officer safety rule in the book by doing what she did. not only that but the stolen car sham should have been dismissed when she saw a uniformed officer in the drivers seat
I drive the turnpike to and from work everyday. I even go through part of this FHP officers district. in the 10 years I've been with my department I have never driven by any officer including FHP that was on a traffic stop solo and didn't stop for them. there has been plenty of times that I've waited until that officers back up got there, FHP back up can take a very long time because the closest one could be a few counties away. There was a few times that I've probably stopped something really bad from happening because I stopped.
Someday I hope to see this FHP officer on a stop by herself, better yet I hope that when I do see her she is in need of some help.
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This is a real problem with law enforcement, it is the attitude that they think they are above the law.
This MPD Officer should have been treated like any other person who was driving like he was, no better, no worse.
I am glad she stopped the MPD officer I just wish she would have taken him to jail like any other person who was driving like an idiot like he was.
