Cop Drama! Florida Cops vs Florida Troopers!!!

[03trubluGT]

I'm with the trooper on this one. The city boy was a danger to himself and others for no reason other than "I didn't want to be late." Anyone else would have found themselves eating asphalt and in jail instead of walked back to the car and let go

I've stopped plenty of people for 100+ and they have never been jacked.

[Forever_frost]

Did any of them continue running after you got behind them and hit your lights?

[78X]

I've stopped plenty of people for 100+ and they have never been jacked.

Did you arrest em?

[ALLAN]

I've seen lots of FHP stopped helping people with flats and disabled vehicles.
I don't see the Sheriffs cars or city cops doing that.

[roliath]

Those boys get that syrup in them, they get all antsy in the pantsy.

LMAO

[03trubluGT]

Did any of them continue running after you got behind them and hit your lights?

Um, yea. The only time they got tackled is if they ran.

Did you arrest em?

For just speeding? No.

[347Mike]

I feel like I already read this some where. There is always something nutty going on in Dade County Florida. Just read a Carl Hiaasen novel for proof.

South Florida is a shit hole as far as crime goes and Miami has some of the worst crime in the country. About 10 years ago everyone in south Florida was moving north to the Treasure Coast for this reason. At the time, and before the housing boom the Treasure Coast was one of the best places in the country for realestate.

[03trubluGT]

MIAMI, Fla. — The Miami Fraternal Order of Police defended one of its officers who FHP said was pulled over by a state trooper while driving a Miami police cruiser 120 mph on Florida's Turnpike.

Officer Fausto Lopez, 35, was charged with reckless driving in the Oct. 11 incident. An FHP trooper pulled Lopez over in the southbound lanes of Florida's Turnpike near Hollywood Boulevard after following him for 12 miles in seven minutes at speeds reaching 120 mph, police said

The police officer drew her weapon when Lopez finally pulled over, then handcuffed him.

In a letter, Sergeant Javier Ortiz defended Lopez, writing, "Pulling a firearm on a police officer in full uniform in a marked unit is extremely reckless and unprofessional."

Ortiz, the vice president of the order, questioned the FHP trooper's motives, writing that she only wanted to cite a City of Miami police officer.

On the dash cam video, the FHP trooper is heard saying, "This is not a first time occurrence with y'all. Y'all come from that way all the time -- this Miami police car -- and we never catch it."

Ortiz also questioned why the FHP trooper, if she thought the vehicle was stolen, didn't conduct a felony stop and wait for back-up. He said that Lopez was not driving 120 mph.

"Why did she continue to follow the police vehicle after being told several times to stop by her supervisors? Why didn't she verify with dispatch if any Miami Police Department vehicles were stolen? "Why did she activate her police equipment when she can't even see the police vehicle?" he wrote.

FHP defended the trooper's actions, saying it could have been important to stop the police cruiser if it had been stolen or if its driver was involved in a crime.

"She wanted to, evidently, make contact with him, detain him, to find out what was causing him to drive in that fashion," said Sgt. Mark Wysocky, of FHP.

Lopez was given a reckless driving ticket. He faces a court hearing for the second-degree misdemeanor.

Lopez has been with the Miami Police Department for several years and has had a good driving record, both before and after becoming a police officer. He remains on duty. The police chief said he is waiting for the outcome of the criminal charge and an internal affairs investigation.

I ran across this article and thought you guys might be interested.

I will stand by my post in the other thread by saying that she was an idiot by using horrible officer safety and tactics on the stop.

[Ruffneck1320]

I feel like I already read this some where. There is always something nutty going on in Dade County Florida. Just read a Carl Hiaasen novel for proof.

truth in those books, Tim dorsey has some pretty cool florida books... but Skink is my favorite Hiaasen character

[talisman]

truth in those books, Tim dorsey has some pretty cool florida books... but Skink is my favorite Hiaasen character

I've read one of his books, and it was pretty brilliant. Also Dave Barry has some good stuff, Big Trouble, and Tricky Business.

[Ruffneck1320]

will have to check out Dave Barry

[BttleFedC10]

But CSI: Miami seems to be all good. haha.

[talisman]

will have to check out Dave Barry

Big Trouble was made into a hilarious movie with Tim Allen and the same title.

[OreoStang]

Those boys get that syrup in them, they get all antsy in the pantsy.

Oh so true

[line-em-up]

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Good. Maybe they will get into a big gunfight and we can see the video on youtube of them killing each other.

Simply put, that cop shouldn't have been speeding and driving recklessly, then evading arrest by not stopping. He isn't above the law and I'm glad she didn't treat him that way. I support the FHP officer for her good work. Fuck anyone who thinks she should have treated him different because he was a cop.