Miami Cop Leads Florida Trooper on 120 MPH High-Speed Chase
- Posted on October 31, 2011 at 7:07am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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What happens when a police officer is caught speeding? How about caught speeding in his patrol car? And how about when he’s caught by a state trooper? You’re about to find out.
A local Miami police officer was arrested earlier this month after he led a Florida State Trooper on a high speed chase that hit 120 MPH. The ordeal was caught on the trooper’s dash camera, and shows just how serious she took the incident: when she finally gets the patrol car to pull over, she approaches with her gun drawn while barking out signals:
The Florida Highway Patrol says the local officer is Fausto Lopez.
According to a police report, a trooper spotted a patrol car changing lanes in a dangerous manner earlier this month. The report says the patrol car ignored warnings to pull over and led a brief high-speed chase before stopping near Hollywood.
Miami police spokesman Delrish Moss told The Associated Press on Saturday that any administrative action against Lopez will be taken after the outcome of the criminal case.
Gawker explains what happened to Lopez after the arrest:
Lopez was later released with only a ticket for dangerous driving — a second-degree misdemeanor that requires a court hearing. But the video quickly went viral, and city officials have been quick to denounce Lopez’s actions. Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado told the Herald, “No one should drive 120 miles per hour,” and police chief Manuel Orosa assured that an internal affairs investigation in underway. And Commissioner Frank Carollo put it this way: “The police, like everyone, must respect the laws. What has happened is unacceptable.”
The Associate Press contributed to this report.
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Comments (63)
Buster Hyman
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 1:50pmLMAO!! ‘Bout damn tiime. These bozos with badges race around seeming immune to laws from murder at Ruby Ridge and Waco all the way to traffic laws. It is nice to see this fine officer enforce the law for EVERYONE. The only question that remains is how much longer she will be on the force.
Y’all have a nice day.
Report Post »Ari Ben TZion
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 5:35pmLawlessness and confusion reigns in South Florida. Miami Dade County is becoming a hell-hole similar to G-d forsaken places such as Mexico, Nicaragua or Cuba.
Avoid South Florida like you would the Black Plague.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 7:39pmBy Black Plague, you mean the White House, Huh?
Report Post »StraightEdge3
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 8:43pmYes, I am one of those “Bozo’s with a badge.” I have been on the street for over 17yrs.
First of all I do not in any way condone this Miami officer’s actions. He was wrong. He deserves a ticket, suspension, loss of car… all the above in my opinion. I will never defend someone’s wrong doing because they choose to be an officer. We are a nation of laws NOT men.
I drive my police vehicle appox 12.5hrs a day. During this time I rarely use my turn signal, I speed frequently and write other driver’s speeding tickets. I also speed to calls in direct violation of the law and my department policy. In general- drive like a jerk. Is this hypocrisy? Sure is.
But I hope that you can perhaps see that there is a purpose to my actions. I am responding calls for service, trying to negotiate traffic, tail a car, get a tag number, to be seen, or not be seen. We are not the fire department. The last thing I want to do is turn on my lights to clear traffic. People freak out and do not know what to do. You get there much faster, more safe and quiet without lights.
My work conditions?; a GPS locater, audio & video recording all day/every day, and an in-car computer tracking everything I do/type.
Report Post »We are the most scrutinised/regulated/criticized of any gov. agency, We are on the front line defending rights of protesters I disagree with and using reasonable force against those who want to hurt me.
Yep, I am one of those “Bozo’s”
I am crazy f
Secret Squirrel
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 8:50pm.
Report Post »I guess she didn‘t get the memo that cops don’t need to obey the law.
When’s the last time you saw a cop driving the speed limit?
KrisW1
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 1:28pmYou go girl. Had he not been a police officer the same language he used with the trooper would have gotten him shot with a bullet or stun gun. His excuse is disgusting and he should have been fired – a misdemeanor is not enough. I hope the police officers are arrested more often for their abuses of the authority given to them. The State trooper deserves a promotion.
Report Post »piper22
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 1:53pmHope that trooper doesn’t come to work in my state. I love following the local cops on the freeway going 75+ and not signalling any lane changes.
Report Post »watashbuddyfriend
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 12:31pmCop stupidity on stupidity!
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 12:29pmHe was speeding because the donut shop was about to close.
Report Post »sooner12
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 1:32pmHaHaHa. That was good.
Report Post »19RANDY59
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 12:18pmWhat is the good cop, bad cop ratio? Why do we call them pigs? I’d rather carry a gun, and protect myself than rely on these incompetent derelicts, and crooks. Think about it, a thief only hits you once in a while. Cops steal from you every day. It cracks me up to hear the argument, that we appreciate cops when we’re in trouble, LOL. If we were free to exercise our second amendment right, we wouldn’t need 75% of them, if that many. Gun control just means more criminals, which means more criminal cops, which means less freedom. Wake up Americans, raise your children to be someone honorable. Stop being filled with false pride over your son, or daughter the cop. Make your local governments adhere to the constitution. After all they did swear an oath to it.
Report Post »altops
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 12:04pmWOW i see cops speed, light off all the time in Miami, wen i lived there, no where else have Ive seen cops speed as all dade county cops do.
Report Post »Blazen420
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 11:19amWho hasn’t seen a cop driving and switching lanes like at the Daytona 500? The news story here is that another cop pulled this guy over……
Report Post »LBurton
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 11:15amYou Miami tax payers should be so happy that your assets are being used that way.
Report Post »jnobfan
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 10:53amI called FHP on a county cop that passed me on the shoulder of I95 last year. With FHP on the phone I caught him at the exit light got out of my car and read the Police car # to FHP. They told me that it couldn’t be right because it was a suporvisor #. I made several calls and was later called and told to stand down because they now had my information and I wouldn’t like it if I pursued it any further. True story and I said have a nice day it’s over.
Report Post »DaveOregon
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 10:47amTheres’ more to this story – we just probably will never find out.
Report Post »TriforcePlayer
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 9:16pmagreed
Report Post »J.Canuck
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 10:24amWho gave that silly #$%^ a badge?
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 11:46amdemographic quotas….
Report Post »FaithfulFriend
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 10:21amThere should be nothing unusual about one officer pulling over another officer for speeding when the speeder is not responding to anything. But it is unusual because it’s rarely done. It’s plain to see which officer here has the bigger pair.
Report Post »markgl
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 10:18amNo one’s above the law Nico!
Report Post »jstonemo
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 9:51amDid anyone think that maybe the FHP officer may have thought, at first, that the police car was stolen? Happens sometimes when a dope-head wants to go on a joy ride.
Report Post »Doctor Nordo
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 12:41pmExcellent theory, considering that the FHP trooper told the Miami cop that that was exactly what she suspected…wow, way to pay attention to the video, dude.
Report Post »cristo52
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 9:49amEasy to understand. Good cop, bad cop. Too many unqualified people are being handed badges these days, idiots who will do 120mph in a patrol car to get to a part-time job, or shoot a cow with a 9mm. That Florida trooper did the right thing. The Miami cop should be off the force for abuse of power.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 10:02amThe cops regularly disregard traffic laws, while writing exhorbitant tickets to meet a quota.
They do U turns in the middle of traffic, speed, cut people off, tailgate, ignore traffic signals, etc. They simply have no regard for the lw. They’re above the law, and ARE the law in their minds.
Imagine that this was a citizen trying to perform a citizen’s arrest on this speeding criminal, because minus the uniform and the badge, that woman is a citizen, and her rights to arrest and bear arms comes from the same place. But a normal citizen would NOT have been obeyed the way this trooper was obeyed, the cop would have been trying to arrest the civilian for speeding to catch up with the speeding cop.
This is extremely RARE and refreshing, but technically, they BOTH were speeding ridiculously in moderate traffic on the freeway, and BOTH of them were putting other drivers at risk. A civilian should have pulled them both over and cited them BOTH for speeding.
Report Post »NO YOU CANT
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 10:23amThat lady had a major chip on her shoulder. “You Miami cops”, she’s probably a racist. Doesn’t she understand that cops are above the law. Even the Latinos ones.
Report Post »I LOOVE YOU MIAAAAMMI
apollo18
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 9:44amI think she could have gotten the same result calling in his vehicle ID to his agency, instead of nationally embarrassing them. There probably are issues apparent to the agencies, that aren’t to the public. This is going to come back on both, from the Governor on down. This isn’t the first time a cop sees another being inappropriate. Happens daily, but how often do you see cops doing a felony arrest on another cop? Without felony charges? That says something. Very, very rare and it ALWAYS makes national news. Like to be the fly on the wall when the trooper’s command gets her behind closed doors. We already know he’s toast.
Report Post »rabblechat
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 9:53amI which we had more LEO’s like this state trooper. Cops are not above the law, although most of them think they are. Great job FHP!
Report Post »charlieb58
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 11:35amHow did the dash cam video from the Trooper’s vehicle hit the web?????
Report Post »HughG
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 9:39amLooks like its going to be “ON Like Donkey Kong” between Miami PD and FHP. Two can play this game. Watch how Miami PD starts targeting FHP employees and families within the city limits.I’ve seen this happen in Tx and Houston PD was able to get the Highway patrols heart right in no time at all.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 12:41pmThat’s how armed gangs act after all. I don’t doubt your prediction for a second.
Report Post »thejackal
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 9:25amLE folks break the law MUCH more often than your average citizen. They don’t signal when they turn. They speed WAY over the speed limit all the time regardless of where they are going or if they are off duty. They drink and drive ect.,ect. It’s ridiculous, this guy should be fired and then deported.
Report Post »Miyegombo Bayartsogt
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 9:20amAs someone who has spent a lot of time driving around South Florida, I can attest that the cop wasn’t driving too different from many of his fellow citizens. What’s unusual here is not that the guy was in a cop car but the cop car was actually pulled over. Cops drive like this all the time and in Miami these habits are pretty typical among exiled class of car-crazed Cubans. Some stuff is done with automobiles in Miami that, while it seems normal in sub-tropical Florida, doing the same thing would cause great consternation if witnessed anywhere else in America. Miami is a foreign country in everything but name and this ticketing highway trooper babe is like an alien occupier carrying civilized car customs to the natives who neither see the need for it or welcome the intrusion.
Report Post »IndyThinker
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 12:42amYour level of idiocy is only paralleled by your racism…ahem… please state your ethnic background so that I may make as asinine and sweeping a generalization of an entire group of people as you have. No wait, whether your German, Irish, or Polish etc. I couldn’t bring myself down to where you dwell, perhaps while your down there you could polish my shoes… vermin.
Report Post »timej31
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 9:15ampolice are expected to uphold the law regardless of it being another police officer or someone who isn’t. This is no different that him being a doctor or a cashier at the home depot. Just so happens to be a police office. Black and white. Right or wrong. Cop or no cop he was breaking the law. Not a gray area. I see it on video right here. Guilt I will say.
Report Post »Lantern
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 9:00amI drive all the time for work and I have seen cops do things they would ticket and arrest normal people for. Putting on their lights just to make it through a red light. Tail-gating, just to cause people to get nervous and screw up. I even had an off-duty town cop’s wife (he was in the passenger seat) slam on her brakes in front of me, because it was their determination that I was too close to them. If I had been too close, I would have hit them, but I wasn’t. They even had a child in the back seat. I had them pull over and the off-duty cops comes running up to me to try to intimidate me (me walking with a cane.) I asked what the problem was, he told me they had been watching me and I was swerving and following too close. I asked him who he was and he said he was a County Deputy, so I called the sherriff’s office. When they showed up, they said he wasn’t a deputy, but a town cop. I then called the State Police, which was a mistake, because the State Police post was in the same town as this cop and the SP officer was female and the wives knew each other. They were yukking it up with each other, when she came over to question me, she acted as if everything was MY fault, so nothing was done about them. I called the Chief of Police for this town and made a complaint, but nothing was ever done. It‘s just too bad I didn’t have it on video. Driving wrecklessly, endangering their child’s life, just to try to enforce traffic that was out of the guy’s jurisdiction, while off du
Report Post »Darla_K
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 9:20amI hope you wasn’t following to close. :)
Report Post »brntout
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 8:54amWhat did he mean by “high end people there”?
Report Post »Miyegombo Bayartsogt
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 9:26amHe means, “not the little people”. Not the common people. High end people don’t have to live like common people, they don’t do the things common people do. High end people don’t want to even see common people. Unlike common people, cops don‘t fly through traffic to pull ’high end people’ over for speeding violations, cops fly through traffic on a mission to protect high end people. High end people need guards to keep them from getting too close to common people.
Report Post »Barack Oburgundy
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 8:41amI think that woman police officer acted stupidly. She reminds me of Michelle getting in my @ss. And to handcuff the Latino police officer was a very very racist. Thing to do. If it were a white officer. The Hillary Clinton wanna be cop wouldnt have cuffed him. Women….can’t live with them…..pass the beer nuts. Hey let’s all have a beer at he White House and listen to Biden tell some more racist jokes.
Report Post »Tyson
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 9:03amI disagree, She should have pulled him over for driving at that speed. Finally an LEO policing their own. Good for her!
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 9:46amUh… Tyson?
That’s a satire of the Campaigner in Chief.
Report Post »kansas hawks 3
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 1:47pmWhy because he was a latino??And you call her a racist?? Boy our country is a real mess when people think like you. She did her job and done it like she was suppose to.
Report Post »southernORcobra
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 8:35amWow thats just bizarre
Report Post »Harryc123
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 8:32amGood for her. She’s actually protecting the public.
Report Post »Emrys
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 9:00amFHP don’t play no games. You go girl!
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