Woman pulls over police officer for ‘speeding’ on motorway in Miami
Policeman apologises and said 'I don’t know how fast I was going' and that he was on his way to work
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Your support makes all the difference.A woman in Miami pulled over a police officer on camera for “speeding“ on the motorway - he said he did not know how fast he was going and was “on his way to work”.
Claudia Castillo requested the officer to pull over and reprimanded him for accelerating to over 100 miles per hour on the Dolphin Expressway as he weaved between lanes without using the patrol car's emergency lights or siren.
Ms Castillo tells the camera she had followed the officer and honked her horn and flashed her lights to get the officer to pull over because he was driving “recklessly”.
Ms Castillo asked him: “I pushed 80 (miles per hour) to try and catch up to you, and I was still eating your dust.
“You were leaving me behind, and I was going 80 miles an hour, and I just wanted to know, what's the emergency?"
The officer responded: “I don’t know how fast I was going but I can tell you this, I’m on my way to work right now. I don’t believe I was speeding but I guess you’re entitled to your opinion.”
The officer said he pulled over as he thought there was an emergency.
She replied: “No, it's your speeding."
“I apologise, I’ll be sure to slow down m’aam,” he said.
“Leaders of the community lead by example,” she added.
Juan Perez, Miami-Dade Police Director, said in a statement, as reported by Sky News: “The Miami-Dade Police Department will have his immediate command staff investigate the matter, once the officer and citizen are identified.
”The appropriate course of action will be taken at that point.“
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