Miami motorist pulls over police officer for speeding

[FLPanhandle]

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article57560203.html

"I just wanted to know: what’s the emergency?”

Officer: “I’ll be sure to slow down”


It unfolded like a routine Miami traffic stop: a car pulled over for speeding, followed by a stern lecture on responsible driving and traffic safety. The alleged offender questioned whether he was really speeding but, thinking it best to move on, apologized and promised to slow down.

Now for the twist: it was the police officer accused of speeding. And he was pulled over by a civilian.

The scene played out in three cellphone videos posted on YouTube Friday by someone named Claudia Castillo, who identified herself as the driver. Filmed from the driver’s seat, the videos chronicle her pursuit of a Miami-Dade police squad car and the unidentified officer at the wheel.

“The reason I pulled you over today,” the woman said to the officer after he walked back and leaned his head into her open passenger-side window, “is because I saw you, since Miller Drive when you were first jumping onto the Palmetto, and you were pushing 90 miles an hour.”

“Really?” the officer responded. “OK.”

“You passed me like I was standing still,” the woman said.

The traffic stop happened during daylight as the driver chased the squad car heading east on the Dolphin Expressway, near the 27th Avenue exit. The police car hadn’t activated its emergency lights, but the woman in pursuit said she was flashing hers and honking in an effort to get the officer to stop.