Speeding Miami Cop Fired By Police Department

[Guest AmericanWorkMule]

Clocked going over 100 miles per hour 114 times?

Why wasn't 50 times enough?

Why wasn't 70 times enough?

http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Speeding-Miami-Cop-Fausto-Lopez-Fired-by-Police-Department-169830396.html

[gjohnsoniv]

Donut shop must have been closing. (No offense to any officers on here.)

[Curiousgb]

Come to Memphis.

[Chucktshoes]

Come to Memphis.

QFT.

[vontar]

Why wasn't 50 times enough?

Why wasn't 70 times enough?

http://www.nbcmiami....-169830396.html

Seems like 3 times could have been enough, (provided their was no emergency.)

I would probably be off the road if caught doing 100 one time.

Edited September 15, 2012 by vontar

[strickj]

Kudos on the trooper!

Maybe I missed it... but how did they determine how many times he sped?

[Dolomite_supafly]

Kudos on the trooper!

Maybe I missed it... but how did they determine how many times he sped?

GPS.

We had a GPS tracking system installed in our cars in 1997. We had a local map and the patrol cars showed up as little stars. You could hold your mouse over the patrol to get the particulars of that car. With part of the programming we could set speed limits and if a patrol car exceeded it an alarm would sound and a log entry was made. Then we would verify if the officer was on a call or traffic stop. If an officer engaged his emergency equpment it also set off an alarm. It also had a monitor for inactivity that went off after 45 minutes of inactivity. It was supposed to be for when an officer might be injured but most times it went off when an officer hid somewhere and took a nap. We could watch in real time and know how fast the officer was going, what emergency equipment he had on, doors ajar and even seatbelts being used. It had a way of detecting crashes as well.

It was a fantastic system until the bosses started using it to punish officers.

Dolomite

Edited September 15, 2012 by Dolomite_supafly

[Dolomite_supafly]

I just went back and read the article. They were using average time between toll booths to determine speeds. Which means he was likely doing a lot faster than 120.

I am curious if this was in a patrol car or in his civillian car. I suspect his civillian car based on the fact a trooper held him at gunpoint.

Dolomite

Just watched the video it was in his patrol car

Edited September 15, 2012 by Dolomite_supafly

[Dolomite_supafly]

Here is the video from the begining. You can see how fast the officer was going and how long it took the tropper to catch up. ALso notice the wipers are going it is is raining with this happening. It is very sickening to think what may have happened.

I wish they would do that around Knoxville. I have seen more than a few officers exceeding 100 mph on 40 between downtown and the Stray Plain exit.

Dolomite

Edited September 15, 2012 by Dolomite_supafly

[runco]

Years ago, I use to commute to Walters State Community College in Morristown from Sevierville. Many times I had a 8am class. WSCC is also known for a great community college for law enforcement. I do not know how many times I would be running 80 mph on Interstate 40 and 81 between exits 407 and 8, and have two, three and sometimes four local law enforecement vehicles (some marked some not marked from my county/town, be loaded with 3 to 4 passengers each, running in packs, pass me like I was sitting still. They had to be in excess of 100mph. Those guys were not in uniform, no blue lights on, and then I would see the same autos in student parking at school when I arrived. I am not a LEO, never have been, do not have the ability nor tolerance of the public, have tremendous respect for, but I just wish LEO when not on duty and not in a emergency or otherwise authorized manner, adhere to the law like us citizens are suppose to. Lead by example.

[SonnyCrockett]

back in the day it used to be easy to speed in the Testorosa

[Chucktshoes]

back in the day it used to be easy to speed in the Testorosa

[vontar]

Almost 7 minutes, slowed down to 78. He just didn't want to stop and notice he couldn't keep his mouth shut either.

I bet he was a real treat to deal with if he stopped you.

[Links2k]

We could use her in Memphis. I'd swear that our officers are racing on the south leg of I240 most nights.