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Related: About this forumOrlando Officer Drive Off After Deputy Pulls Him Over For Speeding - PoliceActivity
Orlando, Florida On June 6, 2023, at 12:15 p.m. a Seminole County Sheriff's Deputy on routine patrol stopped Orlando Police Officer, 35-year-old Alexander Shaouni for driving nearly twice the speed limit along a stretch of road. Officer Shaouni was going 80 mph in a 45 mph zone down Florida Avenue. When the deputy caught up with Shaouni, authorities say he didn't stop and drove through cars to avoid the deputy. The deputy eventually got him to pull over at the intersection of State Road 434 and Hammock Lane. During the stop, footage shows Shaouni dressed in police uniform driving a marked Orlando Police Department SUV. When questioned, body camera footage shows Shaouni becoming furious.
What? I am going into work, my man, he says to the deputy. Why are you trying to pull me over as Im going into work?. "Because youre going 80 in a 45," the deputy responds. When asked for his driver's license, the officer says no, returns to his cruiser, and drives away. On Tuesday, the Orlando Police Department said that the agency was notified by the sheriff's office Friday about Shaouni being criminally charged. Shaouni is charged with resisting an officer, reckless driving and fleeing and eluding a law enforcement officer. He turned himself in Friday to the Seminole County Jail and was released on $9,000 bond. Orlando police said Shaouni has been relieved of his duties pending the Seminole County Sheriffs Office criminal investigation as well as Orlando polices internal affairs investigation.
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Orlando Officer Drive Off After Deputy Pulls Him Over For Speeding - PoliceActivity (Original Post)
ItsjustMe
Jun 2023
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That's what happens when you militarize the police, they lose connection to the people.
Uncle Joe
Jun 2023
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NoMoreRepugs
(11,684 posts)1. Blood test for steroids is in order.
brush
(61,033 posts)2. LEO agencies need to up their screening game.
That character was just not going to be controlled.
cab67
(3,512 posts)3. blood test for arrogance is in order
Uncle Joe
(63,451 posts)4. That's what happens when you militarize the police, they lose connection to the people.
80 MPH through a 45MPH speed zone, who cares, you're on your way to work and you have body armor and a badge, so you must be important, the people on the road that might be killed by your actions on the way to work...not so much.
It gives the motto of "protect and serve" a whole new meaning.
Thanks for the thread ItsjustMe