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ItsjustMe

(11,971 posts)
Tue Jun 13, 2023, 12:28 PM Jun 2023

Orlando 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 I’m going into work?”. "Because you’re 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 Sheriff’s Office criminal investigation as well as Orlando police’s internal affairs investigation.
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Orlando Officer Drive Off After Deputy Pulls Him Over For Speeding - PoliceActivity (Original Post) ItsjustMe Jun 2023 OP
Blood test for steroids is in order. NoMoreRepugs Jun 2023 #1
LEO agencies need to up their screening game. brush Jun 2023 #2
blood test for arrogance is in order cab67 Jun 2023 #3
That's what happens when you militarize the police, they lose connection to the people. Uncle Joe Jun 2023 #4
 

brush

(61,033 posts)
2. LEO agencies need to up their screening game.
Tue Jun 13, 2023, 01:11 PM
Jun 2023

That character was just not going to be controlled.

Uncle Joe

(63,451 posts)
4. That's what happens when you militarize the police, they lose connection to the people.
Tue Jun 13, 2023, 05:35 PM
Jun 2023

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

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