A police officer was caught using his lights and sirens to get to work while driving at speeds up to 124 miles per hour, all because he was late for work. The internal affairs investigation used the GPS tracker in his patrol car to verify his speed. He was caught when other officers saw him driving by with his emergency lights on. I applaud those officers for trying to be good cops.
I want you to consider that the new law in Florida declares a person to be a “super speeder” for going 50 mph or more over the limit or traveling at 100 mph or more. “Super speeding” is a criminal offense.
In the end, the cop in question was given a slap on the wrist when he received a three-day unpaid suspension, lost his take-home police vehicle for 30 days and was placed on six months of employment probation. I’m sure he also was given a good, stern talking to. The police chief said GPS can’t be used to establish speed, therefore they couldn’t do anything more.
Under Florida Statute § 316.2398, the unauthorized or improper display of emergency red warning lights by a volunteer firefighter on a private vehicle is a nonmoving traffic violation, and results in mandatory dismissal from their firefighting organization.
Why aren’t cops held at least to the standard that volunteer firefighters have to follow?
7 Comments
Joe · July 25, 2026 at 12:52 pm
“Under Florida Statute § 316.2398, the unauthorized or improper display of emergency red warning lights by a volunteer firefighter on a private vehicle.”
Wow, different states different rules. When I was a volunteer F.F. the most we could have was a metal plate mounted above/below your license plate showing which FD you volunteered for. I guess it was so the cops wouldn’t tow your vehicle when you were at an incident.
Tennessee Budd · July 25, 2026 at 6:13 pm
It’s very much state-by-state. When my uncle was a volunteer fireman he had a revolving red light he could stick onto the roof of his truck. I’ve seen some elsewhere with grill-mounted flashers.
Steady Steve · July 25, 2026 at 6:49 pm
I call BS on the “can’t use GPS for speed”. Each location point will have a time stamp. Knowing the distance between any 2 points and the time the vehicle was at each point, using some grade school (at least when I was in grade school) math will give you an average speed. I’m betting all the information needed is in the vehicle computers also. Department of Just Us indeed!
Divemedic · July 25, 2026 at 7:22 pm
The position of police is that GPS isn’t accurate enough for speed. Let me explain their reasoning:
GPS calculates speed by the distance traveled divided by the time it took to travel that distance. This method is only accurate if speed was constant throughout the period. For example, if I measure a fast car, it might take that car 10 seconds to cover a quarter mile with a standing start. Even though the car might be going 139 miles per hour at the end of that quarter mile, the average speed obtained by dividing 0.25 miles by 10 seconds would be 90 miles per hour. The reason is that for the beginning of the period, the car wasn’t moving at all.
Police radar calculates your speed using doppler shift, which gives an exact speed at the instant the radar beam hits your car.
That’s why bringing your GPS data into court with you to fight a ticket won’t work.
YourAverageJoe · July 25, 2026 at 7:20 pm
My GPS has no problem tracking my speed.
How come it doesnt work out for Kissimmee police GPS???
Divemedic · July 25, 2026 at 7:24 pm
It was Groveland police
Joe Blow · July 26, 2026 at 6:09 am
Revenue collection orcs.
They’re not here to protect and serve… you and me.
You are starting to see the evil that has infiltrated the system. It is a cancer, it is everywhere, pervasive, persistent, perpetual. That’s why we have to burn it all down and start over. What part of the cancer do you keep?
This is why I’m black-pilled. And you should be too. You think they’re suddenly going to grow a consience and turn into Barney Fife’s? No, they’re going to continue violating our rights, collecting their pension, and protecting the political pawns that protect them. Two evils working together, that’s what you’re seeing.
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