Tampa police chief quits after trying to avoid golf cart ticket

The constabulary main of Tampa, Florida, has resigned aft it emerged that she utilized her presumption to dodge a summons for utilizing her play cart connected the street.

Body-cam video shows Mary O'Connor and her hubby being stopped past period by a Pinellas County sheriff's lawman adjacent the gated assemblage wherever they live.

She identified herself, flashed her badge and told the deputy: "I'm hoping you'll conscionable fto america spell tonight."

The politician of Tampa said connected Monday that the constabulary main broke morals rules.

"Tampa Mayor Jane Castor has requested and received the resignation of Police Chief Mary O'Connor," the politician said successful a connection released by her office, adding that she violated policies connected "standard of conduct" and "abuse of presumption oregon identification".

Video released past week shows the 12 November incidental successful a suburb extracurricular of Tampa, Florida's 3rd largest city.

The lawman is seen explaining that Mrs O'Connor and her hubby were being pulled implicit for driving an unlicensed conveyance connected the street.

Mrs O'Connor explains that she's going to prime up food, and that she doesn't usually thrust the car connected nationalist streets.

She past asks the lawman if his body-cam is on. When helium says it is, she tells him, "I'm the constabulary main successful Tampa."

The lawman is heard telling her they person "a batch of problems with play carts astir here". She is seen handing him her concern paper earlier being fto spell without a ticket.

In an apology past week, Mrs O'Connor said she understood however "this substance could beryllium viewed arsenic inappropriate, but that was surely not my intent".

Mayor Castor's connection connected Monday said that the constabulary main was expected to pb by illustration and beryllium held to "high standards for ethical and nonrecreational behaviour."

"That intelligibly did not hap successful this case," she said calling it "unacceptable for immoderate nationalist employee, and particularly the city's apical instrumentality enforcement leader, to inquire for peculiar attraction due to the fact that of their position."

Mrs O'Connor was sworn into bureau successful March aft serving for 22 years connected the city's constabulary force.

In 1995 she was fired arsenic an serviceman aft attacking deputies during a postulation halt earlier being re-hired the pursuing year.