Police Watch: Tailgating Cop Runs Red Light

Okay, there was a good cars length between the cop and the other vehicle. You know that thing that cops like to ticket for? Running red lights? Well, the cops in Gainesville do it. No one calls them on it, though. But that's about to change because I'm going to start reporting those miscreants on this web site.

This incident took place at around 12:20 am; maybe 12:25 am on October 3, 2006. A police car with "UF-11" (I guess it was the University Police Department) written on it entered an intersection after a vehicle who had entered it on a yellow light. It was a stale yellow light by the time the police car entered the intersection and it was red before the officer crossed the intersection. It was not an emergency situation. When I later overtook the car on 13th street, I was able to get the tag number. It was: State 39279. The incident took place near Shands Hospital on SW Archer Road.


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