ORLANDO, Fla. – An Orlando Police Department officer is facing charges after speeding, driving recklessly, and fleeing another officer that pulled him over, according to authorities.
Orlando officer Alexander Shaouni was driving 80 mph in a 45 mph zone in his police patrol car on June 6 without any emergency lights or sirens activated. A Seminole County Sheriff’s deputy spotted Shaouni speeding and attempted to pull him over, but he kept driving and didn’t stop.
The deputy had to drive faster than 90 mph to catch up to Shaouni, according to reports, who eventually stopped and pulled over just before an intersection.
“What? I am going into work, my man. Why are you trying to pull me over?,” Shaouni is seen saying on the deputy’s body camera footage.
“Because you’re going 80 in a 45,” the deputy replies.
Shaouni interrupts the deputy and says, “I am going into work.” He then gestures to his attire and twice says, “What does it look like I am dressed for?”
The deputy requests to see Shaouni’s driver’s license, to which he responds “No.” Shaouni then gets back into his car and drives off.
Shaouni was charged with speeding, reckless driving, fleeing a law enforcement officer, and resisting arrest, according to court records, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Shaouni was also “relieved of duty, pending the Seminole County Sheriff’s criminal investigation and OPD’s Internal Affairs investigation,” CBS News reports.