North Carolina Police Officers Caught Speeding (20/20 - ABC News) 10/4/2013

we continue with 20 20s out of bounds once again Matt Gutman North Carolina where tobacco is king and traffic laws raid with an iron fist go 15 miles an hour over the limit here who will get your license suspended over Cleveland did jail police here are sworn to enforce these tough laws we wondered do they actually obey them - to find out we decided to turn the tables on the cops with our own 2020 speech rap in Raleigh North Carolina we're gonna be along this road our objective not only to catch any speeding cops in the act to all be on walkie-talkies but to follow them to their final destination our target location a stretch of i-40 near downtown Raleigh where the speed limit is 65 miles per hour we deploy our surveillance team starting with Ron car remember he's the guy who's been documenting speeding cops in Raleigh for months now his job is to alert us any fast-moving squad car heading our way dogs charger they accurately measure how fast any suspected speeding cops are traveling three two one mark we set up two checkpoints three two Maur the plan is if we confirm cops are speeding let's bring our trap deploy my chase card to tell them whatever they're going even though we chose something with some hefty horsepower you don't want to get busted for speeding ourselves so in case we lose them where did he go we brought in the air cap a 2020 helicopter equipped with an aerial surveillance camera those cops can run they can't hide from our I discuss the 20/20 speed trap is set and it's not long till this Cruiser flies by our checkpoints at 75 miles per hour mark that's 10 over the limit no lights no sirens by the time the cruiser reaches us in the chase car yes - man it's picked up even more speed caught about 85 it's hard for us to catch up my chase cars left in the dust but luckily our chopper team gets us right back on track it says SBI crime lab grateful follow the car to its final destination and confront Leadfoot a driver Matt coming from ABC News hi David we were watching you on i-40 okay we're going about 85 miles an hour okay wondering what you think about that you're over comment it's hardly an emergency the officers just dropping off evidence at the state crime lab don't you think it's a little hypocritical that police officers go 85 miles an hour and they were clearly pull someone like me over that would upset people isn't what you're supposed to do to some extent serve as a example of how people should drive so stand by this time astonishingly cops kept coming Schumi biased smashing speed loss to take care of thing out non-emergency business he's like the sheriff's deputy who hits 85 miles per hour that's 20 over the limit we're able to follow the deputy all the way downtown where we discover there's no emergency she was just apparently late for an appointment at the courthouse all right she is pulling into the official intake vehicles only we can't do that same story with another sheriff's vehicle that bucket 82 miles per hour he's going so fast he's moving too fast for me to keep up with finally our trusty chopper again comes to the rescue puts us back on his tail the officer leads us on a very slow speed chase through Raleigh's downtown streets he's going around in circles he is aware we're following him I think he's trying to shake us he finally comes to a stop at the federal courthouse or from ABC News we noticed it on i-40 over there you were going about 80 to 85 wondering if you were on an emergency call put into the flashers think of I don't know if I went 81 or 82 you'd probably pull me over oh you think you're your superior would mind that you were going that fast woody mine probably mark but not all of the cops we caught speeding wrong official business check out this officer cruising by it's 79 miles per hour our helicopter crew tracks him as he exits the highway and follows him - you're not gonna believe this a doughnut shop and Dunkin Donuts wasn't the only eye-opening destination we discovered mark the course of our surveillance op check out this Highway Patrol SUV speeding 75 miles per hour I see them by the time it gets to us in the chase car we estimate it's going even faster so this guy's going well over 80 right now the middle lane tearing across lanes just to get to his exit oh wow he did three lanes at once did three lanes without using his blinkers ladies and gentlemen we're able to catch up on a local road but again it punches the accelerator you guys this guy's going 7d at a 45 right now we finally find out where the trooper was headed in such an all-fired hurry incredibly he was speeding just to get to the Highway Patrol training academy this place even has its own drivers training course so we're doing the story about speeding cops and we noticed you were going about 80 miles an hour on the highway and then about 75 and a 45 we had a hard time keeping up with you yeah I was trying to get over here this week the concern is that you know police officer speeding a lot of folks want to see you set an example and they're going about 15 20 miles over the speed limit there might be some concern if you're wondering what subject this officer teaches here take a look at his shirt yep that's right he's a driving instructor gentlemen how are you time to get some answers we walk into the training academy with cameras rolling let me get this tip inside sure but none of the supervisors on site are willing to talk you're not even curious about what your guys are doing the guys were speeding to get here to work for you sir I'm not even at liberty to discuss this with you later after we've left North Carolina a spokesman for the Highway Patrol tells us launched an investigation into what we found we went ahead and started looking into this matter and we're gonna handle it accordingly do you find it outrageous that one of the people we found driving most recklessly seemed to be a driving instructor that that's not a good thing it kind of paints the wrong type of message we are dealing with that individual but in Connecticut what we found during our surveillance operation it was no surprise to the families of teenagers Ashleigh Krakowski and David survey lost their lives because of a speeding cop today they rest side-by-side tragedy has left their families deeply skeptical that cuffs will actually crack down on the road and never in a million years will they do that never did you say that these speeding cops destroyed your family yes they did ours in their hearts that they did and it could be anybody scared anybody's child and it's the worst thing you could ever happen to you our hearts go out to both of those families tonight and

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Keywords: North Carolina (US State), United States Of America (Country), Police, 20/20 (TV Program), Cops

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Length: 7min 27sec (447 seconds)

Published: Fri Oct 04 2013