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Maya Yang in New York

Florida police chief on leave after flashing badge in golf cart traffic stop

Mary O’Connor, police chief of Tampa, Florida, and her husband were stopped by a Pinellas county sheriff’s deputy for driving a golf cart without a license plate
Mary O’Connor, police chief of Tampa, Florida: ‘It was poor judgment on our part to be driving a golf cart on a public roadway without the appropriate tags.’ Photograph: Dirk Shadd/AP

The police chief of Tampa, Florida, was placed on administrative leave after flashing her badge in an attempt to get out of a traffic stop, the city’s mayor said.

On 12 November, Mary O’Connor and her husband were stopped by a Pinellas county sheriff’s deputy for driving a golf cart without a license plate. Body camera footage showed the officer explaining to the pair why he stopped them.

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