Miami Police Officer Fausto Lopez is charged with reckless driving . Lopez , 35 , was in Miami and driving a marked Miami police car in pre - dawn Miami . A camera inside a Florida Highway Patrol car tapes the 15 - minute , 12-mile chase . Lopez told the arresting officer he was trying to make it on time to his off - duty job .
Miami Police Officer Fausto Lopez is charged with reckless driving . Lopez , 35 , was in uniform and driving a marked Miami police car in pre-dawn darkness . A camera inside a Florida Highway Patrol car tapes the seven-minute , 12-mile chase . Lopez told the arresting officer he was trying to make it on time to his off-duty job .