Miami Police Officer Fausto Lopez is charged with reckless driving . The highway patrol officer could n't even overtake the Miami police car `` due to the unit traveling extremely reckless , in and out of traffic at high rates of speed , in excess of 120 mph , '' according to the report . 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 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 .