Tampa police chief resigns after flashing badge and asking to be let go from a traffic stop

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'I'm hoping that you'll just let us go tonight,' Tampa Police Chief Mary O'Connor said before showing her badge to the deputy.

The Tampa police chief who flashed her badge and asked to be let go from a traffic stop while riding in a golf car has resigned, officials said.A Florida police chief who flashed her badge and asked to be let go from a traffic stop has resigned, Tampa officials said Monday.

O'Connor was a passenger in a golf cart that was pulled over for driving on a road without a license plate tag, according to footage of the November 12 incident from the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. O'Connor apologized to the deputy and then gave him her business card. "If you ever need anything, call me. Seriously," O'Connor said.The mayor admonished O'Connor's actions in a statement released Monday.

 

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Yeah, kinda like State Attorney Aramis Ayala was pulled over for her license plate not coming back so she 'pulled out her card'

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