New footage shows the wild moment Florida cops pulled over an alleged drunk driver only to learn their colleague was behind the wheel.
Body cam video captured Miami Gardens Police Sgt. Andrea Smith nodding off and yelling that she wasn’t crazy as she was arrested by her own police department for DUI and reckless driving on March 14.
“Are you serious, sergeant, really? You see how you’re driving?” a Miami Gardens cop incredulously asked Smith as he recognized her stepping out of her car during the traffic stop, according to the video obtained by NBC6 South Florida. 3 Miami Gardens Police Sgt. Andrea Smith was arrested by her own police department for DUI and reckless driving on March 14. Miami-Dade Corrections
Smith, a 10-year veteran of the department, allegedly blew through two red lights and was speeding in her white Mercedes before she was pulled over, the local station reported.
When she stepped out of the vehicle, in a dress and heels, she had bloodshot, watery eyes, slurred speech and the stench of alcohol on her breath, according to the police report.
She refused to take a breathalyzer and was booked into jail that night, NBC6 reported.
“I’m not crazy. I’m sober,” she yelled at the arresting officer and warned him, “If they can take a sergeant to jail, they can take you to jail.”
The video shows Smith’s behavior in the back of the police cruiser as she was waiting to be brought to jail. 3 Smith, a 10-year veteran of the department, allegedly blew through two red lights and was speeding in her white Mercedes before she was pulled over. NBC6
From the back seat, the police sergeant complained that she was being treated “like an animal” by her “own people” and shouted that she would “sue the sh-t out of Miami Gardens.”
The clip also captured Smith slouching over as she fell asleep.
The cop also bizarrely offered financial advice to the officer and boasted about her reportedly “$130,000” car. 3 She refused to take a breathalyzer and was booked into jail that night. NBC6
“Make your money and get the f–k out,” she told the arresting officer, referring to their employer.
Smith pleaded not guilty to the charges. She was relieved of duty by the Miami Gardens Police Department.
Her attorney Mark Lefcourt told NBC6 that the body cam footage actually supports the sergeant’s claims that she was sober.
The arrest of Sergeant Andrea Smith is nothing short of a travesty of justice,” Lefcourt said. “Not only do the videos show that she didnt have bloodshot eyes, slurred speech, an unsteady gait and/or an inability to engage in intelligent communication, Sergeant Smith agreed to perform all sobriety exercises.”
He also claimed that the department only arrested her as an act of retaliation for “being a whistleblower,” but refused to specify what she blew the whistle on.
