When you are Chief of Police, you may think you can get away with a minor misdemeanour.
But you must be pretty confident if you first ask if you are being recorded and then still flash your badge to try and get away with it.
That is what Tampa, Florida's ex-Chief of Police did:
She was being driven by her husband in a golf cart on a public highway.
Therefore not licenced and not insured. And presumably they were a slow-moving hazard.
They were stopped by a Deputy and she announced who she was and asked if they could be let off.
And she would have got away with it if it wasn't for those pesky...
Hang on - how didn't she get away with it?
The Deputy did let them off. And this happened weeks ago in November.
So I haven't a clue how this has come to light - did the Deputy hand his camera in for washing?
Or did his wife find Mary's business card and want to know the score?
Anyhoo, there is no mention of him - surely he should be in trouble too?
And why didn't she let the husband take the rap? (Assuming you can use that phrase about someone who is actually guilty) After all, it was him who was driving.
Well, the mayor has forced a resignation which may sound a little harsh when you consider she has been a serving officer for 22 years, but...
Read the last sentence of the BBC report:
In 1995 she was fired as an officer after being arrested for attacking deputies during a traffic stop before being re-hired the following year.
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