Florida official caught on video dropping title after being pulled over for speeding

A Florida county commissioner with a lead foot dropped his title twice in back-to-back dashing incidents — declaring “I run the county” in one of many visitors stops, footage of the instances present.

Within the newest encounter, Flagler County Commissioner Joe Mullins was in his crimson Ferrari when he was pulled over by a Florida Freeway Patrol trooper on June 19, in line with studies.

Mullins had been touring 92 mph in a 70-mph zone on Interstate 95, Fox 35 reported.

Because the trooper is speaking to Mullins, the trooper stops and says, “I’m sorry?”

Mullins then says, “I run the county, so I understand how that works.”

“You run the county?” the trooper replies.

Mullins replies, “Yeah, I’m the chairman of the county fee,” in line with the dashcam footage obtained by Fox 35.

The trooper then continues to elucidate the quotation earlier than Mullins is seen zooming away on the finish of the encounter.

On June 2, Mullins was pulled over in a Mercedes-Benz SUV for going 89 mph in a 60-mph zone on Interstate 4, in line with the Daytona Seashore Information Journal.

After the 2 troopers speak with Mullins, they return to a patrol automobile the place one trooper says, “He stated he was a county commissioner,” to which the opposite trooper replies, “Yeah, effectively, he’s getting a ticket,” in line with footage obtained by the Daytona Seashore Information Journal.

The newspaper additionally reported the trooper who spoke to Mullins might be heard threatening to arrest Mullins at one level if he will get out of the SUV.

In accordance with freeway patrol dispatch notes obtained by the native outlet, Mullins “said it will be a carrer [sic] ending transfer if I arrested him for failing to obey a lawful order.”

The police report additionally said Mullins was “extraordinarily condescending, belligerent, illogical and disrespectful,” and alleged he “flashed his enterprise card to get out of ticket,” in line with the Information Journal.

In separate letters to judges looking for leniency for each incidents, Mullins claimed he was in a rush and never listening to how briskly he was driving, the newspaper reported.