Miami police said Wednesday that Hialeah Mayor Bryan Calvo was driving with flashing red and blue lights activated on his city car when he was pulled over and cited over the weekend in Coconut Grove by a Miami police officer, even though he is not a sworn law enforcement officer.
According to Miami Police Department traffic citations issued Sunday morning, Officer Yasmani Gonzalez stopped Calvo on Grand Avenue after alleging that he failed to obey a right-turn-only traffic control device and operated a vehicle with prohibited red and blue flashing lights. The infractions resulted in two civil traffic citations. The vehicle involved was identified as a black Chevrolet owned by the Hialeah Police Department.
Calvo’s office previously denied to the Miami Herald that he was driving with police lights activated on the vehicle, and the officer wrote only “prohibited lights on vehicle – red/blue/flashing.” However, Miami Police spokesman Michael Vega confirmed to the Herald after the citations became available that, according to the officer’s account, the red and blue lights on the rear of the SUV were flashing at the time of the stop…