A routine traffic stop in Orange County, Florida, turned into a child-neglect and drug investigation after a sheriff’s deputy said he saw a woman smoking what he believed was marijuana in a vehicle while two young children sat in the back seat, only to later learn that the driver was himself a police officer.
BodyCam Network USA, which published the footage, said the April 11, 2025 encounter involved an officer with the Opa-locka Police Department and his wife, although the Orange County Sheriff’s Office redacted the man’s face, name and occupation from the released video.
According to the channel, the officer’s identity was only determined because his name remained visible in a public arrest report.
Deputy Says He Saw Smoke At A Red Light
The Orange County deputy said he was stopped at a traffic light when he looked toward the vehicle beside him and saw the woman in the passenger seat light what appeared to be a dark-colored cigarette before exhaling smoke through the window…