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The police chief in Tampa, Florida, resigned Monday after using her position to escape a ticket during a traffic stop involving a golf cart driven by her husband. Mary O'Connor submitted her resignation after an internal affairs review found she violated police department policy during the Nov. 12 stop by…

Mary O’Connor has resigned from her job as the chief of police in Tampa

‘I’m hoping that you’ll just let us go tonight,’ says police chief in video

TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa police Chief Mary O’Connor resigned Monday effective immediately after an investigation into a Pinellas County traffic stop where she flashed a badge and asked a deputy to “just let us go.”

The police chief in Tampa, Florida, has resigned after using her position to escape a ticket during a traffic stop involving her golf cart driven by her husband

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Mary O’Connor and her husband were stopped by an officer for driving a golf cart without a license plate

Mary O'Connor, police chief of Tampa, has been placed on administrative leave after a video emerged of the officer flashing her badge from the passenger seat of a golf cart to avoid a traffic ticket

The police chief of Tampa has been placed on leave after a video emerged of her flashing her badge from the passenger seat of a golf cart to get out of a traffic ticket