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But not when it's Miami Beach police officers allegedly doing the drinking and partying ¡ª and crashing into visitors on an ATV ¡ª instead of patrolling their beats.
On Tuesday, two days after police say an on-duty officer met a woman at a popular South Beach hangout, sped off down the beach with her on his ATV and then crashed into a man and woman near the shoreline, flustered city and police officials moved to cut their ties with the incident.
Officers Derick Kuilan and Rolando Gutierrez are to be fired, they said.
The officers, both with the department for about six years, were working Sunday morning but ended up at The Clevelander hotel at 10th Street and Ocean Drive before the crash,Save on hydraulic hose and fittings, according to police.
Confirmation on whether Kuilan, who drove the ATV, was drinking won't be known until the results of a blood test come back. But Mayor Matti Herrera Bower said a Breathalyzer test showed that Gutierrez had alcohol in his system Sunday morning.
"We rely on the police department to keep us safe and we rely that when they say they're working they're working," Bower said. "So for us to think that they're patrolling certain areas and for them not to be there, is to me a very terrible thing."
According to Bower, police and a witness, Kuilan was assigned to robbery detail on the beach Sunday and Gutierrez was assigned to patrol Mid-Beach. But at some point, the two officers met up at The Clevelander, where Adelee Sharie Martin, 27, was partying with a bride-to-be.
At around 5 a.m.,Customized imprinted and promotional usb flash drives. Kuilan and Martin jumped on a department ATV and peeled off South down the beach with the headlights off.
At 5:13 a.m., near Fourth Street, Kuilan lost control and slammed into Luis Almonte, of North Miami, and Kitzie Nicanor, from Washington State.
Martin flew from the vehicle. Almonte, 29, suffered a broken femur that required surgery. He remains at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach. And Nicanor, a 28-year-old , underwent surgery at Jackson Memorial's Ryder Trauma Center, where police say she remains in stable condition.
Jonnathan Adames, a friend of Almonte's who was heading to meet him on the beach just before the crash, said he heard the thud from the impact and ran over to see Almonte bloody and screaming and Nicanor swollen and lying motionless with her eyes rolling back in the sockets.
He said Kuilan asked him to help with the victim but then quickly disappeared.
Miami Beach police say they can't confirm if he fled the scene. But they say he violated department policy by taking Martin on his ATV.
Police say they are moving to fire Kuilan and Gutierrez because they engaged in "conduct unbecoming [of] a police officer" and for actions amounting to "dereliction of duties." Both officers have been relieved of duty.
"I am disappointed and share the community's outrage about these incidents involving two of our officers," Police Chief Carlos Noriega said in a statement.
But for Almonte's family, outrage doesn't go far enough.
"Fired is not enough," said Almonte's brother, Isramil Almonte, 31. "Why are they still roaming around free?"
The Miami-Dade State Attorney's office is investigating the crash, but spokesman Ed Griffith would not address specifics.
"We are investigating the matter and gathering as much evidence as we can," said Griffith. "Ultimately,Not to be confused with RUBBER MATS available at your local hardware store our final decision is based on what the evidence tells us."
Sunday's crash isn't the first time Miami Beach police have injured or killed a beach visitor.
In 2003, a French woman was killed when a police SUV ran over her and her sister while they were sunbathing. Witnesses said that the officer, who was searching for robbery suspects, was not using a siren, and the two women did not see the vehicle coming.
No criminal charges were brought against the police officer, but the family of the victims reached a $1.5 million settlement with the City of Miami Beach.
In April 1999, another city vehicle ran over a pregnant woman on the beach at nearly the identical spot. The woman, Lupe Eyde-Tucker,This is interesting cube puzzle and logical game. and her unborn child survived, despite suffering a crushed pelvis, broken ribs and head injuries after being hit by a city beach patrol officer driving a Ford Bronco.
A Peruvian tourist was also run over in November 1993 by a Beach Patrol vehicle while sunbathing near 74th Street.
But not when it's Miami Beach police officers allegedly doing the drinking and partying ¡ª and crashing into visitors on an ATV ¡ª instead of patrolling their beats.
On Tuesday, two days after police say an on-duty officer met a woman at a popular South Beach hangout, sped off down the beach with her on his ATV and then crashed into a man and woman near the shoreline, flustered city and police officials moved to cut their ties with the incident.
Officers Derick Kuilan and Rolando Gutierrez are to be fired, they said.
The officers, both with the department for about six years, were working Sunday morning but ended up at The Clevelander hotel at 10th Street and Ocean Drive before the crash,Save on hydraulic hose and fittings, according to police.
Confirmation on whether Kuilan, who drove the ATV, was drinking won't be known until the results of a blood test come back. But Mayor Matti Herrera Bower said a Breathalyzer test showed that Gutierrez had alcohol in his system Sunday morning.
"We rely on the police department to keep us safe and we rely that when they say they're working they're working," Bower said. "So for us to think that they're patrolling certain areas and for them not to be there, is to me a very terrible thing."
According to Bower, police and a witness, Kuilan was assigned to robbery detail on the beach Sunday and Gutierrez was assigned to patrol Mid-Beach. But at some point, the two officers met up at The Clevelander, where Adelee Sharie Martin, 27, was partying with a bride-to-be.
At around 5 a.m.,Customized imprinted and promotional usb flash drives. Kuilan and Martin jumped on a department ATV and peeled off South down the beach with the headlights off.
At 5:13 a.m., near Fourth Street, Kuilan lost control and slammed into Luis Almonte, of North Miami, and Kitzie Nicanor, from Washington State.
Martin flew from the vehicle. Almonte, 29, suffered a broken femur that required surgery. He remains at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach. And Nicanor, a 28-year-old , underwent surgery at Jackson Memorial's Ryder Trauma Center, where police say she remains in stable condition.
Jonnathan Adames, a friend of Almonte's who was heading to meet him on the beach just before the crash, said he heard the thud from the impact and ran over to see Almonte bloody and screaming and Nicanor swollen and lying motionless with her eyes rolling back in the sockets.
He said Kuilan asked him to help with the victim but then quickly disappeared.
Miami Beach police say they can't confirm if he fled the scene. But they say he violated department policy by taking Martin on his ATV.
Police say they are moving to fire Kuilan and Gutierrez because they engaged in "conduct unbecoming [of] a police officer" and for actions amounting to "dereliction of duties." Both officers have been relieved of duty.
"I am disappointed and share the community's outrage about these incidents involving two of our officers," Police Chief Carlos Noriega said in a statement.
But for Almonte's family, outrage doesn't go far enough.
"Fired is not enough," said Almonte's brother, Isramil Almonte, 31. "Why are they still roaming around free?"
The Miami-Dade State Attorney's office is investigating the crash, but spokesman Ed Griffith would not address specifics.
"We are investigating the matter and gathering as much evidence as we can," said Griffith. "Ultimately,Not to be confused with RUBBER MATS available at your local hardware store our final decision is based on what the evidence tells us."
Sunday's crash isn't the first time Miami Beach police have injured or killed a beach visitor.
In 2003, a French woman was killed when a police SUV ran over her and her sister while they were sunbathing. Witnesses said that the officer, who was searching for robbery suspects, was not using a siren, and the two women did not see the vehicle coming.
No criminal charges were brought against the police officer, but the family of the victims reached a $1.5 million settlement with the City of Miami Beach.
In April 1999, another city vehicle ran over a pregnant woman on the beach at nearly the identical spot. The woman, Lupe Eyde-Tucker,This is interesting cube puzzle and logical game. and her unborn child survived, despite suffering a crushed pelvis, broken ribs and head injuries after being hit by a city beach patrol officer driving a Ford Bronco.
A Peruvian tourist was also run over in November 1993 by a Beach Patrol vehicle while sunbathing near 74th Street.
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