MARTIN COUNTY – A woman who claimed that a Martin County Sheriff’s Office patrol car hit the car she was driving was cited for improper backing and giving false information to a police officer, according to sheriff’s office reports.
In the body cam released by Martin County Sheriff’s Office, it shows the unnamed woman driver backing up until she hits the patrol vehicle. The incident happened at about 11:45 p.m., on Oct. 22.
The woman can be heard saying, “you hit me, what are you talking about?” when the officer said she backed into him.
“And so, there’s this back-and-forth exchange where she is accusing our deputy rear-ending her when the deputy has the video of her putting the car in reverse and driving into him,” Sheriff John Budensiek said. “We’ve seen that as a trend and I’m not saying that she’s part of that trend but we have seen that as a trend in society where individuals are purposely backing their vehicles into a vehicle behind them.”
“This highlights the importance of having body cameras and video in what we do,” he said. “This actually saved the deputy in this case because if there had not been a body camera there, it would have been her word against his word.
No injuries were reported. The woman was not taken into custody.