MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — Two Miami-Dade traffic school employees were arrested after investigators said they fraudulently certified undercover deputies who had not properly completed state-required testing, allowing them to obtain permanent Florida driver’s licenses.

The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office identified the men as 55-year-old Luis Vidal, who works at Millennium Traffic School Corp., and 57-year-old Daniel Delgado of Amigos Traffic School Inc.

Detectives with the sheriff’s office’s Public Corruption Section investigated the traffic schools with assistance from the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office, the county Tax Collector’s Office and the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.

During one undercover operation, investigators said Vidal certified that a deputy had completed the examinations required by the state, even though the deputy never took them.

In a separate operation, Delgado allegedly certified that another undercover deputy had successfully completed a driving agility test. Investigators said the deputy committed several traffic violations during the test that should have resulted in an automatic failure.

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Despite those circumstances, both undercover deputies were ultimately able to obtain permanent Florida driver’s licenses using the certificates, according to the sheriff’s office.

Vidal and Delgado were arrested Tuesday on warrants connected to the alleged scheme.

The sheriff’s office listed Vidal’s charges as possession of a stolen driver’s license, official misconduct and providing false public record information. Delgado faces charges related to unlawful use or possession of a driver’s license, official misconduct and false public records, according to the release.

“Driver licenses are not something to be bought, fabricated, or fraudulently obtained,” Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said. “They are earned by demonstrating the knowledge and skills necessary to safely operate a vehicle on our roads.”

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Cordero-Stutz said people responsible for administering driver testing have a duty to protect the process and warned that abusing that responsibility can put the public at risk.

“There will be no shortcuts when it comes to the safety of our community,” she said.

The sheriff’s office did not say how many other certificates may have been issued by the two traffic schools or whether additional arrests are expected.