A City of Miami Police officer was pulled over in Northwest Miami-Dade by members of his own department, accused of driving drunk, but his attorney claims his client was set up outside of the law enforcement agency’s jurisdiction.

Miami Police Officer Ernesto Mendez was stopped near Northwest 67th Avenue and 169th Street while driving home from a bar on Aug. 23.

“Smelled the alcohol on his breath,” an officer is heard saying in dash camera video.

According to to the arrest report, Mendez showed “signs of impairment, including the odor of alcohol and diminished fine motor skills, exemplified by dropping his wallet,” during the “traffic stop initiated by a City of Miami officer.”

But why was Mendez pulled over in Northwest Miami-Dade by Miami Police officers? That’s a red flag to Stephan

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