Pregnant woman trying to reach Miami-Dade hospital says she was purposely delayed by police officer

DORAL, Fla. ā€“ A South Florida couple expecting a child had a recent uncomfortable experience with a police officer outside a Miami-Dade hospital.

Kevin Enciso was driving his wife Sabrina who is pregnant to Jackson West Medical Center to get checked out on July 28.

ā€œMy wife was in a car accident the day prior,ā€ he said.

They were forced to stop just a couple hundred feet away from the emergency room.

ā€œI was confused at what was going on, why we had to wait,ā€ said Sabrina Enciso, the mother to be.

Surveillance video shows the couple stopped behind a Miami-Dade police vehicle when another police car pulls up.

ā€œI honked once, just like a, ā€˜Hey Iā€™m here, just so you knowā€™ and one of the officers put their hand up and waved, say wait, so we waited,ā€ Kevin Enciso said.

He honked a second time, and the officer to his left pulled away.

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As the Encisos tried to finally make their way inside, they were pulled over.

ā€œJust continuing to ask questions, and they were almost the same questions, just in a different manner,ā€ Sabrina Enciso said.

ā€œAnd he turned off the car. He turned off the car, and it was 100 degree weather,ā€ added Kevin Enciso. ā€œWindows down in the sun. In the sun, and sheā€™s expecting.ā€

The couple says they explained their situation to the officer, who then proceeded to call fire rescue despite them being steps away from the hospital.

ā€œHe said, ā€˜Okay, well youā€™re having an emergency, so Iā€™m going to call rescueā€™ and I even said in the video, ā€˜I donā€™t need rescue, Iā€™m in the emergency room, I donā€™t need itā€™ and he proceeded to call it anyway,ā€ Sabrina Enciso said.

She went on to say that it wasnā€™t until after first responders took her blood pressure that they were finally allowed to go on their way.

ā€œHer blood pressure was sky rocketing,ā€ Kevin Enciso said.

ā€œIt couldā€™ve went in a different direction, we would be having a different conversation,ā€ Sabrina Enciso added.

A spokesperson for Miami-Dade police told Local 10 News they are aware of the video and have launched an internal affairs investigation.


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