OPA-LOCKA, Fla. (WSVN) — An Opa-Locka Police officer has been suspended from the force.

Sergio Perez is being disciplined for violation of department policy.

He has a spotty past with the department and a history of reckless behavior.

Perez was involved a high speed chase that ended with a wrong way wreck on Interstate 95 in Aventura back in April

He was pursuing a driver who started heading north in the southbound lanes and crashed into a van killing all four passengers.

Department policy states officers cannot go against the flow of traffic in an effort to catch someone.

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