Tonight on 20/20 ` Damaged. Ballsy. Loud. Rude. ...it's the Shorty star as you've never seen her. I'm going to look nude, basically nude. And sparkly. Amanda Billing steps out and bares all in a star-studded Chicago. Lucy Lawless ` she's a star, you know? She's Lucy Lawless. Where's my little friend Amanda? There she is. Plus ` when speeding cops kill. It was unbelievable. Why do cops speed? > Why do cops speed? > Because they can. Put your hands out the window! And a preschool teacher turns bully. Miss Ambrose took it upon herself to have her kids line up and hit, uh, hit Aden ` some in the face, some in the back, some on his head. He some hit him twice. Captions by TVNZ Access Services Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air. Copyright TVNZ Access Services 2013 DRAMATIC MUSIC Kia ora. I'm Erin, filling in for Sonya, who is off, about to have her baby. Good luck, Sonya. Tonight you're gonna need to get your jazz hands out, cos we're heading to the razzle-dazzle world of Chicago, but not as you've ever seen it. The Kiwi version of the musical is more raw and definitely more revealing, which came as a bit of a shock to the leading lady, who's used to pulling on scrubs on Shortland Street. Yep, Dr Sarah Potts is on a journey to the stage, and she invited me along. I was there for all of it, and this is what happened. We wanna take them on the journey. Come with me if you will. ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK'S 'ALL THAT JAZZ' We will turn the lights off, blackout. Am I going to be good enough? Can I do this? Everybody goes, 'Ooh, ooh, ooh.' Once you're into it, you can't have second thoughts. You have to go, 'I can do this.' The defence calls Roxie Hart. Five, six, seven, eight. ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK'S 'NOWADAYS' JAZZ MUSIC CONTINUES It's Dr Sarah Potts, showing a lot more than usual,... I'm fine. ...singing and dancing on stage with Xena ` Lucy Lawless. BOTH: # ...and mess around with Ike. # Sarah Potts? No. No more. I am leaving shortland Street for a bit, and I'm gonna be in Chicago, and I'm gonna be working with Lucy Lawless. Amanda Billing's her real name, and 20/20's been given exclusive behind-the-scenes access,... It's, like, 'Bang!' ...following Amanda and the cast from first rehearsals... # Give 'em the old... # Give 'em the old... ALL: #... razzle-dazzle. # ...through to opening night... They're not wearing a lot. Be prepared. > They're not wearing a lot. Be prepared. > Really? And the men? ...and all the dramas in between. OK, so, sorry, rethinking Chelsea. Chelsea! Chelsea! Chelsea! It's a true test of an actor who found her feet on Shortland Street,... I am ashamed enough without having her pity piled on top. ...but began her working life in a very different field. I was a high-school teacher, and, um,... uh, I taught geography and social studies and a bit of English. I don't think I was a very good English teacher. What made you think of becoming an actor? It was really, um, meeting, um, a friend of mine, Heath Jones, who was going to be directing a play at the Silo. I auditioned for it in his garage, and he cast me, and then, so here I was, sort of totally green. I didn't really... I had no idea what I was doing. I was terrified. But the cast saw her potential. They said, 'You need to get an agent. You should contact this person and this person, and they wrote it on the back of an envelope, and then I put that away for ages. I was, like, 'Ah.' I went back to teaching, and... and then I got the envelope out again, and I went and saw those people. (LAUGHS) So she got an agent, and six months later she lands her first role on our biggest TV show. That's pretty fast. > That's pretty fast. > Yeah. (LAUGHS) CAR DOOR OPENS You stupid woman! Where did you come from? This is the last thing I need right now. What's your name? What's your name? Sarah Potts. God, why do they let children have driver's licences? I was intimidated by what I'd done. (LAUGHS) I sort of freaked myself out a bit. (LAUGHS) She's played Dr Sarah Potts for nine years. Sarah has a daughter called Tillie and an on-and-off-again romance with this chap, TK. Hello! Today they're running lines for some of Amanda's last scenes... It's the last minute. I'm a terrible geek. ...before she heads off to work on Chicago. And action! And action! I can cope. I'm going on my own. You stay with Tillie. I'll just see you after. (GIGGLES) You weirdo! She's a weirdo. (LAUGHS) But that's what we need. Weirdo, maybe; familiar, definitely, unlike her next role as Roxie Hart. I know what awesome things to expect, but I know I'm gonna get really tired. I'm gonna get sore, um, my voice will probably get a bit tired, but, um... but I'm gonna have a ball, and it's Chicago. PRINCE'S 'WHEN DOVES CRY' What are your biggest fears for the show? What are your biggest fears for the show? Running out of puff. (LAUGHS) Because it's an all-singing, all-dancing extravaganza, the actors have to be in top physical condition. MOUTHS: I'm doing the easy one. Before they even start to rehearse lines, they work out,... and I mean really work out. The workouts have to be that intense because the show is that intense and you may as well just get used to it. With some of the costumes you'll be wearing, you'll probably be quite pleased about those work outs. Yeah, actually, fat burning ` fat burning's good, yep. (LAUGHS) Come on. Director Michael Hurst is gathering together the cast for the first time today, delivering his vision for the show. And, um, everybody can wink to the audience at any point, and it will be one of those shows. People will be going, 'Oh shit, don't pick me,' but we will be. People will be going, 'Oh shit, don't pick me,' but we will be. LAUGHTER Even more than the movie portrayed, his Chicago looks raunchier... My parents are going to be in the audience, watching me pretend to have sex with somebody. OK, I wonder what Mum and Dad are gonna think of that. (LAUGHS) ...and more revealing. How do you feel about getting all this flesh out? Look at that! I'm going to look nude, basically nude. And sparkly. I'm going to look nude, basically nude. And sparkly. Nude and LED lights. Yeah. This is the pinnacle of my career. I'm quitting. I'm quitting after this. It's gonna be all over. Describe Roxie. Roxie ` damaged, ballsy, loud, rude. She's bad. Truth, truth, truth, so help you God. It's time for the first rehearsal to begin ` Everybody should go, 'And they'll make you a star.' Everybody should either stand or be arched up into the scene so that... so that the whole progression of it is towards her, yeah. To save my husband's innocent unborn child. ...familiar faces all belting it out. ALL: # Show 'em the first-rate # sorcerer you are... They're not bad, either. From first rehearsals to opening night, it's just five weeks. # How can they spot you've # got no talent? Not only do they need to be physically fit and pitch perfect,... # ...a star! # ...Amanda has to master the American accent. AMERICAN ACCENT: He's so manly. Can I have a little bit of`? Yeah, that's where it lives ` it lives in your A's. AMERICAN ACCENT: Manly and so attractive. She's taking her cue from The Boss. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: # ...refinery. # People... AMERICAN ACCENT: People. OK. AMERICAN ACCENT: Reactor. AMERICAN ACCENT: Reactor. And I think that that's actually the Jersey we wanna go for. Who knew it was so hard? Who knew it was so hard? Yeah, I know. Hello. A lesson Lucy Lawless won't require after years of working in the US. So, Lucy Lawless. She's a star. You know, she's Lucy Lawless. Where's my friend Amanda? There she is. Lucy's been working overseas and has joined the cast late. So, what are we singing today, ladies? So, what are we singing today, ladies? < Oh, we're singing a song that I... We only picked it up last night. BOTH: # And rule number one # from here to the end # is I am my own # best friend. # Awesome. Do you ever stand still? Do you ever stand still? < No, she doesn't. You're sitting around, and you're, like, 'Is there an oil rig I can climb?' LAUGHTER 'She is as funny as hell. She's cheeky. She's forthright.' How much longer, and how are you feeling? How much longer, and how are you feeling? Another week and a bit. Is that all? Oh my God. (LAUGHS) I don't think this is easy for Lucy either. It's challenging for her as well, and that's levelling. Coming up ` will it all come together for opening night? # Trusting to luck a fool. # No. It's not gonna be like this on the night? What will her other cast mates make of it all? Even before I started Shorty I knew she could sing. I didn't know about the dancing, so I look forward to that. And guess who's coming round to my house to watch Shorty. (GASPS) Ooh, ooh, ooh! (GASPS) Ooh, ooh, ooh! Oh no, it's me. DRAMATIC MUSIC 1 DRAMATIC MUSIC KATY PERRY'S 'TEENAGE DREAM (KASKADE REMIX)' POP MUSIC CONTINUES Welcome to Q Theatre! CHEERING CHEERING Rangatira! It's just two days to curtain-up. So, um, who's in charge now? Me? Fuck. The production's moved from their practice space to the theatre. This face is Roxie. That's you. That's your face. That's you. That's your face. This is my face. That's you. That's your face. This is my face. Wow. And this one is Velma. And this one is Velma. This is Lucy. So that kinda kick arse, didn't it? Will that make them wet themselves? What kind of director is he? He's exciting to work with, cos he does like to take some risks. I get the impression that he doesn't wanna feel comfortable, just give people what they expect and do anything that's safe. In an exclusive behind-the-scenes look, Amanda takes us on a tour. We're bailing, everybody. All over the walls are the names of people who've been in shows. Wow, there'll be some famous names on there. Wow, there'll be some famous names on there. Yeah, there should be. Have you graffitied yet? Have you graffitied yet? Yes, this is actually me (!) Have you graffitied yet? Yes, this is actually me (!) (LAUGHS) I was a tap-dancing panda (!) We get to see those barely-there costumes. But I tell you what ` these are a girl's best friend. The chicken fillet. The chicken fillet. A chicken fillet. KATY PERRY: # Let's go all the way... # What can people expect? They can expect to laugh a lot. They can expect to feel shocked. That is what you ask about the show. All these women in prison ` why are they are all wearing their underwear all the time? Well, cos it's great. (LAUGHS) Oi! Come over here! I was just asking Michael, what's like to work with Lucy and Amanda? Fuck, it's hard (!) It's just so difficult (!) There's so much going on ` the competition, the fucking bitchiness, you know, and I just spend the whole time being a counsellor (!) (LAUGHS) No, it's genius. It's great. It's genius. I'm an enormous Amanda Billing fan. She's so divine and so incredibly talented. BOTH: # And trusting to luck ` # well, that's only for fools... Today is the technical rehearsal. All problems must get ironed out or the production will be compromised. That's what today's about ` for every little problem, fast changes, everything you can think of as a problem has to happen today, be examined, looked at, solved. # ...own best # friend. # The pressure is on. All the lines and songs are down, but will they pull the show together in time? Where's the sound? Yeah, technical rehearsal, folks. LAID-BACK MUSIC In a rare opportunity for Amanda to relax, she's taken me up on an invite to come round to mine for a spot of Shorty. OK, so what do you want? OK, so what do you want? Nothing. I have a proposal for you. OK, so what do you want? Nothing. I have a proposal for you. (GASPS) Rachael! Ooh. A real-life Shortland Street star at my house! (GASPS) Ooh, ooh, ooh! (GASPS) Ooh, ooh, ooh! Oh no, it's me. It's the scenes I saw her rehearse, and now they've come to life. I can cope, so I'm going to go by myself. You stay with Tillie, and I'll see you after, OK? Stop freaking out, Sarah. (LAUGHS) Stop freaking out, Sarah. (LAUGHS) It feels like ages ago, doesn't it? I know. Weird. I know. Weird. Look, going to court isn't fun, but everyone knows it was an accident. Yeah, and the worst that's gonna happen to me is I get a slap on the wrist. I'm well aware of that, but, you know what? It doesn't actually make me feel any better. It doesn't make me feel any better. That was dramatic. She just mocked my acting. She mocked my acting. She just mocked my acting. She mocked my acting. It was so good. > Or... Or she did a really really good imitation of my amazing acting` Or... Or she did a really really good imitation of my amazing acting` That's right. ...and she should be on Shorty herself, yo! Well, we all know it can happen now. Well, we all know it can happen now. Yeah, totally. It's never too late, Erin. It's never too late. In her time on Shorty, the writers have had Amanda's character caught up in all kinds of drama. (SCREAMS) And they've even put her singing talent to use. # I don't know. # Why does love do this to me? # A couple of times, in fact. # Ever fallen in love # with someone, ever fallen in love...? # On the day when we shot the promo, it was weird, cos I'm standing up there in this white spangly gown with a preggy... this fake preggy belly on, singing to my ex, 'Ever fallen in love with someone you shouldn't have fallen in love with?' Then his hot new girlfriend's behind him. I was standing there, going, 'This is my life. How did I...? 'How did I even get here? This is weird.' Who's Amanda Billing more like ` Sarah Potts or Roxie Hart? Who's Amanda Billing more like ` Sarah Potts or Roxie Hart? Ha! I'm like each of them, I think. Um, I have a tendency to be as neurotic as Sarah Potts, and, um,... Roxie's the part that swears too much. (LAUGHS) Opening night. Bring it on. Opening night. Bring it on. I know. (SIGHS) JAZZ MUSIC It's opening night. I love the sexiness, I love the... the viciousness ` I love all of it. And the VIP audience is rolling in. All That Jazz ` there we go. All That Jazz ` that's definitely my favourite. So you've got your Shorty cast mates in the front row, you look down and...? I'm probably gonna be shaking it. I'll be like, 'Hey.' (CHUCKLES) I'll get in their face. I have to interact with the audience a little bit. So who knows? I might choose them. I might choose them, but I might stay away from them as well, cos they might be too distracting. It's, like, 'Ferndale. No, this is not Ferndale; this is Chicago. Whoa. What are you doing here? Go away.' The audience is seated. They're ready. # Give 'em the old... # razzle-dazzle. # Razzle-dazzle 'em. SLOW PIANO PLAYS # Give 'em an act... # with lots of flash in it, # and the reaction... # will be passionate. # AMERICAN ACCENT: In defence of my husband's innocent unborn child. SLOW PIANO PLAYS ALL: # Give 'em the old... # razzle-dazzle. # Razzle-dazzle 'em. # Razzle-dazzle 'em. Show 'em the first-rate # sorcerer you are. # Oh. # Oh. Long as you keep 'em # way off balance, # how can they spot... # ...you got no talent? # Razzle-dazzle, razzle-dazzle, razzle-dazzle 'em. Razzle-dazzle, razzle-dazzle, # razzle-dazzle 'em. Razzle-dazzle, razzle-dazzle, razzle-dazzle 'em, # and they'll make you a star! # FLAG CRACKS CHEERING, APPLAUSE The bit in me that's like Roxie Hart, that likes that attention and that positive energy and that feedback, loves this show. It's just exciting, right? Makes you... Makes you feel like you're alive. Opening night success ` Amanda's on a high. Don't put that on. Don't put that on. No. No time to hang about, though ` tomorrow night, she'll be doing it all again. # ...that jazz. # It is a fantastic show ` perhaps not one for the kids, though. And if you want to see it, head to Auckland's Q Theatre, and the season, which has already been extended, runs until December 15th. Next up on 20/20, we set-up a speed trap with a difference ` this one's catching speeding cops. You guys, this guy's going 70 in a 45 right now. How'd I get here? Well, it all started when we first saw this video. It's a Florida state trooper in hot pursuit of a motorist flying up I-95 at speeds of up to 120mph. But this is no ordinary speed demon; it's a Miami-Dade police officer. What's the big need for speed? Turns out the cop was running for his off-duty job as a security guard. 1 DRAMATIC MUSIC Welcome back. Does the badge and flashing blue lights make some cops feel they can completely ignore speed limits ` when they're not involved in a high-speed chase, that is? Well, 20/20 travels to North Carolina to confront some speeding coppers about the potential consequences of their actions. ENGINE REVS So, this guy's going well over 80 right now. So, there I was, humming down the highway in a Dodge Challenger, trying to chase down a speeding North Carolina state trooper. You guys, this guy's going 70 in a 45 right now. How'd I get here? Well, it all started when we first saw this video. It's a Florida state trooper in hot pursuit of a motorist flying up I-95 at speeds up to 120mph. But this is no ordinary speed demon. It's a Miami-Dade police officer. WOMAN: It is a Miami police... The cop ignores the trooper's lights and sirens and tears across lanes of traffic. Finally, seven minutes later, he pulls over. Believing that only a criminal in a stolen car could drive so recklessly, the trooper approaches with gun drawn. Put up your hands out that window right now! Put your hands out the window! What's the big need for speed? Turns out the cop was running late for his off-duty job as a security guard. I had to get there by 7 o'clock, and I didn't think I was going to make it. And we discovered this guy isn't some kind of lone wolf. All around the country families have learned the painful way that speeding cops can kill. To be clear, not talking about police responding to an emergency with lights and sirens on. And when cops just gun it, the results can be lethal. Take a look at this. It's 2.15am on this Connecticut road. A Milford Police Department car speeding in a 40mph zone. Suddenly, another cruiser rockets past at 94mph and rams into a passenger car. Killed in the accident were two 19-year old sweethearts ` Ashlie Krakowski, a high school hockey star with dreams of becoming a nurse; and David Servin, a talented musician who planned to go to business school. When we found out what exactly happened, it was unbelievable. Did it make it hurt worse once you learned that it was a police officer who hit them? I was disgusted that it was a police officer. You see them racing around all the time. And, you know, this time they didn't get away with it. So, why do cops speed? Because they can. Justin Hopson is a former New Jersey state trooper who wrote a book on corruption in his agency called Breaking the Blue Wall. And when they're speeding, where are they going? Home? Lunch, meeting another police officer. It's the mentality of, 'Hey, I have a badge and the ability to go as fast as I need to go.' MAN: Whoa! What's he doing? What's he doing? The problem's gotten so out of hand, some motorists are striking back, catching speeding cops in the act. Here a caravan of hot rods in a joy ride down a New Jersey highway at speeds of over 100mph. Doing 100! A New Jersey state trooper suddenly appears. He's going to put a stop to this, right? Wrong. He shoots ahead of them to lead the way. He's going to give them an escort by state police! That pied-piper of sports cars was suspended. This angry motorcyclist with a helmet cam turns vigilante and takes off after a fast-moving police cruiser just to prove how fast he's going. Folks, don't try this at home. I'm going 20 miles an hour over the speed limit right now. But none of the highway video avengers can match Ron Carr of Raleigh, North Carolina. After getting his hair blown back by lead-footed lawmen once too often, Carr rigged his vehicle with cameras to expose what he calls rampant hypocrisy. RON: Watch this guy. You or I would get a ticket for doing what he's doing right now. Yes, they're fast, and he's furious. Who polices the police? What does it take for an officer to be charged? Carr's now posting his greatest hits on ` what else? ` his own YouTube channel. I figured the more videos that I have, then folks will realise that it is a common problem. But it's a problem that police departments seem reluctant to acknowledge. Going back to that terrible Connecticut crash, the officer involved was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison, though he's currently free as he appeals. The families of those two young victims wanted to uncover the scale of the problem, so they sued the police, demanding to see all dash-cam video from the previous two years. We wanted to know ` was there a culture of speeding? Was this an isolated incident that you could forgive a little more easily? The families did receive 500 dash-cam clips, including footage of an officer on a call racing at 113mph in a 45 zone. He was suspended. But then Milford PD claimed it accidentally deleted another 2000 dash-cam clips. 2000 clips ` an accident? The family isn't buying that. There appeared to be quite a culture of speeding to the extent that Milford finally destroyed the tapes. Former trooper Hopson says it's almost unheard of for cops to crack down on each other over speeding. If you do so, you're deemed a stool pigeon, and there's ramifications for doing that. Get out of the vehicle! Want proof? Then turn back to that video of Florida trooper Donna Watts. Remember, she'd pulled over a Miami police officer who was later fired from his department and is now trying to get his job back. But Watts says she was the one ultimately punished. After the incident, she started receiving threatening phone calls and spotting strange police vehicles in front of her home. She's now suing the cops who were snooping on her, claiming the harassment made her life hell, prompting her to leave road patrol, even her home. Miss Watts feels betrayed. For some members of the law-enforcement community to turn against her has torn her apart. Next, we set up our own speed trap, a chopper in the sky catching speeding cops led-footed and red-handed. And we learn they don't like being called out for speeding any more than we do. Don't you think it's a little hypocritical that police officers go 85mph and they would clearly pull someone like me over? Stay with us. ...it's the Shorty star as you've never seen her. 1 DRAMATIC MUSIC North Carolina, where tobacco is king and traffic laws rein with an iron fist. Go 15mph over the limit here, and you'll get our licence suspended, and you could land in jail. Police here are sworn to enforce these tough laws. We wondered, do they actually obey them too? To find out, we decided to turn the tables on the cops with our own 20/20 speed trap in Raleigh, North Carolina. We're gonna be along this road. Our objective ` not only to catch any speeding cops in the act,... We'll all be on walkie-talkies. ...but to follow them to their final destination. Our target location ` a stretch of I-40 near downtown Raleigh, where the speed limit is 65mph. We deploy our surveillance team, starting with Ron Carr. He's the guy who's been documenting speeding cops in Raleigh for months now. His job is to alert us of any fast-moving squad cars heading our way. White dodge charger, left lane. Actually, he's running hot. To accurately measure how fast speeding cops are travelling,... Three, two, one, mark. ...we set up two checkpoints. Three, two, one, mark. The plan is if we confirm cops are speeding, we'll spring our trap, deploying my chase car to tail them to wherever they're going. Though we chose something with hefty horsepower, we don't wanna get busted for speeding ourselves. If we lose them,... Where did he go? ...we brought in the air cavalry ` a 20/20 helicopter equipped with an aerial surveillance camera. Those cops can run, but they can't hide from our eye in the sky. The 20/20 speed trap is set, and it's not long till this cruiser flies by our checkpoints at 75mph. Mark. That's 10 over the limit. No lights, no sirens. By the time the cruiser reaches us in the chase car, we estimate it's picked up even more speed. It's going at about 85. It's hard for us to catch up. My chase car is left in the dust. But luckily our chopper team gets us right back on track. We're on it. Chopper's on it. It says HBI crime lab. We're able to follow the car to its final destination and confront the lead-footed driver. I'm Matt Gutman from ABC News. I'm Matt Gutman from ABC News. Hi. I'm Matt Gutman from ABC News. Hi. How you been? I'm good. I'm good. Good. We were watching you on I-40. OK. OK. You were going about 85mph. OK. You were going about 85mph. OK. Wondering what you think about that. Wondering what you think about that. Uh, I don't really have a comment. You don't have a comment? You don't have a comment? No. It's hardly an emergency. The officer is just dropping off evidence at the state crime lab. Don't you think it's a little hypocritical that police officers go 85mph and they would clearly pull someone like me over? That would upset people. Is that what you're supposed to do ` to some extent, serve as an example as how people should drive? Thank you. Stand by. This guy's moving. Astonishingly, the cops kept coming, zooming by us, smashing speed laws to take care of non-emergency business. He's cookin'. Like this sheriff's deputy who hits 85mph. That's 20 over the limit. We're able to follow the deputy all the way downtown, where we discover there was no emergency. She was late for an appointment at the courthouse. All right, she is pulling into the official intake vehicles only. We can't do that, can we? He's running hot. Same story with another sheriff's vehicle that we clock at 82mph. He's going so fast. RT: He was going 82. Stay on him. Chopper, stay on him. Everybody, stay on him. He's moving too fast for me to keep up with. Oh man, we just lost him. Finally, our trusty chopper again comes to the rescue and puts us back on his tail. The officer leads us on a merry slow speed chase through Raleigh's downtown streets. He's going around in circles. He is aware we're following him. I think he's trying to shake us. He finally comes to a stop at the federal courthouse. We're from ABC News. We noticed that on I-40 over there, you were going about 82, 85. Wondering if you were on an emergency call. We didn't see the flashers. I'll pick up a federal prisoner, take him back to Edgecombe County. I know if I went 81 or 82, you'd probably pull me over. I know if I went 81 or 82, you'd probably pull me over. I would. Do you think your superior would mind that you were going that fast? Do you think your superior would mind that you were going that fast? Would he mind? Probably. ...two, one, mark. But not all of the cops we caught speeding were on official business. Check out this officer cruising by at 79mph. Our helicopter crew tracks him as he exits the highway and follows him to ` you're not gonna believe this ` a doughnut shop! And Dunkin' Donuts wasn't the only eye-opening destination we discovered over the course of our surveillance op. Check out this highway patrol SUV speeding at 75mph. I see him. By the time he gets to us in the chase car, we estimate he's going even faster. So this guy's going well over 80 right now. The middle lane. Tearing across lanes just to get to his exit. Oh wow, he did three lanes at once. He did three lanes without using his blinkers, ladies and gentlemen. We're able to catch up on a local road, but again he punches the accelerator. You guys, this guy's going 70 in a 45 right now. We finally find out where the trooper was headed in such an all-fire hurry. Incredibly, he was speeding just to get to the highway patrol training academy. This place even has its own driver's training course. So, we're doing a story about speeding cops, and we noticed you were going about 80mph on the highway and then about 75 in a 45. We had a hard time keeping up with you. I was trying to get over here this morning. The concern is that, you know, police officers speeding, a lot of folks want to see you set an example, and, uh, if you're going about 15, 20 miles over the speed limit, might be some concern. I don't understand what you're saying. If you're wondering what subject this officer teaches here, take a look at his shirt. Yup, that's right. He's a driving instructor. Gentlemen, how are you? Time to get some answers. We walk into the training academy with cameras rolling. Let me get you to step inside. Let me get you to step inside. Sure. But none of the supervisors on site are willing to talk. You're not even curious about what your guys are doing ` the guys who are speeding to get to work for you? Sir, I'm not even at liberty to discuss this with you. Later, after we've left North Carolina, a spokesman for the highway patrol tells us they've launched an investigation into what we found. We started looking into this matter. We'll handle it accordingly. Do you find it outrageous one of the people we found driving most recklessly seemed to be a driving instructor? seemed to be a driving instructor? That's not a good thing. It paints the wrong type of message. We are dealing with that individual. But in Connecticut, what we found during our surveillance operation came as no surprise to the families of teenagers Ashlie Krakowski and David Servin, who lost their lives because of a speeding cop. Today, they rest side by side. The tragedy has left their families deeply sceptical cops that cops will actually crack down on their own. Never in a million years will they do that ` ever. Would you say these speeding cops destroyed your family? Would you say these speeding cops destroyed your family? Yes. They did ours. They tore our hearts out. They tore our hearts out. They did, and it could be anybody's kid, anybody's child. And it's the worst thing that could ever happen to you. Next on 20/20 ` when does discipline become bullying? We meet a Texan teacher that's found herself in timeout. Miss Ambrose took it upon herself to have her kids line up and, uh, Aden ` some in the face, some in the back, some on his head; um, he said some hit him twice. Word spread, and Ambrose suddenly found herself in the principal's office. 1 DRAMATIC MUSIC Welcome back. Cynthia Ambrose was such a disciplinarian, she was nicknamed The Enforcer by other teachers at a primary school in the heart of Texas. A teacher known for her tough love, it was to her classroom where all the problem children were sent for timeout. If they were in trouble, timeout. But now it's the teacher who's being given the timeout for the first time in her 11-year career for an incident that would not only cost her her job but land her in a court of law. Do you miss those kids in the classroom? Do you miss those kids in the classroom? So bad. She was mean to everybody. All the kids were scared of her. She misunderstood what was appropriate in disciplining a child. How would you describe her? How would you describe her? As having crossed a line that no teacher should cross. It was supposed to be a teachable moment. It just,... you know, backfired on me. Aiden Neely may not look like a bully as he tackles those monkey bars, but that's exactly how school officials painted him when he attended kindergarten at Salinas Elementary back in May of 2012 Hey, buddy. How are you? Hey, buddy. How are you? Good. Hey, buddy. How are you? Good. I'm John. When I recently met Aiden, he was by all appearances a polite and poised, perfectly behaved little boy. When you grow up, what do you want to be? When you grow up, what do you want to be? A football player. Football player? But back on that spring morning, Aiden's teacher, Barbara Ramirez, received complaints that Aiden was bullying other students. So she took him directly to Cynthia Ambrose for a healthy dose of her trademark tough love. Miss Ramirez walked into my classroom upset, talking about how he had punched some girls, had kicked some boys and, um, I was, like, 'What do you want me to do? Do you want me to scare him?' In keeping with her MO, Ambrose takes discipline to a whole new level. She stands Aiden in front of the class and makes an outrageous appeal to her students. I turned around and said, 'Well, does everybody want to show what it feels like?' Expecting a yes. You know, and I would to Aiden and say, 'Would you like your friends to hit you?' Sure enough, a student took the dare, and suddenly 6-year-old Aiden was under assault. It happened so friggin' fast that next thing I know I hear this hit. Aiden's mom, Amy, is horrified by what she says happens next. Miss Ambrose took it upon herself to have her kids line up and, uh, hit Aiden ` some in the face, some in the back, some on his head. Um, he says some hit him twice. Word spread, and Ambrose suddenly found herself in the principal's office. He had to call HR, and that's when I started crying, cos I knew I was done. An angry mother hit back,... My stomach was in knots. But the boy's mom says that it's not enough. ...talking to any news organisation that would listen. This teacher's gonna be back in the school system and teaching children. Ambrose was ultimately suspended and left Salinas Elementary, but that wasn't enough for district attorney Susan Reed. We have not had a case like this before, and I felt it was imperative that the state speak up about. In June, Ambrose was put on trial, accused of encouraging multiple students to hit Aiden that day. But if you think Ambrose was about to fall on her sword, think again. How many kids hit him? I know of ` one. Only one? That's a far cry from what Aiden Neely would tell the sympathetic jury. He was the prosecution's star witness. Do you remember other kids getting up and slapping you in the back? Do you remember other kids getting up and slapping you in the back? Yes. OK. Do you remember how many kids did it? Hmm, I think, like, 21. The prosecution also called the only other adult eyewitness ` that teacher who brought Aiden to Ambrose's class that day, Barbara Ramirez, and she had her own damning account. That's what she asked. She said, 'Boys and girls, line up and bully Aiden.' Did Miss Ambrose say anything when she saw students hitting Aiden? She said, 'Let's hit him harder.' She said, 'Let's hit him harder.' Did you say those things? She said, 'Let's hit him harder.' Did you say those things? No. Not expecting them to do that? Not expecting them to do that? No. You're sorry that you said that? You're sorry that you said that? Big time. I wish I could take it back. Is Cynthia now lying? Yes. She scared him. She humiliated him. No chance this could have been misconstrued, that maybe it was a misunderstanding by a kindergarten student? The misunderstanding was by Miss Ambrose. She misunderstood what was appropriate in disciplining a child. During the trial, Ambrose says she'd visit the church adjacent to the courthouse. The once unbending disciplinarian on bended knee. Everybody kept praying and saying, you know, 'Have faith in God. 'The truth will come out.' But the truth in the jury's eyes took less than an hour to find. After only 36 minutes of deliberation, they found Cynthia Ambrose guilty of official oppression ` a class-A misdemeanour in Texas. They don't believe that you were telling the truth. Why should we? I just know that I didn't order to hit. The judge, however, didn't buy Ambrose's story. This is absolutely the parents' worst nightmare. They send their children to you, and they trust you. In August, Ambrose was sentenced to 30 days in jail and two years' probation, ensuring that she won't be able to teach again in Texas for at least that long. I love what I do. I love it, but it's not worth it. This has broken me. Does Aiden ever talk about what happened that day any more? Sometimes he'll come up to me and say, 'Mommy, why'd you leave me in that classroom?' And because of that, Amy says she pulled Aiden out of Salinas Elementary. He's now at a new school with the new teachers and new friends. People are nicer in this school? People are nicer in this school? Yes. The other school, uh, people being mean to me. You've said that you want Cynthia Ambrose to never teach again. Yes. She shouldn't be round any children. Is she a monster? I don't think she's a monster; she just made the wrong call that day. So, a heads-up on our exclusive story next week ` ever heard of a two-lady bi-double? 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