The Miami-Dade Police Department is conducting an internal investigation after a passerby — who happened to be high-powered attorney — intervened after saying she saw an officer kick a compliant driver during a traffic stop.

The Miami-Dade police Professional Compliance Bureau is investigating after confirming the identity of the plainclothes officer in photographs taken by Greenspoon Marder partner Deborah Baker-Egozi, department spokesman Artemis Colome said late Thursday.