This Weekend’s On Patrol: Live Highlights, Commentary, and Social Media Activity

On Patrol: Live new tonight: An On Patrol: Live recap including NYC studio host/executive producer Dan Abrams’ puns, analysis, and banter with co-anchor Curtis Wilson (a Richland County, S.C., deputy sheriff), and analyst Captain Tom Rizzo (Howell Township, N.J., PD), along with the often-provocative or playful social media reaction, follows.

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On Patrol: Live tonight: This was a less-intense episode of On Patrol: Live on Reelz with various loose ends and inconclusive incidents. In terms of social media reaction, a contentious Lee County DUI investigation, a heated Berkeley County traffic stop, a dreadful Ohio shooting incident in the Triple Play pre-recorded segment, and a discussion of On Patrol: Live ducks attracted the most attention. And a sharped-eyed On Patrol: Live viewer reportedly spotted a missing Florida man who interacted with cops in Daytona Beach.

Plus, as a general principle, individuals continue to have issues with IDs and drivers’ licenses. See below for details on all 26 law enforcement incidents on this new episode. And of the eight departments in the current On Patrol: Live schedule, Clayton County, Ga., was the only agency that did not appear.

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On Patrol: Live episodes: Each incident covered on On Patrol: Live in each first-run episode on Reelz is really live, subject, however, to a delay ranging from about five to 20 minutes primarily for legal reasons, and apart from any pre-recorded packages.

On Patrol: Live Recap for April 18, 2025 (#OPL Episode 03-71)

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  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Deputy Abdul Tarik responds to a report of someone throwing food at a car. The vehicle in question, which allegedly has no plate, is covered in some kind of white substance, possibly an eggs-and-flour mix. On Patrol: Live captions: “This takes the cake,” “Meals on wheels?.” The driver/victim, who was not there initially when the deputy arrived on scene, appears not forthcoming with information upon interacting with deputies.

Deputy Tarik explains that “He clearly doesn’t want our help. He’s being defensive about everything I ask him. He’s not telling me who he’s arguing with…he’s not being helpful at all, so we’ll go ahead and clear out. If he wants to report it, he can call back later.” On Patrol: Live host Dan Abrams: “Considering the price of eggs these days, that’s not a good use.” On Patrol: Live studio analyst Tom Rizzo: “Would you consider that poached or what?” Abrams: “Yeah, and we were just talking about, all sorts of cake recipes.” Abrams similarly quips that “you would think with the price of eggs that should in and of itself be a crime to use it for that.” On Patrol: Live co-host Curtis Wilson: “He didn’t like the cake. She thinks she tried it on the car.”

OPL host Dan Abrams: “You would think with the price of eggs that should in and of itself be a crime to use it for that.”

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Amidst Beach Jeep week 2025 and the related #duckduckjeep trending hashtag, Officer Thomas Goble makes a traffic stop on a jeep with an array of speakers for a potential state noise statute violation. Abrams: “That is a jeep with a lot of electronics coming out of the back.” The driver is likely released with a warning. Officer Goble: “I don’t have any intentions of writing you any citations. I just want you to be safe and follow the rules while you’re out here, okay? I want you to enjoy yourself while you’re here. That’s why we have the events that we have.”
  • Richland County, S.C. — Deputy Toddson Catoe and Corporal Tim Riley, among other units, investigate a potential shooting that might have occurred outside or in a bar an d search the area. There is a suspect, but apparently no victims. On Patrol: Live caption: “Bullet casing found.” Investigation ongoing. Abrams: “But on a more serious note, the officers there getting frustrated; they’re not getting much help.” Wilson: ‘Absolutely. And as a shooting goes on, you have witnesses in there, but they’re not getting anything in return.” Abrams: “Right, because some of them, you can understand it, on the floor hiding, whatever, but it seems that almost no one there has any description or idea of what the shooter looked like.” Rizzo: “That would seem to be highly unlikely.” Abrams: “Frustrating for the cops.”
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Corporal Carli Carr makes contact with a complainant at a residence on a report of alleged trespassing. Corporal Carr searches the area for two subjects who had already left the scene. According to Abrams, “the woman…shares children with the guy. She apparently went to his house with another man, and the homeowner not happy about it. Wants at least him trespassed…maybe her…”
  • Knox County, Tenn. (pre-recorded segment) — Officer Brett Cox and other units, including a helicopter, pursue a fleeing vehicle that allegedly ran from police earlier in the week. A supervisor suspends the chase because of heavy traffic. A male and female are, however, subsequently detained outside a residence. The male allegedly has multiple warrants. Both occupants arrested on alleged narcotics-related charges and for eluding and evading. Abrams: “Clearly they felt comfortable calling that one off because they had the chopper.”

Listen to Officer Cox’s recap of the incident followed by a studio panel discussion about pursuit protocols during which Wilson and Rizzo warn about law enforcement “tunnel vision phenomenon” in a chase:

  • Knox County, Tenn. — Officer James Epperson conducts a traffic stop for a non-functioning tail light. Two occupants. The car has an interesting sticker in the window. Most likely the driver will be released with a warning if everything checks out.
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Officer Goble and other cops investigate a hit and run and locate and inventory an abandoned vehicle and try to find the driver for whom they apparently have a description. Vehicle towed.
  • Las Vegas, Nev. — Officer Preston Prescia and colleagues make contact with and detain a man on a report of an assault. The latter, who allegedly won’t provide identification, appears to have a wound on the forehead. He is subsequently released with no charges after IDing himself.
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Sergeant Marcus Booth responds to a report of vandalism with a rock that is possibly domestic related (Abrams: “Just never know what form those are gonna take.” Wilson: “It can happen anywhere, anytime.”). A takeout restaurant appears to have a cracked window.
  • Berkeley County, S.C. (pre-recorded segment) — Corporal Carr, with backup from other units, conducts a traffic stop for alleged speeding, suspended plate, and other moving violations. Driver: “I live right there…I’m not doing nothing.” The argumentative driver is detained after a brief struggle. Heavy bleeping. Corporal Carr: “Had a really tough time following law enforcement commands, so ultimately that ended up with him being placed on the ground so we could detain him. So we’re gonna serve out some tickets for him, and he’s gonna be going to jail on the [unintelligible] 3rd or subsequent and also the bench warrant for a traffic offense.” Abrams: “Pro tip: When you know you have a warrant, probably not the best way to act.”

“I live right there…I’m not doing nothing.”

  • Berkeley County, S.C. — While assisting on a traffic stop, Deputy Tarik hears an accident nearby and responds to the scene. It appears to be be a car vs. truck, with the former having serious front-end damage. Deputy Tarik makes contact with the two occupants of the car and a passenger in the truck. The driver of the truck is apparently not there. No one on scene appears to be injured, but paramedics summoned to the scene because of airbag deployment. Cops try to find the driver of the truck and other occupants who allegedly left. The state highway patrol will take over the investigation.

In the audio clip embedded below, listen to a brief studio panel discussion of this incident so far followed by a short recap by Deputy Tarik:

On Patrol: Live Hour 2

  • Triple Play #1 — A Wooster, Ohio, pursuit that culminates in a terrifying shooting incident.

Captain Tom Rizzo explains that cops specifically train for this type of harrowing incident: “It’s in the evolution of what we experience now, unfortunately, in society. So, yeah, we’ll train now to fire from a vehicle, whether, obviously, getting out of or — and there’s been cases that have been captured on video with this, with officers having the wherewithal to be able to fire through their own windshields to return fire.”

  • Richland County, S.C. (pre-recorded segment) — Master Deputy Sloan Simpson and other units respond to a rescue of a person stuck under a car after an accident. Deputy Simpson consoles the victim until the Fire Department arrives and extracts her from the vehicle and transports her to the hospital. Deputy Simpson: “Thankfully, she’s conscious and alert. She’s extremely lucky. The fire Department was able to get here pretty quickly and get her out from up under the car…”

In the audio clip embedded below, Dan Abrams provides some further details about the accident, and Deputy Curtis Wilson explains why cops didn’t immediately try to jack up the vehicle:

  • Knox County, Tenn. — Officer Dalton Swanger pursues a slow-rolling vehicle with no lights that allegedly won’t stop. Traffic stop at gunpoint. The driver, age 19, has no license. Abrams: “That could explain the lack of training that one gets when one gets a driver’s license, and you learn that one of the things you do…” Wilson: “Is you pull over for lights and sirens.” Rizzo: “…ignorance is bliss.” Abrams: “We shall see what happens there.” Giving the young woman a break, Officer Swanger orders the driver to park the vehicle outside a nearby store and releases her after an admonishment to always pull over for blue lights and sirens.

Listen as Officer Swanger explains the rules of the road to the driver, such as to always pull over for blue lights and to prioritize getting a license, after which Abrams mentions that “they believe her that she didn’t do it on purpose, but she’s not gonna be able to drive because she doesn’t have a license.”

  • Lee County, Fla. — Deputy Mike Knapp responds to a call about a fight at a residence. The people on scene say that no fight occurred.
  • Richland County, S.C. — Corporal Riley and other units including Master Deputy Master Deputy Braylyn Salmond  respond to a call about someone wearing camo allegedly stealing beer from a convenience store. Abrams: “The search is on for the beer bandit.” On Patrol: Live caption: “Searching for beer thief.” Cops initially make contact at a bingo hall with an apparently homeless man wearing camo but who, it turns out, is not involved in the incident. Abrams: “We were already to say ‘bingo’, they found their guy, because there was a guy over there wearing camo, but that’s not the guy…” They subsequently locate another camo-clad subject who denies the allegation. According to Corporal Riley, that subject is arrested for alleged shoplifting and disorderly conduct.
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Sergeant Booth and Officer Goble make contact with a pedestrian who allegedly was waving at cars. Sergeant Booth asks the man to stop motioning at passing vehicles “and they think you’re flagging them down. That’s why we got a call about you, bro.” Sergeant Booth explains, in part, that “it does appear that he was waving, like trying to flag cars down…he says he’s waving good night to the people…we tried to explain the issue to him about waving…once we get his information, we’ll get [him] on his way out here.” Abrams: “Waving to his fans.”

Listen to some of the interaction between the officer and the subject after which back in the studio Adams switches gears to discuss the Beach Jeep Week-related duck collections and the #duckduckjeep trending topic:

“…they think you’re flagging them down. That’s why we got a call about you, bro.”

On Patrol: Live Hour 3

  • Triple Play #2 — A turkey on the loose inside a store in St. Joseph County, Ind.
  • Lee County, Fla. — Deputy Knapp makes contact with a truck at a gas station that was “parked unusual.” Deputy Knapp administers field sobriety testing on the driver. “I just want to make sure you’re safe to drive.” The motorist, who seems somewhat evasive about how much alcohol, if any, she had consumed, is ultimately arrested for alleged DUI and becomes argumentative. Breathalyzer apparently to be administered at the police station. Deputy Knapp indicates that he has had four interactions with the driver.

OPL host Abrams: “She’d said she was drinking, and then she said she wasn’t drinking, and I don’t think any of that helped in the context of what’s going on here.”

Deputy Knapp summary: “I got out with this vehicle because it was parked between two pumps, like, directly in the middle without even being at a pump, so just to check on her. And there’s a Four-Loko beer can in plain view. She’s obviously been drinking and has even admitted that she’s parked. She wanted an Uber home and stuff like that. Operational physical control of the vehicle in Florida is just what she was. She was in a running vehicle in the driver’s seat. Just because there’s no physical, like, the car wasn’t in gear, doesn’t constitute that she’s not in operational physical control. So, she’s gonna be placed under arrest for DUI, and we’ll go from there.”

Deputy Knapp adds that “at this point, we’ve called a tow. We’re gonna be transporting her up to the jail shortly to get a breath test. And then depending on where she comes back at, she obviously is under the influence of probably multiple things because she couldn’t follow directions. She performed very poorly with the field sobriety evaluations. She admitted to being on multiple medications. And if she’s mixing those medications with alcohol, that would also possibly exasperate the findings there. So we’re gonna see what exactly it is if we need to.” Abrams: “Remember, that there were a lot of differing accounts, right? Part of her defense was that she wasn’t driving, initially. She’d said she was drinking, and then she said she wasn’t drinking, and I don’t think any of that helped in the context of what’s going on here.” Wilson: “Not at all, especially when you have an open container. And again, keys in ignition. She’s sitting in that seat, and the field sobriety test that he did with her, you could tell that there’s some things that we going on with that, too.” Abrams: “We shall see what the breathalyzer turns up…I think it’s important to know exactly what she does end up blowing, considering she’s saying she’s not under the influence.”

  • Monroe, La. — Officer Christian Carter and other cops respond to a report of a home invasion at an apartment complex. A resident of the specific unit answers the door and says she did not call 911.

Daytona Beach, Fla. (pre-recorded segment) — Officer Robert Mowery assists other cops in tracking and detaining a bathing-suit-wearing subject with a warrant who had fled from a neighboring agency. The friendly subject gives a shout-out to the predecessor show to On Patrol: Live: “I forgot it’s Friday. Live PD.” Officer Mower: “You were wrong on the date and the show.”

“I forgot it’s Friday. Live PD.”

  • BOLO segment — Columbia, Md., murder suspect.
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Sergeant Booth makes contact again with the pedestrian from the earlier encounter after an On Patrol: Live viewer calls police to claim that the man might be missing. The man is detained. Sergeant Booth: “Hey, listen. You’re not in trouble, okay? But here’s the deal, buddy. You’re missing. You’re missing out of Sanford or Seminole County, somewhere around that area.” Abrams: “Let’s remember he’s not being arrested here. They’re just holding him in an effort to try to help him.” Rizzo: “Protective custody.” Abrams: “Exactly, because he has been reported missing according to a witness who was watching this show, so they’re gonna try and get him back to where he needs to be.”

“Let’s remember he’s not being arrested here. They’re just holding him in an effort to try to help him.”

  • Lee County, Fla. — Deputy Lane Reeves makes contact with a motorcyclist who informs him about three suspicious males wearing white ski masks in a residential neighborhood. Deputy Reeves searches the area on foot for the subjects. “So right now, what we’re gonna do is we’re gonna check some of these people’s properties, check the vehicles there, make sure there’s no smashing windows or anything like that due to the suspicious nature of them running around with hooded ski masks at almost midnight…so I’m not seeing any busted windows or any open doors or anything, so I guess we’re gonna respond over to where the other deputies are and just check out with them, see if they got anything.”
  • Richland County, S.C. (pre-recorded segment) — In what Abrams describes in the intro as a “hare-raising encounter,” Deputy Catoe makes contact with a pedestrian “in a pink jumpsuit dressed like a bunny.” Subject: “That’s not my needles, bro.” According to Deputy Catoe, the subject “is being charged with possession of meth.”
  • Knox County, Tenn. — Officers Swanger and Matthew Kirchner investigates an alleged hit and run purportedly involving a boyfriend who struck his girlfriend’s car and fled. Cops locate the purported subject vehicle; the driver is not on scene.
Clink on this link for the On Patrol: Live recap of #OPL episode #03-72, April 19, 2025  [forthcoming]. 
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Owing to travel, there were no On Patrol: Live recaps published here for the April 11-12, 2025, episodes (#OPL 03-69/70). Oklahoma County Sheriff Tommie Johnson III sat in for studio analyst Captain Rizzo during those episodes. And notably among other things, episode 70 featured a “not my pants” incident.