This Weekend’s On Patrol: Live Highlights, Quotes, and Puns
The docuseries On Patrol: Live — i.e., Live PD 2.0 — premiered on the Reelz channel in July 2022 and generally follows the same basic format as its A&E network predecessor in which videographers accompany cops on night patrol in real time.
About 50 On Patrol: Live cameras go into the field with the law enforcement officers during the ride-along on Friday and Saturday evenings.
An On Patrol: Live recap, including studio host Dan Abrams’ puns and related banter with co-hosts Sean Larkin and Curtis Wilson (retired Tulsa, Okla., cop and Richland County, S.C., deputy sheriff, respectively), along with the often-snarky or playful social media reaction, follows.
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On Patrol: Live Summary for April 21, 2023 (#OPL Episode 01-75)
[Brookford, N.C., returns and replaces Wilkes-Barre PD on both episodes]
- Toledo, Ohio — Sgt. Geoff McLendon and Ofr. Greg Long Jr. respond to report of a man locked in a gas station bathroom. Cops and store manager force door open and remove the subject. Narcan administered for possible OD. Paramedics called. Subject agrees to voluntarily go to the hospital. According to an officer at the scene, charges, if any, may be filed at a later date.
- Richland County, S.C. — Deputies respond to report of a disturbance behind a store in a known drug area. Two men were allegedly loitering there. Capt. Danny Brow to one of the subjects: “It’s called being assertive; I’m not being rude to you.” One of the subjects allegedly dropped a crack pipe on the ground. The duo is subsequently released with a warning not to loiter.
- Daytona Beach, Fla. — Sgt. Mike Bryant responds to an alleged carjacking involving a child, but is called off because “something is fishy about that.” He then makes contact with a “suspicious” pedestrian who was walking in the roadway with no shoes on who is now chatting with a female “in a suspicious vehicle” parked on the side of the road. Caption: “Cat-astrophe avoided.”
- Daytona Beach, Fla. — Officers with a K9 attempt to serve a warrant at motel for prostitution on a woman who is believed to be in a motel rooms there. They don’t find her at the location; they return later to speak with a purported boyfriend who claims he doesn’t know her. Abrams: “I would presume that there is some concern there might be more than one person there. right? This is not just for a warrant for a single person that they have all these police officers there.” Larkin: “Yeah; if in fact they’re looking for somebody who has a warrant for prostitution, more than likely there’s probably a pimp involved in these type of scenarios and are obviously frequently armed to protect their illegal business and so forth. So there’s lots of other concern besides just the woman they’re trying to take into custody.”
- Berkeley County, S.C. (pre-recorded segment) — Deputies respond to a domestic incident on a report of a a man in a wheelchair allegedly fired a shotgun at a female. Wife declines to press charges.
- Brookford, N.C. — Traffic stop for illegal blue underbody lights on vehicle. Driver released with warning. Armstrong and driver have friendly discussion about German Shephards. Chief Will Armstrong attributes it to “youthful mis-inexperience.” Abrams: “Look at the 24-year-old chief talking about youthful indiscretions!”
- Beech Grove, Ind. — Traffic stop conducted by Sgt. Joe Garrison. Registered owner of the car (who is not in the vehicle) has a warrant. The driver is her granddaughter whose license is suspended. Driver allegedly also has an out-of-state warrant (Colorado). Garrison advises driver to tell her grandma to get warrant taken care of. He tells driver to park the car and that someone needs to come to scene to drive car home. He further recommends that never go back to Colorado. Driver is released with warning for suspended-license status. Caption. “Warrants for me and meema.”
Larkin: “What is the standard for whether a warrant becomes estraditable?” Wilson: “If it’s a serious crime, a felony maybe, five years or more. What happens then is they’ll have to fly them back. But if it’s just one of the misdemeanor warrants or something like that, they’re not gonna go through all that trouble, put that money out there, just to bring somebody back. But if you go back to that state and get caught, a different story.” Abrams: “That’s why he was saying to her, ‘stay out of Colorado.'”
- Volusia County, Fla. — Traffic stop by Sgt. Anthony Zimmerer for apparent seat-belt violation on passenger who is reluctant to produce his license. Driver has suspended license. Abrams: “To clarify…she’s driving. He’s the passenger who apparently didn’t have the seatbelt on. He’s the one that may be impaired. Bottom line is neither of them can drive the car, so car now being pulled over to the side.”
- Richland County, S.C. — Deputies respond to impromptu car gathering. Capt. Brown advises participants that property owner, who did not give them permission, wants them to leave because, and they go elsewhere. Capt. Brown: “They’re looking at a lot of liability issues if they allow these cars to be up here. If someone gets hurt or wrecks out or something like that, the insurance can go up…nice group, we had no problems with them. And they’re moving on after we asked them to.” Abrams: “It’s a cool group of cars.”
- Toledo, Ohio — Traffic stop on vehicle for speeding. Driver, who is taking/FaceTiming with his significant other during the encounter with police, says he didn’t see the police lights. Driver is released with warning. Det. Alex Grau: “He’s been pretty cool. He says he’s arguing with his girl, so he has got enough problems for tonight; we’re just gonna cut him off a warning, and he’ll be on his way.”
Abrams: “One of the things about being involved in this show is you end up sometimes rooting for some of the folks who get pulled over. I was definitely rooting for that guy not to get a ticket…and I was thrilled when Detective Grau did what he did.”
- Wanted update (Tacoma, Wash.) and new Wanted segment (Rocky Hill, Conn.)
- Beech Grove, Ind. — Traffic stop. Passenger allegedly tossed something out of the window. Driver and two passengers detained. Cops search area on foot and find a couple of bags of weed. The weed is seized; occupants are released.
- Richland County, S.C. — Traffic stop on slow roller for no headlights and reckless driving. After pulling into his driveway, the driver informs Capt. Brown that there is a gun in a bag in the car. Car search. Drugs and scales allegedly found. “He passed numerous parking lots, a bunch of parking spaces up here, he didn’t stop. He put his hands out of the window a couple of times. You are allowed to drive to safe area within reason, but to drive home is not within the law. You can’t do it.” Driver arrested; investigation ongoing.
- Daytona Beach, Fla. — Officers respond to report of a domestic incident between a male and a female. Male is initially reluctant to come out of the house and speak with Sgt. Bryant. Male is subsequently arrested. Investigation ongoing.
- Toledo, Ohio — Cops respond to a disturbance at a convenience store. The subject left the premises before they arrived, so they search the area to try to locate him.
- Beech Grove, Ind. — Traffic stop by Sgt. Zach Horgan on old-timey police car for a headlight-out infraction; vehicle was supposedly used in TV shows and movies. Abrams: “To be clear, we’re doing the math in here, and the bottom line is there is no way he was an actor on The Andy Griffith Show, even if he was a baby. There’s no way that guy was on The Andy Griffith Show.” Larkin: “If so, he’s living life well.” Wilson: “The youngest one was, like, Opie, and you see how he looks now — Ron Howard, so no.” Abrams: “The car was maybe on The Andy Griffith Show…cool little collectors item.”
- Daytona Beach, Fla. (pre-recorded segment) — Abrams: “Officers could not believe their ‘ears’ after being told what was under the hood of a recent purchased car.” Driver calls police over a human “ear” found in the coolant reservoir of a car he bought five days previous. Cops fish out the item which turns out not to be an ear. Might be bubble gum.
Abrams: “Ever get weird calls like that about something being found?” Larkin: “Definitely not any that involved human parts inside of an engine compartment area, but you do get those type of calls where somebody finds bones out in the field or on a trail, and they’re positive their human bones, and it’s really a dead animal somewhere that dogs dragged, something like that.” Wilson: “And every once in a while, you do come across what is a human bone, and you go to the anthropologist and so forth; you try to piece together who this is and so forth. And that has happened too.”
- Berkeley County, S.C. — Dep. Dylan Lee respond to noise complaint at restaurant and ask proprietor to turn down the music volume.
- Berkeley County, S.C. — Cpl. Carli Drayton makes contact with a man who appears to dumpster diving. In the friendly interaction, she advises him to leave because he doesn’t have permission to go through the garbage at the location. The subject also has a suspended driver’s license. Drayton: “The problem that we run into is sometimes people come out here — they make a mess; they don’t clean up after themselves, and the property owners don’t like that. So there’s a reason why they do it at nighttime obviously because they don’t think anyone will be out here. But he’s got some stuff in there that’s pretty questionable…these Halloween masks…super creepy.”
- Volusia County, S.C. (pre-recorded segment) — Abrams: “Deputy Jake Bissonnette pulled over a driver with a new car but without any new insurance or new registration.” Traffic stop for mismatched tags. Driver says he just got out of jail and is sleeping in the car. In addition to a citation and a warning, he is arrested because of his three prior alleged failures to appear and becomes very distraught.
- Brookford, N.C. — Traffic stop by Sgt. Corey Fey at gas station; expired tags. Driver released with no charges.
- Daytona Beach, Fla. — Officers respond to report of a car in a pond at a golf course. Female driver allegedly walked away from the scene. Fire Department dispatched to the scene. First responders determine there were no passengers in the car. After responding to the submerged car location, Sgt. Bryant and other officers subsequently locate driver at a nearby residence. Paramedics called to the scene. Abrams: “She seems to be walking well and speaking well.” According to Abrams, the driver allegedly failed field sobriety testing and is taken to the police station for a breathalyzer test.
- Missing segment — Los Angeles, Cal.
- Volusia County, S.C. — Deputies respond to report of shots fired at one or more homes and spot bullet holes in the front wall of two residences. No one inside was harmed. Deputy Caleb Jones and colleagues stake out a nearby home where they suspect a subject might be located. About nine shell casings spotted. Investigation ongoing.
- Richland County, S.C. — Capt. Brown and other deputies investigate what he says were 40 gunshots heard nearby. He and others search the area for evidence. Traffic stop but driver is quickly released because he is not involved.
- Daytona Beach, Fla.— As the episode ends, Det. Selina Puentes and other officers spot the woman who is subject to the warrant from the earlier investigation in a driveway outside a home in an alleged stolen vehicle. They take her into custody for the pending warrant and for alleged grand theft auto.
On Patrol: Live Summary for April 22, 2023 (#OPL Episode 01-76)
- Nye County, Nev. — Deputies respond to rollover accident on highway. It apparently involves just one vehicle. Driver apparently is unsure as to what happened. Paramedics called to the scene; driver is transported to hospital. The state highway patrol to investigate. Dep. Sedrick Sweet: “Looks like he just lost control of his vehicle…he seems fine. He was able to get himself out of the vehicle. Looks like he was definitely wearing a seat belt because there was no way he would have been okay to walk after that rollover crash. Looks like his vehicle rolled multiple times. That’s pretty extensive damage to the vehicle, so he definitely had his seatbelt on. I think he only had minor cuts on him. He is coherent. So yeah, a seatbelt definitely save his life in that situation…we’ll just help with traffic control until [the highway patrol] gets here, and then we’ll be clear.”
- Richland County, S.C. – Capt. Brown and Master Deputy Braylyn Salmond make contact with couple outside of convenience store. Male allegedly admitted to having a blunt on his person. Probable cause search. Other drugs allegedly found. Caption: “Narcotics found.” Male is arrested; female is released.
- Volusia County, Fla. — Deputies respond to report of possible break-in at residence. The house is cleared; no intruders found. Dep. Aleece Duffy: “We started somewhat of a perimeter. And what’s happening is, we have that deputy watching this side; I’m watching this side. They’ve confirmed glass break. We don’t know whose inside or anyone can be inside. So the safest way possible is to wait until K9 gets on scene just in case that we do have a burglary suspect inside. And what they’ll do is obviously they’ll get the dog out and will utilize the dog as a tool.” The house is cleared; no intruders found.
After the home is checked out, Duffy explains that a neighbor walking his dog called it in: “Earlier he said he heard glass break, but again it’s by a main road where a lot of accidents happen, so I can understand why he thought maybe it was an accident…he sees that the glass is shattered…did the right thing, gave us a call…We’re going to go ahead and try to contact the property owner and let him know what’s going on so they can come and secure the sliding glass door.”
- Daytona Beach, Fla. — Sgt. Bryant makes traffic stop on car with no headlights. Car search; no contraband found. Bryant has a friendly conversation with the two occupants of the vehicle, including a selfie before they are released, and implies that they should stay away from an area with a known drug house.
- Nye County, Nev. — Deputies respond to another rollover accident that apparently involves several vehicles. Jaws of life deployed by the fire department to extricate man from a vehicle while deputies “mitigate traffic.” The state highway patrol is taking over the accident investigation. Dep. Jonathan Justice refers to another incident “across the street” and goes on to explain that “for some reason, this gentleman — from what bystanders are saying — decided to drive straight through the median here and then ended up striking this pole. And as you can see, caused the vehicle to roll…we’re still trying to figure out the other aspects as far as possibly second accident that was here before this accident.” Abrams: “And it sounds like there may have been another car involved. Was there some sort of chase? We don’t know for certain, but this is clearly a bizarre situation as to how that car ended up in that position.” Dep. Sweet adds that “Looks like he drove through the roundabout, rolled over, and was trapped in the vehicle.” Paramedics checked out the driver after he was successfully extricated. Highway patrol will determine if any DUI impairment might allegedly be involved. Abrams: “So rescue first, investigation second, because it’s a bizarre situation about how that car ended up there.”
- Daytona Beach, Fla. (pre-taped segment) — Officers pursue fleeing reckless-driving vehicle that turns into a bail out. Meth and fentanyl allegedly found in car. Driver detained.
- Brookford, N.C. — Traffic stop for expired tag; two occupants in vehicle. Driver, 26, appears very nervous and claims he is afraid of being shot by cops. Chief Armstrong explains that “we stop 40-50 cars a night; we just don’t kill people, they don’t act like you…when you’re shaking, you make us nervous.” Subject is unwilling to identify himself. He also claims he doesn’t know, e.g., his Social Security number or his former zip code either. Captions: “Failure to provide ID, “Identity crisis.” Abrams: “Obviously, they want to make sure that the guy doesn’t have a warrant.” After a lot of drama over the lack of identification, the subject admits he has an ID after all and apparently was concerned that he had a warrant, which it turns out he didn’t — his court date was two days hence. Abrams: “…This guy who was lying about who he was; took them a long time to get him to come clean.” Both parties arrested for resisting, delaying, or obstructing a public officer [RDO]; driver may face additional charges including no valid license.
Armstrong: “All this lying was for nothing. They put us through all this rigmarole for the last 30 minutes for absolutely no reason because he doesn’t have a warrant, and he lied to us about his identification. She lied for him. She was holding the wallet the entire time. So now everybody is going to jail…all this was pointless. They pretty much did all that, and they could have easily gotten a citation and gone home tonight. So they escalated things for no reason.”
Abrams: “There was really little doubt here in the studio as we were listening to the questions that he couldn’t answer.” Larkin: “He was pretty bad. We call it ‘the game.’ He was pretty bad at playing the lying game. The thing is, this case he has, that he thought he’d already missed — it’s in two days — he might be present at the jail for it now.”
- Daytona Beach, Fla. — Traffic stop on bicyclist.
- Richland County, S.C. — Deputies respond to a domestic incident at an apartment complex between a couple. Dep. Salmond: “She’s alleging that the gentleman grabbed a gun and cocked it. He didn’t point it at her; he didn’t push her or anything…she feared for her safety and called the police…she’s alleging that he had domestic violence issues in the past…we’ll do our due diligence…” Investigation ongoing. Abrams update: “The parties have gone their separate ways; the guy is staying elsewhere this evening. No charges have been filed in that case.”
- Berkeley County, S.C. — Traffic stop per flagged registration connected to a warrant. The drive himself may not be the person with the warrant. Voluntary car search. A friend who arrives at the scene to get the car also allegedly has a warrant and is arrested. Abrams: “Not the first time we’ve seen this on the show where someone comes to pick up the car, turns out the person has a warrant.” Wilson: “A whole family go one night.” Larkin: “A three-banger that time.”
- Volusia County, S.C. — Deputy Tim Maxwell responds to serious accident in which a vehicle struck another car then a residence in the carport. Driver allegedly had a suspended license. “The reason he’s suspended — refusing to submit. So he probably had a DUI in his past…I’m really not getting the smell of alcohol, but maybe he could be under the influence of some type of narcotics. But since making contact with him, he’s really not able to follow my directions or anything, so I think he’s probably under the influence. Highway patrol is gonna come out and do the traffic crash investigation, and we’ll turn it over to them once they get on scene.” Abrams: “Yikes: That’s gonna be one unhappy homeowner there.”
- Beech Grove, Ind. (pre-recorded segment) — Officers respond to a woman in distress in the hallway of an apartment complex. She allegedly had an allergic reaction to honey which is one of the ingredients of a sex pill called “Pussycat.” Paramedics called to the scene; she is okay after aid is rendered.
- Nye County, Nev. — Traffic stop on vehicle that is allegedly flagged for a connection to a missing persons case and also for obstructed plates. Deputy Sweet questions woman who says she is okay and not being held against her will. Sweet advises driver/husband that he should have let authorities know that she had returned home so they can remove the notice from their system. Sweet: “I spoke to the driver…He was the one who actually reported her missing. She’s fine. We just kind of explained to him that if that happens again to let us know immediately. It sounds like he’s her caretaker. He’s happy he found her. It sounds like she was wandering around Vegas for a few days. Thankfully, she was able to go into a store and get a phone and call her husband. He was able to pick her up, bring her back here to Pahrump from Las Vegas. It’s a good thing she’s safe, and hopefully she stays on medication, and that doesn’t happen again.”
- Wanted segment — Charlotte, N.C., child-abuse suspects.
- Nye County, Nev. (pre-recorded segment) — Traffic stop on drag-racing vehicles.
- Brookford, N.C. –Traffic stop, suspended license. Driver informs officers that he has a single bag of weed in car. Child in back seat. Cops allegedly spot gun on car seat. Car search.
- Daytona Beach, Fla. — Ofr. Keith Foreman flagged down by a very upset woman who claims that that a male hit her with a bottle. He tries to calm her down; lots of dialogue bleeped out. He also questions a group of males, including the alleged other party who claims to have video of his side of the story. Abrams: “Not sure we need a Crime of the Night after that.” Foreman: “As I am scene, she continues to be belligerent and getting up in these people face. So…for other people’s safety, she was detained. She’s very, very, very intoxicated…there’s no evidence of getting hit with a bottle. So all told, we just released her to her friends…”
- Crime of the Night — North Little Rock, Ark. “involving a four-wheeler on the freeway.”
- Beach Grove, Ind. — Lt. Nathan Rinks responds to report of loud argument at apartment complex. He reminds the couple that apartment walls between neighbors are thin — “apartment living.”
- Daytona Beach, Fla. — Sgt. Bryant assist a U-Haul driver who ran out of gas next to a gas station. Bryant: “He is work up about his vehicle with no gas right next to a gas station. You cannot make this stuff up. My question is simply…why did he stop right next to the gas station and then go get mad at the people at the gas station for not helping him out. Some things that make you go hmmm.” Bryant’s funnel enables the driver to pour some gas into the tank from plastic bottles. “I got an idea to help this guy out…this little tool I have here.”
- Berkeley County, S.C. — Deputies respond to a brush fire in a park area. They make contact with male in a nearby car. Apparently a permit may have been issued for the brush fire which is possibly a controlled burn.
- Richland County, S.C. — Capt. Brown tries to find witnesses at Circle K store who may have scene or hear a child screaming for help in a car that drove off. Brown: “We don’t know if it’s a family dispute or kidnapping.”
- Beech Grove, Ind. — Lt. Rinks respond to report of a underage party. “You’re not hiding well — stop,” he says to kids who are running. His patrol car started rolling briefly when he initially forgot to put it in park. He then searches area for the youths. Rinks: “We’ve got a handful of other kids that were running through yards, so we got some 911 calls. There’s some more running…oh my God, there are so many kids out here. Just like every time I turn somewhere, there’s a kid. So we saw a bunch of kids out; we’re really just honestly just trying to find them and get them safely home at this point. So the kids that are running…we’ll help them call their parents…I just need you guys to stop running through people’s yards and call your parents…”
Disclaimer
The On Patrol: Live disclaimer that airs several times during each episode is embedded above.
Moreover, as the the Live PD disclaimer appropriately indicated during its run, and that still applies to the successor show, not all outcomes are known or final.
Criminal charges, if any, may have been reduced, dismissed, or never filed.
When alleged criminal activities are depicted on On Patrol: Live, all suspects are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law, as the current disclaimer reaffirms.
Further, please understand that the incidents aired on the show, and/or a description of same as briefly summarized in this blog, including but not limited to any arrests, constitute mere allegations. The content presented herein is for entertainment purposes only and is also not to be construed as legal advice or legal analysis.
Initial assessments, commentary, opinions, observations, or conclusions, which are sometimes irreverent, about the incidents made by the studio hosts or cops featured on On Patrol: Live — or anyone on Twitter or on another social media platform for that matter — may be incomplete and/or inaccurate.
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Pending Lawsuit
Parenthetically, A&E and the production company for On Patrol: Live, along with the Reelz channel, have lawyered up.
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