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 7, 2023 (#OPL Episode 01-71)

  • Richland County, S.C. — Deputies respond to a call for help. One man is on the ground when they arrive. Altercations seems to be between a pedestrian and a truck driver. Abrams: “Seems to be a citizen’s arrest.” Caption: “Hammer, brass knuckles and knife found.” After an investigation, the pedestrian is arrested for alleged vandalism on the truck. Abrams: “The vehicle owner literally held this guy down until police go there.”
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Deputies respond to a call about a dog locked in a car in apartment parking lot. Dep. Devonte Carr uses slim-jim type tool to quickly open the driver’s side door. Captions: “Who locked the dog in?,” “He let the dog out.” Carr: “The puppy’s fine and excited; a little scare for mom, though.” Abrams: “Three different people have said to me, ‘hey, there’s a fire hydrant there.’ I got it; I got it.”
  • Toledo, Ohio — Officers respond to 9-11 call at residence. In a somewhat confusing discussion, male who answers the door tells them he is being extorted. Sgt. Geoff McLendon advises him not to call 911 for non-emergency situations. McLendon: “He’s not making sense; he’s been drinking tonight…he’s always calling and saying some guy is looking for him, he owes him money. So we just told him not to call us for the rest of the night…he’s tying up the 911 lines for no reason. He was advised that if we come back, we’ll probably have to write him a ticket for 911 misuse. Hopefully, he stops calling.”
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Traffic stop. Deputies have friendly conversation with an apparent DoorDash driver with a urine a container in the back seat that he apparently uses when a bathroom is not available. Abrams: “I mean to tell you this is gonna make me think twice when I get my food delivery, and they say ‘hot and fresh.'” Larkin: “‘You’re in’ some serious trouble if these guys are bringing your goods.” Caption: “Public enemy #1?”
  • Nye County, Nev. (pre-recorded segment) — Deputies respond to domestic disturbance and take man into custody after a struggle. Abrams: Deputies “had their hands full dealing with one very uncooperative subject.” After showing the clip, he opines that “Those two officers on scene remained pretty calm and collected throughout this even though the guy’s resisting and then kicking.” Larkin: “Yeah, that’s one of the things, communication between the two guys working together to get this guy in custody. The whole time he’s saying ‘I am compliant, I am compliant.’ And just because someone isn’t throwing a punch doesn’t mean that they are actually compliant.” Wilson: “Dangerous situation; glad they were able to get him in custody because he had that weapon on him, too, which they didn’t know about prior to getting him in those handcuffs.”
  • Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — Traffic stop in parking lot. Abrams claims that the driver “peeled out because he was angry at another driver.” Before approaching, Officer Bill Wilk initially waits to see if the car might flee because the subject’s car is not in park. That turns out to be not the case, however. Motorist tells Wilk to “treat the situation however you want to treat it.” Voluntary-consent car search. Gun allegedly found in vehicle. No permit. Wilk: “You can’t conceal a weapon in Pennsylvania without a permit.” A medical marijuana card and a concealed-carry permit apparently don’t mix in the state, either. Abrams: “Give the guy credit. He’s being very honest so far about everything that’s going on.”
  • Toledo, Ohio — Officer respond to neighbor dispute involving someone allegedly breaking windows. They interact with woman at the house; fire department called to the scene to render aid because she apparently has some blood on her person. Subject admits to drinking beer tonight “a little bit, but not too much.” She adds that “I know my rights.” An officer tells her that “we’re just here making sure you’re okay.” She responds that’s she fine. Abrams: “That’s a tough closing of the blinds right there.”
  • Nye County, Nev. — Traffic stop on dirt bikes for alleged reckless driving. Dep. Cody Murphy runs the VINS. One of the subjects complains he is being harassed. Abrams: “It turns out that the VIN numbers did match, the subject owned the vehicles, and was released with no charges.”
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Officers search for a bailout from a traffic stop. Caption: “Assisting in foot pursuit.” They set a perimeter. Cash found on ground; car itself is towed. Suspect still at large. Det. Selina Puentes: “I don’t know if…there was an ID in the car. Hopefully, we can come up with the guy, do a warrant later…sometimes you get them, sometimes you don’t.”
  • Richland County, S.C. — Capt. Danny Brown had pulled over for a bathroom break when a motorist informs him that the latter’s car has broken taillights. Brown walks over to the vehicle to see if he can help and notices a cracked windshield and also smells weed. “I’m being honest” driver admits to a suspended license. Car search. Ticket for suspended license found in vehicle as well as allegedly some blunts. Abrams: The driver “it seems probably, foolishly invited Danny Brown over to his vehicle and now recognizes that.”

Brown jokes that “you got all this going on, man. Why come up to me? I wasn’t even paying attention to you.” Cpl. Anthony Morrow: “We’ll see what we can do to work with him.” Brown tells motorist “don’t drive out of here. You need to call somebody to come get you and the car.” Brown explains that because the motorist’s honesty, he’ll release him with no further action. Abrams: “This guy’s getting a break; we’re getting in a break…”

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  • Daytona Beach, Fla. (pre-recorded segment) — Abrams: “A guy in the process of getting his car repossessed turns the tables by taking possession of the repo man’s tow truck.” Driver then allegedly abandoned the two truck and fled in another vehicle. Traffic stop at gunpoint after a pursuit. Driver charged with fleeing and eluding as well as vehicle theft. Abrams: “Putting down those stop strips can be pretty dangerous.” Larkin: “It is. There are ideal situations on how you want to do it. And one of the things about this, anytime a pursuit like this happens, the department does what’s called a pursuit review. And they’re gonna go back and look at the reason for chasing the guy and things officers did throughout it. A lot of these type of situations are training issues that they can use to get the officers in better positions for putting those down and hopefully stopping the car.” Abrams” It’s so hopeful to have that chopper there obviously.” Wilson: “Having that chopper there helps to lessen the fact that there could be [a] dangerous pursuit going on. Now you know exactly every move this guy’s making, and you can actually just move in and get in that position and get him just like they did.”
  • Beech Grove, Ind. — Officers respond to disturbance at unit in apartment building. One resident complains about a theft of a computer and other items. After they leave, officers detain some individuals who were sitting in a car outside. They are subsequently released.
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Cpl. Carli Drayton tests a substance for drugs and explains the process to a man at the scene.
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Deputies respond to a domestic disturbance involving an alleged break-in in progress at apartment complex. A subject sitting in a car in the parking lot, who is allegedly an ex-boyfriend of the complainant, is detained at gunpoint. Car search; open container allegedly found. Much of the subject’s dialogue with police is bleeped. Dep. Dylan Lee: “This ain’t a tax service; we’ll take you to jail.” Dep. Carr refers to subject as “Mr. nasty attitude.” Carr: “We just didn’t pop up here; we got a call here to do a job. And again, sometimes people don’t agree with what we do. We do what we do because there’s real victims in the world.”
  • Beech Grove, Ind. — Cops called back to the same apartment as in earlier incident. Occupants apparently arguing. Caption: “No family reunion planned.” Lt. Nathan Rinks advises occupants that he can’t keep coming back to the location and advises them to try to settle down. Abrams: “He’s essentially saying ‘help me Rhonda.'”

Lt. Rinks: “We came out for a disturbance among family members, and got here, and while we were dealing with that disturbance, and we were almost out the door, one of the sisters came down and wanted us to deal with that. So we got stuck again, and then started hearing some disturbance kind of going on at the other apartments. And as we were looking that way, I saw a bunch of heads in that car…when [other officers] got over there, they found a gentleman in the back with a female…there was a gun and some bullets kind of sitting between them. And so pulled them out; took one into custody, but unfortunately, we can’t really tie whose gun it is, so we’re just gonna take the gun, and send them on their way. We’ll put the gun in evidence. It’s unfortunate we couldn’t get ’em, but we did get a gun off the street…unfortunately we couldn’t find anybody to arrest so…we’ll do a report and hopefully not come out here tonight.”

  • Toledo, Ohio — Officers respond to a stabbing call allegedly involving a fight between two women at or outside store. First responders treat a women for a wound to her back and will likely need some stitches. Another woman who is sitting on a porch of a home nearby is questioned and is detained and apparently arrested; she denies being involved in the incident. Abrams: “So they still got some investigating to do there to see if it was a self-defense situation, et cetera.”

Wilson: “They have to determine exactly who is the aggressor in this situation. Now also too, folks have to remember if there is an incident that’s going on and you fear for your life at that moment, and that person leaves, who is getting threatened, and they come back with a weapon and do something, now it’s back on that person.” Abrams: “Exactly; they did say that the other woman may have started it, and regardless, as you point out, that doesn’t mean that this woman — if she did it — can go back in with a knife and stab her.” Larkin: “There [are] numerous cases that have happened across the country where you think you’re doing what’s called self defense. It doesn’t work if you’ve left and then go back in, being the aggressor at the person.” Abrams: “Right. And again, she says that’s not what happened, and she will have her day in court.”

  • Richland County, S.C. — Traffic stop behind hotel for erratic driving. Car search. Driver says he just has some weed. Capt. Brown allegedly finds a large amount of cash and weed in little baggies.
  • Volusia County, Fla. — Traffic stop. Driver’s license was allegedly suspended 16 times over the past two years. He is arrested. Dep. Royce James; “Your license is absolutely horrific.”
  • Toledo, Ohio — Officers respond to report of a man waving a gun. Traffic stop at gunpoint after the driver after he initially pulled over but then continued driving for a half block before pulling over. Subject claims that he was punched in the face by taco-truck operator during an altercation. “I’m not a bad ass; I just want my hat back.” Caption: “Troublesome tacos.” Officer on scene: “Not sure if he threatened anybody with a gun at this time or not. Somebody saw him with a gun. It looks like he’s drunk too.” Investigation ongoing into what Abrams deems a “burrito brawl.”
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Deputies investigate a road-rage incident. Dep. Carr briefly makes contact with motorist at gas station who was apparently involved in the incident and who then drives off. Another man approaches Carr and seems to complain that the other car precipitated the incident. He supposedly has video of what happened.
  • Crime of the Night — Agoura Hills, Calf. Alleged car jacker rams into multiple cars in parking lot and faces a slew of charges.
  • Volusia County, Fla. — Deputies respond to verbal dispute at residence apparently involving a couple. A male party tries to walk away from Dep. James who is trying to find out what’s going on. Dep. James tells male party “I don’t car if you’re pissed off ; you’re about to piss me off.” Male denies causing any problems at the home.

On Patrol: Live Summary for April 8, 2023 (#OPL Episode 01-72)

  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Deputies set up perimeter around house where woman with 17 felony warrants resides. They announce their presence, and the subject is taken into custody at the front door. Abrams: “Last night we had 16 license suspensions; tonight we have 17 outstanding felony warrants.”
  • Nye County, Nev. — Deputies respond to report of someone throwing can at cars. The first person they make contact with turns out not to be the suspect. They make contact with another man who they indicate also matches the description. He tells deputies that he was picking up can rather than tossing them. Caption: “No can do?”
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  • Richland County, S.C. — Attempted traffic stop on fleeing car that crashed through a fence. Foot pursuit for suspect. Abandoned car search; drugs and cash allegedly found. Master Dep. Shannon Tolman explains that the vehicle was “in an area where we have a lot of drug activity. Came out of the parking lot without a turn signal. Tried to light it up for that violation…” Abrams: “Bottom line is there is a lot of evidence inside that vehicle as they search for the person who fled there.”
  • Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — Officers respond to report of a domestic incident involving two men allegedly fighting in the backyard. They make contact with one man, the grandfather, who claims he was punched in the face in the altercation. Heavy bleeping of dialogue by the subject who appears uncooperative. He is arrested for alleged public intoxication.
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Officers execute a search warrant on a robbery charge at residence and break down front door.
  • Volusia County, Fla. — Deputies respond to roll-over accident outside residence. Fire rescue also deployed to the serve. Driver says it was his buddy’s car. Dep. Aleece Duffy: “The black truck was stationary in the middle of the road. This white vehicle, which was traveling, didn’t see the black truck, came in, causing it to flip. So, as of right now, we have tow trucks on the way. I don’t think anybody in the white vehicle is being transported or have any complaints of injuries. The one who is being transported as of right now is going to be the driver of the black truck…” Investigation ongoing.
  • Volusia County, Fla. — Cops provide backup for K9 officer who conducted a traffic stop at gunpoint after vehicle attempted to flee; two men in custody. Fire rescue deployed to the scene. Car search. Larkin: “The car took off and then maybe crashed into the other vehicle we’re seeing to the side that has the woman holding the child. And then it sounds like possible drugs involved. I don’t now if it’s the driver or the passenger, but they’ll figure that out.” Abrams: “Well, when they get an emergency call like that, you drop everything else.” Wilson: “Absolutely; take that more serious call.”

EMS responds; everybody is okay. Car search. OPL bleeps out dialogue apparently from a bystander at the scene. Dep. Tim Maxwell: “We have a lot going on right now. Many people from the community out here right now — they don’t seem to be too happy…they need to be concerned about the young lady and her infant that [the suspects] crashed into.” Maxwell also indicates that the driver allegedly had drugs hidden in his anus. Abrams: “Storing it in the so-called private locker there.” Drugs found, including those in a bag that were allegedly tossed by a passenger, are subject to confirmatory testing. Investigation ongoing.

  • Volusia County, Fla. (pre-recorded segment) — Driver who allegedly was spotted running a stop sign crashed into gas pumps, and according to Abrams, “from there, his problems just got worse.” Driver resisted officers before being taken into custody. Drugs and cash allegedly found. Driver faces an array of charges. Car towed.
  • Richland County, S.C. — Traffic stop on what turns out to be just a “car date.” No law enforcement issue. Abrams: “You don’t see that very often. Back seat of a car, having a true picnic. Just a date.” Larkin: “Pretty romantic; it’s original. Times are tough financially these days.” Abrams: “Not what you usually see in the back seat of a car, the car parked in the middle of a park.”
  • Toledo, Ohio — Officers have friendly encounter with two occupants on a traffic stop. Car search. Duo released with no charges.
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. (pre-taped segment) — Abrams: “A mother found a way to really ‘piss off’ her son.” The son accidentally drank his mom’s union which prompted a verbal altercation only. Officer on scene says cops will document the “potty incident.” Abrams: “Makes you want to reexamine everything you drink.”
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Traffic stop on truck; voluntary car search. Sgt. Mike Bryant: “This is where it gets sketchy…we pull him out of the car, and his pants are half way off his butt, which is strange, being in a high-crime, high-prostitution area. We have had calls of people driving around the city, and how do I put this, exposing themselves to the young ladies in the area. We don’t want that happening in our city. I think he might have been in the process of doing something like that, trying to pick up a woman of the night. He’s gonna let me search the car to make sure there are no weapons or contraband in the car right now, and we’ll go from there.”

Bryant finds condoms in the vehicle. “Well, you’re prepared just in case, right? Oh, you’re a ladies man, my guy. He’s a ladies man, he says…okay, you never know. So condoms and pain reliever, that’s how you get down, ladies man?”

Bryant claims that “There’s a lot of pill bottles in here. A lot of times if they have had issues, talking about…his back was hurting him, they’ll have prescriptions. Sometimes the prescriptions aren’t theirs, or they’ll put other types of narcotics in the bottles, try to throw us off. So if he’s giving me consent, I’m gonna search the whole [vehicle] thoroughly…I don’t even know what all he’s got going on here. But I can promise you this: He wasn’t just trying to go home. Now he wants to just go home because I caught him.” Abrams: “We’ll see what happens here. Sometimes they say ‘don’t hate the player; hate the game.'”

The sergeant admonishes the driver with a warning: “Listen, Florida has always been as sunny place for shady people. And here you are, being shady over in a high-crime area…I know what the deal is. The gig is up. Keep your clothes on and take the ladies-man stuff–go to a bar, a church, something, but get away from there. If I see you over there again making an illegal U-turn, and then jumping out in traffic in the wrong lane, I’m gonna write you a couple of tickets for anything nefarious that you’re doing. I’m not gonna play this game. You’re not gonna come to Daytona [and] commit your crimes….now you’re gonna get in your truck, and you’re gonna go to your house…”

“I’ve been doing this for a while…he lives miles from here, and he’s telling me, he just turned around to go home; he was driving around the neighborhood. I don’t have a PhD, but it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that he was up to no good. So he’s gonna be on his way, and if he comes back, he’s gonna have me to deal with me,” Bryant added.

  • Nye County, Nev. — Deputies search desert area on a report of “erratic” male with gas cans. Turns out he is collecting shotgun shells, and everything appears okay. No law enforcement issue. Deputy Hannon Daigler (who was assisted at the scene by Dep. Nicholas Huggins): “He just came here to pick up casings actually to recycle for a little extra cash which is not a bad idea. There are a lot of shell casings out here, so he [could make] some pretty good money. So we’re gonna get out of here; he says he has gas; he’s fine.” Abrams: “When he said he just lived down the road, we all kind of smiled, right? It’s a long road where he lives.”
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Deputies respond to a vehicle stuck in a ditch during rainstorm. The vehicle is ultimately pulled out by a truck. Vehicle appears undamaged. Caption: “Tow-tal victory.” Sgt. Paul Yacobozzi says that “it’s a good day — without the rain” and jokes that that the driver owes “the old lady a car wash.” Abrams: “So it looks like they’re getting out of there. You know, the weather really does impact everything in policing.” Wilson: “Absolutely. When it rains, you’re thinking people are gonna stay inside, but not always. And when people get out there on the roads and it’s raining, they got to realize you can’t drive the same speed on the wet roads as it is on dry.” Larkin: “It is one of the few professions that 365-days a year, 24/7, no matter what the weather is, they’re out there.”
  • Berkeley County, S.C. (pre-recorded segment) — Traffic stop; tag lights out. Abrams: “Cpl. BJ Nelson pulled over a DoorDash driver who apparently had more than just some takeout inside her car.” K9 deployed and alerts. Probable cause search; drugs allegedly found. Elderly passenger arrested; driver released with warning. Kids were in the car. Abrams points out that the male “immediately” takes the charge. Wilson: “He does, for all of it, which is good for her. The bad side is that she has her kids in there.” Larkin: “Just as the deputy pointed out, he’s lucky he didn’t catch a child-endangerment charge. And there are actually charges in some jurisdictions where its possession of a controlled substance in the presence of a minor, which is an enhanced felony.”
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Officer Keith Foreman searches for vehicle that allegedly fled when cops tried to pull it over for a window-tint violation. He pulls over a another vehicle and issues a warning for the window tint but that apparently is not the subject of the search.
  • Wanted update (escaped Mo. prison inmate captured) and new Wanted segment:
  • Toledo, Ohio — Cops spot suspected stolen pick-up truck; traffic stop at gunpoint. Car search. Drugs allegedly found. Passenger released. Investigation ongoing.
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Deputies respond to report of baby locked in a running car. Cpl. Drayton quickly opens the car door with a slim-jim type tool. Baby, who apparently was playing with the car keys, seems fine.
  • Beech Grove, Ind. — Traffic stop on truck for mismatched plates. Driver and passenger are patted down. Vehicle search; truck is full on junk. According to Sgt. Zach Horgan, the truck checked out — driver has the appropriate paperwork. Duo is released with no charges. Cops give driver a break and don’t tow the vehicle.
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Sgt. Yacobozzi responds to noise complaint but does not hear anything when he listens from neighboring area.
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Officer Foreman makes contact with woman who was allegedly walking in the middle of the street and runs her ID.
  • Nye County, Nev. (pre-recorded segment) — Traffic stop for speeding. Deputies box in car to get it to pull over. Driver was apparently a tourist with a language barrier. Lt. Eric Murphy releases her with a warning to always pull over for the red and blue lights.
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Deputies search for fleeing Mustang vehicle; stop strips deployed. Driver surrenders and is taken into custody. Abrams: ” Communication between officers becomes critical.” Larkin: “That’s exactly what I was gonna say. It’s patience and coordination. They have the luxury of having unmarked vehicles there that can try to keep an eye or try to locate this guy without spooking him by marked vehicles again. Everybody else just converges down to the area. They set up a large perimeter, eventually get him into a position where they can stop him….one last thing I’ll say. When police are calling you out in car stop, don’t have anything in your hands at all. Come out completely empty handed.” Wilson: “They’re gonna keep going until they actually get somebody to get him off the road. So what he does is just compound the situation.” Driver seems to suggest to officers that he wasn’t the person behind the wheel. Investigation ongoing.

Sgt. Bryant: “Just to get this story straight; I’m sure he told Officer Foreman the same thing, but his homeboy was driving. He went to stop him; his homeboy took off — that’s what he said, I’m just quoting him — and then his homeboy bailed out of the car. He started driving, and then he called his mom who told him to pull over somewhere safe. The traffic stop started about a mile and a half from here, so this is the safest place he could find to pull over. He made several turns after getting his tires popped, and there were are. So the strips were effective. He’s going to jail for the fleeing and alluding. It’s his mom’s car that his homeboy was driving. But his cash is in the center console…”

  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Deputies respond to storage facility where a couple is locked in by malfunctioning gate; the code doesn’t work. The shift lieutenant, who has dealt with this same issue before, arrives, climbs over fence, briefly works on the mechanism with tools, and unlocks gate so that the couple can drive home. Caption: “Open sesame.” Abrams; “They are free.”
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Officers pursue yet another fleeing vehicle. Driver detained; other suspects fled into a house. Cops surround the residence as the show ends.

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.

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Parenthetically, A&E and the production company for On Patrol: Live, along with the Reelz channel, have lawyered up.